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- 1 Film and TV: Starting in a Beijing Courtyard in 1947 影视：从1947年的四合院开始 A truck crashes through the barriers of time and space, sending a slightly goofy, occasionally absent-minded young man from the 21st century straight into a TV-drama era centered around a traditional courtyard compound. He decides to stay out of the courtyard's endless squabbles, refuses to play the self-sacrificing “do-gooder,” and won't let others guilt-trip him. He just wants to look after the person he loves and enjoy a relaxed, comfortable life in this vibrant era. But as time goes by, he g 7.8kReads6.7Score29114d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: I Snatched Xiaoe, and She Said I'm No Good 四合院：截胡晓娥她说我不是东西 (System + Pocket Space + Supplies + Multiple Female Love Interests) It's 1958, and Lin Mingyuan has been here for four years since transmigrating. Fortunately, he's bound to a sign-in System that comes with a hundred-mu pocket space. The sign-in rewards aren't much, but they're enough to keep him fed and flush with cash! As a modern man, he naturally knows a little about the course of history. In this era, the only way forward for children of workers and peasants is to attend a technical seconda 63.7kReads5.8Score5.5k14d adds
- 3 The Twenty-Sixth Book Printed with Movable Type 活字印刷第26本书 My new work is here! 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! 23Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 4 Love in the Courtyard: From the Start, I Marry Lou Xiao'e 情满四合院之开局就娶娄晓娥 A street thug is unexpectedly reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he faces the prospect of being thrown out of his home from the start. The whole courtyard looks on coldly, and only Lou Xiao'e speaks up for him. So he decides to repay her kindness by rescuing her from Xu Damao... 10.5kReads7.0Score28914d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: I Quit Trying, and Lou Xiao'e Keeps Me 四合院：不努力了，娄晓娥包养我 [Multiple heroines + System + Living off a rich woman + Taking down the courtyard beasts + Invincible physique + Super satisfying] When Lin Chen wakes up, he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become a draftsman at a steel mill. From the start, he activates the "God-Tier Lie-Flat Sign-In System"! It gives him grain coupons, a pocket dimension, and even a perfect physique! While everyone else in this era pinches every last bit of cornmeal, Lin Chen counts gold bars 31.5kReads7.0Score3.6k14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: Starting by Saving Lou Bancheng 四合院从救娄半城开始 This is the story of a young modern man who transmigrates to the 1960s. There’s a System, Lou Xiao’e, Yu Li, Yu Haitang, He Yushui, Liang Ladi, Ding Qiunan, Zheng Juan, and Qin Jingru. And most importantly, there’s Widow Qin. It may be a familiar setup, but it still has plenty of fresh ideas. This is pure, unbeatable wish fulfillment. Dear readers, please stick around. This book might be just your cup of tea. 3.6kReads6.4Score19614d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: I Have Doraemon's Gadgets 四合院：我有哆啦A梦道具 (Siheyuan) + (System) + (Multiple Heroines) + (Crossover) Cao Jian’an, a modern-day wage slave, transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan after an accident. From the start, he bonds with Doraemon, and can earn points through the heroines to buy gadgets from anime. He moves into the Siheyuan and starts working at a steel mill. Watch as a modern soul uses Doraemon’s gadgets to take the Siheyuan by storm. 34Reads5.6Score714d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: Snatching Lou Xiao'e and Stirring Up Trouble 四合院：截胡娄晓娥，疯狂捅娄子 [Snatching System] [No limits to targeting and hurting the courtyard's scoundrels!] [Vicious!] When Su Xiaochen opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to the early 1960s in Love in the Courtyard. From the start, the protagonist was seriously ill and had no family. Just then, Su Xiaochen acquired the Snatching System. From then on, his goal was to take everything from every character in the original story. I love seeing you all helpless against me!!! What else? I have a pocket dimension. During th 13.1kReads6.8Score73914d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: Orphan of a Martyr, Spirit Spring Space from the Start 四合院：烈士遗孤，开局灵泉空间 [The rating just came out. It'll go up...] Ye Zixuan transmigrated. He became an orphaned son of a martyr living in Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang in 1960. His father was deputy head of security at a steel mill, killed while capturing enemy agents. Before his body had even grown cold, Yi Zhonghai arranged to have it cremated at once. The Jia family took charge of the compensation money, Liu Haizhong seized the house, and Silly Zhu snatched the job his father had left behind. When Ye Zixuan's 49.6kReads8.0Score5.6k14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: The Beast-Taming Expert's Leisurely Life 四合院：驯禽高手的悠闲人生 Xu Ping'an boarded a bus and unexpectedly transmigrated to the world of "The Story of the Courtyard"! He and his younger sister had only each other to rely on, but luckily, his System awakened! Qin Huairu, that white lotus, wants to leech off him? Keep dreaming. Jia Zhangshi, that old harridan, needs to be dealt with! Bang Geng is an ungrateful brat. He needs a good thrashing. Xu Damao has his eye on Lou Xiao'e? Sorry, I’m taking her first. Silly Zhu, the courtyard’s undefeated champion? I’ll be 319Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 11 Sheep Star's First Book 绵羊星星的第1本书 1.2kReads6.7Score10114d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: The Bandit System Forces Me to Cause Trouble from the Start 四合院：悍匪系统开局逼我捅娄子 [Possessing Silly Zhu + Bandit System + no self-sacrificing saint + decisive and ruthless] Take what should be taken, hit those who deserve it. This time, Silly Zhu is all about doing what feels right. Enduring hardship for a while is no reason to shortchange yourself. 3.3kReads6.8Score21014d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: Bringing Qin Huairu to the Modern Era to Work Like a Horse 四合院：带秦淮茹回现代当牛做马 Li Xu obtains the “Movie and TV Survival System.” He has to bring characters from Love in the Courtyard to the modern day and help them survive for ten days, while making sure his chosen target earns ten thousand yuan. For his first target, he chooses Qin Huairu. Watch Qin Huairu figure out how to survive in modern society! 2.2kReads7.0Score13214d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Seeks Medical Help, So I Slap Him First 四合院：易中海求医，先抽一嘴巴 [A little edge, humor and comedy, everyday family life, slow-paced, multiple women] Wang Yaowen transmigrates to a courtyard house in the early 1950s, awakens the Healer System, and gets a job at the steel mill infirmary. Yi Zhonghai comes by for medical treatment? Then he’d better take a slap first... The deaf old lady is bedridden? Could she be pregnant...? Jia Dongxu is going on a blind date? Let plump, gentle Qin Huairu into my bed first... No big ambitions. I’ll lie flat and enjoy a comfort 32.6kReads6.8Score2.3k14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: You Were Told to Be a Good Person, So Why Are You Acting Like a Beast? 四合院：让你当好人，你做禽兽？ After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, he learns from experience that everyone here is a character. Fortunately, he has a System, so there’s no need to be afraid. Anyone who dares to bully him will get a hundredfold payback within days. That’s just how he does things. 90Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: Son, Son, Son, Son, Son 四合院：儿子儿子儿子儿子儿子 Yuan Weimin, who was on his last legs, came back from the dead! He transmigrated into the body of a sickly man living in a courtyard house. The beasts in the whole courtyard were waiting to take everything he owned. Luckily, Yu Li, the newlywed daughter-in-law of the Yan family, cared for him devotedly and nursed him back to health. Surviving a great disaster brings good fortune! From then on, Yuan Weimin rose steadily through the ranks and made a great success of his life. His only happy t 37.1kReads7.3Score3k14d adds
- 17 Film and TV Crossover: Starting with Lou Xiao’e 综影之从娄晓娥收起 [Multiple female leads + multiple screen worlds + no saintly heroine + supernatural powers] The first world is a courtyard house. The second is the world of The Legend of Qin. The third is the world of Super God Academy. Ma Liang, the Ma Liang from the story of the magic paintbrush, has no choice but to recruit more people early on. With original characters added to the story, he leads his subordinates as they travel between worlds. 654Reads6.3Score10014d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: The Banners Fly High, Starting with Qin Huairu 四合院：彩旗飘扬从秦淮茹开始 He opens his eyes and discovers that he has transmigrated into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. The original owner was honest and simple-minded. After Yi Zhonghai talked him into it, he lent Qin Huairu 300 yuan. First, he catches Banggeng stealing a chicken and soy sauce, and gets him to write a confession. Qin Huairu has no choice but to borrow money to pay off the debt. She even has to introduce Qin Jingru to him, against her will. After Hao Dali punishes Qin Huairu, he faces pressure from 628Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Da Mao, How Did Silly Zhu Beat You to Tears? 四合院：大茂你咋被傻柱揍哭了 [Siheyuan] + [System] + [the Myriad Worlds] Su Ye transmigrates into a Siheyuan and binds himself to a sign-in System. Supplies, skills, and money, all earned through sign-ins! The money-loving Jia Zhangshi, Yi Zhonghai who weaponizes morality, Qin Huairu who throws herself at men, Bang Geng who steals and sneaks around, and Xu Damao who gets beaten up all day long... In this Siheyuan, he refuses to indulge anyone. —Reads—Score1.2k14d adds
- 20 Silly Zhu at Thirty 四合院傻柱三十而立 In his old age, He Yuzhu grows even more stubborn, ignoring the advice of Lou Xiaoe and He Xiao. Taken in by the Jia family's honeyed words, he eventually hands over all the properties and shares Lou Xiaoe bought at great expense, hoping to enjoy a happy old age. In the end, though, he suffers the consequences: on a day of wind and snow, he is thrown out with nowhere to go. He Yuzhu freezes and starves to death, consumed by regret. When he opens his eyes again, it is the morning after Lou Xiaoe 1.2kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: Intelligence System, Execute Deaf Granny First 四合院：情报系统，先枪毙聋老太 Zhong Weidong transmigrates into a parallel world of the courtyard. After graduating from the police academy, he becomes an officer in the security division's public order section at the steel mill, and awakens an intelligence System that provides new information every day. [Granny Deaf goes to the pigeon market every month to sell her surplus ration coupons. Strangely, each time she makes a sale, she secretly slips a note beneath the coupons. Around one in the afternoon, she'll head to the mark 2.4kReads6.2Score11114d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: I Don’t Want a Promotion, I Just Want to Wait for Reform and Opening Up 四合院之我不想升职只想等改开 [Multiple films and TV shows, multiple heroines, mostly behind the scenes, no drawn-out drama, no angst] Zhong Lang transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan during the Great Famine. He takes things slowly, keeping a low profile as he faces the tide of events. There are no endless schemes or complicated love-hate entanglements with enemies. He simply takes them all out in one go. The early chapters focus mainly on Zhong Lang’s daily life and romantic relationships, while he lays the groundwork in 1.4kReads6.2Score10314d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: If Louzi Brags Again, I'll Show Him I'm Invincible 四合院：娄子再吹牛，我无敌了 Lu Feng transmigrates into the world of "The Birds of the Courtyard", becoming a Grade 2 fitter at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. As soon as he arrives, Jia Zhangshi comes to his door demanding braised pork, and Silly Zhu, the courtyard’s resident champion, is ready to take him on. Just then, Lu Feng awakens the Boasts Come True System. Whenever one of the courtyard’s troublemakers brags, whatever they boast about comes true for Lu Feng. Silly Zhu: I’m unbeatable across the whole city of Beiji 11.7kReads6.9Score65714d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: Get Taken Advantage of and Receive Ten Thousandfold Returns 四合院：被占便宜万倍返还 [Feel-good harem novel] [Fast-paced] [No high moral standards] [Does not interfere with the course of history] Chen Yang suddenly acquired a System that repaid every advantage taken from him a thousandfold. From then on, he had more supplies than he could ever use or eat. The neighbors thought they could take advantage of him for free? No! There’s no such thing as a free deal! Jia Zhangshi steals relief grain? Straight to labor camp! Yi Zhonghai bullies me? I’ll ruin his reputation and have him 25.5kReads7.5Score2.1k14d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: I'm Silly Zhu, More Children, More Blessings! 四合院：我是傻柱，多子多福！ Reborn into the world of the courtyard houses. He becomes He Yuzhu. The courtyard’s full of powerful figures! Above them are the Three Pure Ones: Yi Zhonghai, the Celestial Venerable of Morality; Liu Haizhong, the Celestial Venerable of Officialdom; and Yan Bugui, the Celestial Venerable of the Abacus! Among them are the Four Sages: Grandma Jia, the Undying Holy Mother; Qin Huairu, the White Lotus Saintess; Banggeng, the Thief Saint of All Worlds; and Xu Damao, the petty lady-killer! And below t 3.1kReads7.2Score17114d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: They’re After My Home? I’ll Take Huai Ru to Live in a New House! 四合院：众禽抢我房？我抢淮茹住新房！ Li Changping transmigrates into the world of the siheyuan. He awakens the Snatching System and takes back everything that should have been his. The Jia family tries to steal his house, so he slams the deed in their faces! Li Changping: “You’re refusing to move? Tear it down!” Jia Zhangshi: “Old Jia... come down here and take a look...” The Jia family tries to steal his girl, so he snatches Qin Huairu right out from under them! Jia Dongxu: “Waaah... Does this mean I’ll end up without an heir?” Li 2.5kReads5.2Score11114d adds
- 27 Siheyuan: My Readers Assign Me Quests 四合院，读者给我安排任务 A Tomato platform writer's novel was so terrible that a group of readers pooled their money to send him into the very book he'd written. Every day, he has to complete a task chosen by reader vote, and so a series of stories begins. 512Reads6.8Score10314d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: Chen Xueru Is a Great Ally 四合院：陈雪茹是个好帮手 (A mash-up of period dramas + multiple heroines + plenty of shenanigans + ...) I arrive in the early years of the People's Republic and get up to all kinds of mischief in period dramas. It's a little early, sure, but there are perks: all the heroines and supporting female characters are waiting for me! This is the story of the handsome young Zeng Dagen as he “collects” women in period dramas. 6.8kReads6.6Score42714d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: Who Says Everyone in the He Family Likes Widows? 四合院：谁说老何家都喜欢寡妇 He Eryang was He Yuzhu’s uncle. After returning from the Korean Peninsula battlefield, the first thing he did was stand up for He Yuzhu. He put Jia Zhang under control and dealt with Yi Zhonghai. Although they brought He Daqing back, He Daqing left Xiao Bai and found himself another woman, Xiao Zhou. He left He Yuzhu and He Yushui in He Eryang’s care. To keep He Yuzhu from repeating his old mistakes, he found him a wife and arranged a speedy marriage. 8.1kReads7.3Score40614d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Inherited Jia Dongxu's Estate 四合院：开局接收贾东旭遗产 741Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: Banggeng Gets a System from the Start 四合院：开局棒梗有了系统 The thieving prodigy Banggeng was born into a bizarre family. His grandmother is a spirit medium, and his mother is in love with Silly Zhu's lunchbox. This is a courtyard with no decent people in it! In a place like this, eight-year-old Banggeng unexpectedly gets a System. At eight, he goes from a terrible student to a top scholar. At eight, he shoulders the burden of supporting his family. At eight, he brings his grandma to heel and turns her into his enforcer! If anyone dares mess with him, he 8.2kReads8.6Score47614d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: You Want My Martyr's Home? I'll Teach You All a Lesson at Gunpoint 四合院：抢我烈士房？持枪训众禽 I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard as the only son in a family of six martyrs, born and bred with an impeccable revolutionary pedigree! Yet on my very first day home, Jia Zhangshi dared to block my door and throw a tantrum, trying to steal my family's house. Jia Dongxu even brought people along, hoping to teach me some “rules” with his fists! “Rules?” He Tianxia laughed. His God-Tier Instant-Kill System activated, and a freshly acquired Type 54 pistol was instantly pressed t 319Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: My Wife Looks Just Like Liu Tianxian 四合院：我的媳妇酷似刘天仙 A brainless feel-good story, a brainless feel-good story, a brainless feel-good story. Some things bear repeating... Ye Fan transmigrates to 1958. From the start, he gets Silly Zhu sent to prison. No dragging things out, no saintly behavior. A few years later, Silly Zhu is reborn and gets out of prison early... I can't do the synopsis justice, so please read the story... 11.2kReads6.4Score58214d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: I Own Thousands of Acres of Fertile Land 四合院：我有万顷良田 Ye Chuan transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and acquired a secret realm. Bang Geng came to steal from him? He’d make the kid kneel and kowtow. Silly Zhu was good in a fight? He’d knock him flat. Yi Zhonghai tried to guilt-trip him with morality? Sorry, he had none. Xu Damao liked to steal other people’s partners? What a coincidence, so did Ye Chuan. The whole courtyard was left fuming. Ye Chuan was the boss, and whoever crossed him was in for bad luck. [Multiple heroines] Not 418Reads6.4Score11414d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: Quietly Munching on Melon Seeds 四合院之默默吃瓜 I never thought I’d catch the transmigration wave one day, let alone end up in that famously colorful courtyard. Faced with all kinds of dramas, let’s see how I quietly sit back and watch the show 3.5kReads5.4Score10614d adds
- 36 I’m Carrying on Wei Wu’s Legacy in Siheyuan! 我在四合院发扬魏武遗风！ A wealthy bachelor is reborn in the beastly Four-House Courtyard. He gets a less-than-ideal start, then receives a rather dubious System… [System]+ [Mostly lust]+ [Some romance too] Come check out the author’s new Four-House Courtyard story 906Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: Women Use Up Supplies, Get Ten Times Back 四合院：女人消耗物资，十倍返还 The rating just came out and will rise after a while, so please be patient as you read. [Body transmigration] [Specializes in dealing with scoundrels] [Multiple heroines, don’t read if you dislike that] [Outlandish from the start] [More Children, More Blessings] [Saintly types, keep away] [Crossover with film and television dramas + original heroine] This book is so outrageous, it defies description. 84.2kReads8.0Score8.4k14d adds
- 38 Siheyuan: I’m Short on Virtue in Every Way, So Who Do I Have to Fear? 四合院：我五行缺德，我怕谁？ I, He Yufan, transmigrated into the body of Silly Zhu's younger brother. The whole courtyard wants to take advantage of Silly Zhu and leave him with nothing, but in this life, Silly Zhu has me for a brother. Moral blackmail? Sorry, I was born without a conscience. 9kReads6.6Score38514d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: Do as I Please, Live as I Will 四合院：行放纵事，享肆意人生 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.9kReads6.3Score10514d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: The Years of Wei Wu 四合院之魏武岁月 Lin Yiyi, a construction worker who hauled bricks for a living, was crushed to death by a crane while working at a site and transmigrated to a parallel-world siheyuan. With the System Mall left behind after the System crashed, just see how he takes off in this vast, all-in-one parallel world… 3.9kReads6.6Score16614d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: I Have a Mental Illness 四合院：我有精神病 [System] [Multiple Women] [Scheming] [Insanely Awesome] After watching the TV drama "The Birds Are Filling the Courtyard" and feeling that it completely shattered his worldview, Ye Fan transmigrates into a world where multiple TV dramas have merged, beginning an insanely awesome journey. 1kReads5.6Score10214d adds
- 42 A Quiet Life in the Siheyuan World 在四合院世界安静生活 A slow-burn story about an ordinary life, with no overpowered golden finger. Take your time, dear readers. After accidentally saving someone, he transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. He only wanted to live a peaceful life. But all sorts of complicated troubles keep cropping up around him. Dear readers, come along with me into Xu Changping’s 1960s. 12.5kReads6.4Score44414d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: Stealing My Best Friend’s Match, Just So You Can Live the Good Life 四合院：截胡好兄弟就怕你过得好 [Period setting + System + not a do-gooder + face-slapping] I just woke up to find a bunch of beasts trying to take over my house, and even trying to kill me. Watch how I, Cheng Bizhi, deal with these beasts and thrive in the courtyard. If you make my life miserable, I'll make yours even worse. I can beat you up, and you'll still have to smile at me. 8.5kReads7.1Score28314d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Eat as Much as I Want 四合院：开局实现干饭自由 [Courtyard life + System + Everyday life] Lin Aijun is accidentally reborn and transmigrates to a parallel world of Love in the Courtyard, but the butterfly effect sends him there several years early, in 1959. Damn, supplies are scarce in this era! Luckily, the sign-in System comes through for him, giving him food freedom from the start and making everyone in the courtyard green with envy. Now that he is in the courtyard, he can't spend every day bickering with the neighbors over trivial matters 4.9kReads7.4Score12214d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: I Have a Diary of Bad Luck 四合院：我有一本霉运日记 The restored soldier Hong Guan returns to Beiping and moves into a courtyard residence, equipped with a pocket dimension and a Misfortune Diary. Watch how he gets all the troublemakers to mend their ways and start afresh. See how a model young person of the new era helps build the motherland. 5.2kReads7.6Score17514d adds
- 46 Living in Siheyuan, I Married Yu Li 人在四合院，娶了于莉 Li Xiangqian transmigrates into the body of an ordinary resident in Love in the Courtyard. When he goes on a blind date with Qin Huairu, he sees what she is really like and decisively calls off the marriage. As a result, he is past thirty and still has no wife, while the Jia family slanders him and the neighbors ostracize him... Things are different now. He has bound himself to a sign-in System, so he no longer has to suffer poverty and hardship. His life couldn't be more comfortable! Most impor 2.3kReads7.9Score10514d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: The Unbridled Cao Section Chief 四合院之肆意妄为曹科长 [Multiple heroines, don’t read if that’s not your thing] [System] [Slice of Life] [Siheyuan] [The Story of Zhengyang Gate] [Man Is Iron] Cao Dalong inexplicably transmigrates to the 1960s. After three years of military service, he is demobilized and assigned to the security division by his adoptive father, Zhao Dezhu. He earns rewards by putting the courtyard birds in their place and quickly builds a fortune by taking control of the black market. A story about winning over beautiful women along 10.9kReads6.6Score54414d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: She Refused to Marry Him Then, and Now She Regrets It Bitterly 四合院：当年不肯嫁，如今悔断肠 Wang Zheng transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming an ordinary resident of the compound. He also starts dating Qin Huairu, and the two soon get serious enough to discuss marriage. But at the last moment, Qin Huairu looks down on Wang Zheng for being a low-level apprentice and breaks off the engagement, claiming his wages are too low. She turns around and marries Jia Dongxu, who lives in the same compound. Wang Zheng is a little disappointed, but he keeps his head down and 1.3kReads6.1Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: From Slaughterhouse Worker to Government Official 四合院：从肉联厂屠宰工开始进部 [Completed, over a million words and ready to binge] [Reached No. 2 on the New Releases chart] Wang Jianguo transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard in 1952 and awakens the Slaughter System. Every time he slaughters a farm animal, he gains experience that he can trade for knowledge and techniques from the future! At first, the courtyard residents mock Wang Jianguo for biting off more than he can chew, thinking he can land a cushy job at the meatpacking plant! But their words are soon thrown back in 8.8kReads6.6Score46814d adds
- 50 The Barefoot Doctor Who Steals the Show in Siheyuan 四合院会截胡的赤脚医生 [Handcrafted with Ancient Methods] [Multiple Female Leads] [Ensemble Cast Focus] [Low on Hostility] [Devoted Female Leads] From the start, in 1951, he begins as a barefoot doctor in the countryside, just about to steal Qin Huairu away. But then the Jia family comes to ask for her hand in marriage? The residents of this courtyard compound are all much younger now: Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi, He Daqing, Yan Laokou, Liu Haizhong, and the others... With Zhang Baisong's arrival, the wheels of fate beg 53.8kReads6.7Score4.3k14d adds
