Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Refugee

This author has flopped two books in a row, what's the point of reading them? The writing is like something from kindergarten, the timeline is unclear, and the plot is terrible. I don't know how the editor approved his outline.

Do you know why the courtyard house genre exists? It's because it's realistic. The era is too recent; any writing that doesn't reflect the times will only flop.

You know nothing and just write whatever comes to mind. At least try to understand the social background, culture, and life of the 1960s before you write anything.

The sentence is completely incoherent; go to the factory and tighten the screws!

This is absolutely outrageous. Each chapter is more toxic than the last; after reading the first three, I decided to throw my brain away. But even after reading 20 chapters, I still couldn't take it anymore. It's too outrageous, too ridiculous.

You need coupons to buy things these days, right? Damn it, have you used any coupons for all this stuff?

Having listened to chapter 22, it's alright, not badly written. The beginning, catching mice, wasn't great, but it got fun once they entered the courtyard. Although catching fish to exchange for furniture, not sleeping all night and being starving until 3 pm the next day in the dead of winter and not freezing to death is a bit puzzling, but I have high tolerance, and the noble listeners will…

Stop writing, it's really not good. You've just handed a big fish to someone who doesn't know their place, and you think you're some kind of traitor? Then why did you write about Qin Huairu earlier, how disgusting she was, and then come in and start screwing things up?

I gave up after chapter 13. The most important thing in historical fiction is the depiction of daily life. There can be some inconsistencies, but not too many. In the 1960s, the ration coupon system was already in place; you needed coupons for almost everything. The protagonist in the book buys things without mentioning coupons, which is just awful.

The statement that they didn't charge receipts when buying things seems to be from the 1960s. Don't forget the era of ration coupons!