Siheyuan: The Procurement Officer’s Leisurely Life

The words "Cao Cao the Traitor" in the synopsis immediately caught my eye, and I insisted on reading it.

Compared to "The Last Winner of the Courtyard," this book is far inferior. You're both purchasing agents, yet others have already risen to the level of deputy director of logistics (deputy division chief), while yours is still struggling for a promotion. Both are Cao Xueqin novels, but the others live comfortably, while yours is incredibly stifled.

I see echoes of "The Courtyard House: The Last Winner" in this book; the style is similar. I hope the author keeps up the good work. I don't expect to surpass it, but at least I shouldn't fall too far behind.

The author seems to misunderstand what a planned economy is. It's fine for a purchasing agent to go to the countryside to buy some agricultural products. But what if you set up an agricultural product factory? Would you still be able to make purchases then? Back then, agricultural products from farmers were centrally purchased and priced by supply and marketing cooperatives.

It's like it won't eat the bok choy, it just gnaws on the rotten bok choy stalks! Don't pick rotten persimmons, little cherry! He doesn't like new toothbrushes, so he likes to pick up used ones from the trash can. I don't like drinking new tea; I specifically pick tea that has been brewed by others, the more variations there are in the brewing process, the better. Why would someone let another woman use their new wife for a month before they themselves feel comfortable?

Seeing the word "baton" made me want to give up on the book. I figured it would be more useful to have someone in the workshop make a machete. Back then, it wasn't illegal to kill criminals; you could even use a gun. But with a baton, you couldn't even say where it came from.

After reading the protagonist's background, he's a high school student in the 1960s, which is quite impressive. Then he's so unlucky in the factory. Were talents worthless in the 1960s?

Good heavens, this is the dumbest protagonist I've ever seen in a courtyard house story! He works so hard to earn ten points, then spends more than ten on breakfast himself. Does the author think the readers are idiots? Haha 🤤

He seduced Qin Huairu, got He Yuzhu to cook, and then delivered the dishes to the old lady. I won't read any articles about courtyard houses if they have any of these three points.

You were sent to the countryside to collect things. You went to the countryside to do literacy work and poaching—one mission and you've already written almost 30 chapters of filler. If I send you on a business trip to Hong Kong, you'll be able to take over the entire Causeway Bay area. 😂