Niu Gensheng, who works nights as a part-time delivery driver, transmigrates to the 1955 world of the courtyard after jumping into a river to save an old man.
At this point, Silly Zhu is only twenty, Qin Huairu has been married into the Jia family for just two years, and Xu Damao is seventeen.
The protagonist is reborn into the body the old man had seventy years earlier.
Niu Gensheng is twenty, has lost both his parents, and works as a fitter at the Lou Steelworks.
The old man has lost all hope. Grateful that someone was willing to risk his life to save him in his final moments, he voluntarily gives up this chance at rebirth and returns to the underworld, leaving the protagonist with all the memories of his life.
Golden finger:
(1) A supernatural ability that lets the student surpass the master. Whenever someone deliberately or inadvertently offers the protagonist guidance, or feels grateful toward him, he can acquire that person's skills or talents.
(2) A static space measuring one hundred meters in length, width, and height.
