Courtyard Chronicles: Skipping Grades to Outsmart Scheming Neighbors

Eight peaceful years after transmigrating into a 1960s Beijing courtyard end when school enrollment becomes mandatory. Armed with a daily sign-in system that provides gourmet meals and career boosts for his parents, our protagonist faces the courtyard's web of manipulation and petty schemes. The silver-tongued Yi Zhonghai? Meet a parrot that argues better. The notorious Sha Zhu and his dirty fighting? Two can play that game. The well-connected Deaf Old Lady? Sorry, but this kid knows people in higher places. When the greedy Jia family sets their sights on his family's prosperity, it's time to…