Siheyuan Stories Starring Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiefang, Liu Guangtian, or Liu Guangfu 四合院主角是阎解成阎解放刘光天刘光福
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Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian, From the Start I’ll Stand My Ground 四合院：刘光天，开局硬到底
[Siheyuan]+ [Has a pocket dimension]+ [No System]+ [One heroine]+ [Mildly aggressive]+ [Everyday life] A modern-day wage slave gets his head bashed in while helping an old lady chase after her wallet. When he opens his eyes again, he has become Liu Guangtian from Love in the Courtyard. Liu Guangqi accuses me of stealing money? I'll beat him up first. Liu Haizhong wants to teach me, his unfilial son, a lesson? Sorry, I'm cutting ties with the family right now. Jia Zhangshi wants to cause trouble
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- 2 Siheyuan: The Mad Tree Demon Transmigrates Again and Again 四合院：疯癫树妖穿越不息 [Quick transmigration, can inhabit male or female bodies, comes with a spatial dimension, unhinged personality] Having lived for several hundred years as a tree demon, it nearly wiped out humanity in the apocalypse. The Heavenly Dao of the main world kicked it into a small world to serve its sentence. As the saying goes, only a villain can deal with another villain. A mutant pomegranate tree demon with no sense of right or wrong thrives in a courtyard full of villains. Along the way, it also hel 31.5kReads8.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: I, Liu Guangtian, Will No Longer Be a Pushover 四合院：我刘光天不再唯唯诺诺 This is a different kind of Siheyuan fanfic. No bullying the obnoxious neighbors! A 21st-century wage slave transmigrates to a Siheyuan in 1962 and becomes Liu Guangtian? Every day, he gets beaten with a belt or yelled at, and he doesn’t dare take extra food at mealtimes. Where can he find a way out? Join the army! With his golden finger, the protagonist steadily rises to become one of the world’s top power players. 9.7kReads8.0Score46814d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: Something's Off About He Yushui 四合院之这个何雨水不对劲 Zhang Feng fell silent as Yushui unleashed her full fury. The courtyard was still the same old courtyard, but if He Yushui was still the same old He Yushui, he'd write her name backwards! Heh, just sit back and enjoy the show. 3.2kReads6.2Score10214d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: From the Start as Liu Guangtian, I Beat Liu Guangqi to a Pulp 四合院：刘光天开局，暴打刘光奇 The hapless Liu Guangtian transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. His parents already favor Liu Guangqi, and to make matters worse, Liu Guangqi is a two-faced schemer. Most of the beatings Liu Guangfu and he took as kids were because they got blamed for that bastard Liu Guangqi’s misdeeds. To hell with this! I can’t stand another day of this miserable life! Liu Guangtian grabs his younger brother by the hand. “Guangfu, what are you afraid of? From now on, your big brother will show you a diffe 27kReads7.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 6 A Crowdsourced Delivery Rider in the Siheyuan 四合院里的众包骑手 Liu Guangtian graduated from the Shaolin Martial Arts School and followed his senior brother Baoqiang's path to success, heading to the capital to work as an extra. But success can't be replicated, and nearly ten years later, he was still just an anonymous bit player. With no other choice, he changed careers, working as a stunt double, a martial arts instructor, a personal trainer, a Huolala driver, and a nightclub security guard, among other jobs. After more than a decade, he had achieved nothi 26.6kReads6.2Score2k14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: Transmigrate as Liu Guangtian? First, Beat Up Liu Haizhong 四合院：穿越刘光天？先揍刘海中 Transmigration + Invincible + Feel-Good Story + Ready to Throw Down at the Slightest Provocation Transmigrated as Liu Guangtian? From the start, I beat Liu Haizhong to a pulp! Being filial is out of the question. In a biased family where I was never loved, only beating my father and beloved older brother can satisfy my starved heart. In the Courtyard House, nothing says love and harmony like beating up those awful neighbors whenever I have nothing better to do. Want to guilt-trip me with moralit 131Reads—Score414d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's Carefree Life 四合院：阎解旷的潇洒人生 Yan Youkuang accidentally opened a portal and transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan, becoming Yan Jiekuang, the third son of the Third Master, Yan Bugui. Once there, Yan Jiekuang first broke the leg of Banggeng, the courtyard's notorious thief, to collect some interest. Then he went on to make life difficult for the courtyard's retirement crew. If you won't let me have an easy time, I won't let you get comfortable either. If I'm unhappy, don't expect you to be happy. In this courtyard wor 12.9kReads8.2Score46214d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian's Carefree Life 四合院：刘光天的逍遥人生 Liu Guangtian transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house, just after the end of public-private partnerships. He is still in eighth grade, and his old man is Fat Liu. No need to say more: first, pass the technical college entrance exam and land a secure job, then take charge of his own life. As for the nasty residents...their fates are bound to be grim. 7.9kReads8.0Score27714d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: From Street Punk to Pioneer in the Fight Against Spies 四合院之从街溜子到反特先锋 System: Zhang Someone is a member of the Japanese intelligence service. He'll deliver a piece of intelligence tonight beside the small bridge pier on the north bank of the Tonghui River. Yan Jiefang rushes to the Public Security Bureau that very night to report him. … Jia Zheng receives a new mission. Instructions: In seven days, meet secretly with He Jiahao of the Shanghai Black Dragon Society at the third pillar from the east end of the West Railway Station. Discuss the mission details in per 15.4kReads7.2Score94214d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: Bang Geng’s Path to Becoming Hong Kong Island’s Underworld Godfather 四合院棒梗之，港岛黑道教父路 After waking from a nap, he finds himself reborn as Bang Geng, the notorious thief of a Beijing courtyard compound in 1983. The good news is that a System has appeared right alongside him. The bad news is that the System seems intent on getting him killed... To avoid being dragged down by the System and sent before a firing squad, he grabs a bucket and makes a run for Hong Kong to seek his fortune. Only after arriving does he realize this is a world where movies and TV dramas are real... From th 765Reads6.8Score11414d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: Yan Jiecheng’s Carefree Life 四合院之阎解成的逍遥人生 When Yan Jiecheng wakes up, he discovers that he's landed in the TV series Love in the Courtyard and become Yan Bugui's eldest son, Yan Jiecheng. What's more, the moment he opens his eyes, there's a stunning beauty with a gorgeous figure lying beside him. Faced with this situation, Yan Jiecheng can't help but slowly smile... 177Reads5.9Score18914d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian’s Hidden Resilience 四合院之刘光天的隐忍 Any resemblance is purely coincidental! This book is plain and simple... plain and simple. This book has no hostility... no hostility. This book is a little... a little... Readers, make of it what you will... what you will... will... do as you please! 7.8kReads6.5Score26414d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: Reborn as Liu Guangtian, the Most Dutiful Son on the Internet 四合院：穿成全网最孝顺刘光天 [Siheyuan + System + no saintly heroine] Transmigrated as Liu Haizhong's second son, Liu Guangtian, he finds that his golden finger is to help his career-obsessed father get promoted! What a nightmare! The First Master is a hypocrite, the Third Master is scheming, Qin Huairu is a bloodsucker, and Aunt Jia is always wailing for the dead! Let's see how Liu Guangtian, despite the harsh conditions, helps his father rise to power, outsmarts his rivals, and makes a happy life for himself... 516Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: The Second Son of the Yan Family Is a Cao 四合院之阎家老二姓曹 With space at my fingertips, the world is mine... A descendant of the Cao family travels through time and space with a family heirloom. He merges with Yan Jiefang's soul and inherits Cao Aman’s preferences. See how he rides against the tide in an era of tumult and upheaval... 335Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 16 In Siheyuan, I Become Huaihua, the Poor Little One 四合院我成了槐花小可怜 The moment I opened my eyes, I had become Little Huaihua from the courtyard. The protagonist was absolutely terrified! Born into a family like this, the protagonist decided to cozy up to Lou Xiao'e to make sure she could grow up healthy. Auntie Lou was not only the only good person in the whole courtyard, but someone who might even sneak her off to Hong Kong one day. 5.2kReads8.5Score24514d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: Head of Security at the Food Factory 四合院：食品厂里的保卫科科长 Reborn in the body of the second son of the Liu family in the back courtyard, he is constantly bullied and framed by his older brother. When his mother points a knife at him, he thinks: You gave me this life. If I die from this blow, then I’ll have paid you back. If I’m lucky enough to survive, this life is one I reclaimed for myself, and you have nothing to do with it. He leaves the Liu family and keeps rising through the ranks at the food factory, becoming a senior official before long. Meanwh 4.4kReads6.2Score20414d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: Transmigrating as He Yushui, the Invisible Girl 四合院：穿越成为小透明何雨水 After an accident, college student Tang Yan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes He Yushui, Silly Zhu's high-school-age younger sister. After keeping a low profile for three years, she gets into the university's accounting department. Upon graduating, she is assigned to work as a cashier at the Red Star Steel Mill. Starting by stopping Qin Huairu from collecting Silly Zhu's wages on his behalf, she puts obstacles in her way at every turn. In the end, she helps Silly 1.1kReads8.0Score11914d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: He Yushui’s Rise 四合院：进击的何雨水 After finishing my previous book, I suddenly felt like writing a story about He Yushui. And so it began: He Yu, a modern tomboy, was furious after watching the TV drama Poultry-Filled Courtyard. In her eyes, He Yushui, a minor character in the story, did nothing but run away and even set Silly Zhu up. But when she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated into He Yushui herself. Let's see how she deals with the whole courtyard full of scoundrels! 8.9kReads8.4Score49414d adds
- 20 From the Neighborhood Office to the Pinnacle of Life in Siheyuan 四合院从街道办开始走上人生巅峰 A modern office drone transmigrates to a courtyard house, where food and clothing are scarce, there's no phone or computer, and neither school nor work is an option. Life couldn't be more miserable. Fortunately, there's a System that grants all kinds of rewards. See how Yan Jiefang creates a bright future of his own! 65Reads5.8Score—14d adds
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Siheyuan: Wrong World, So How Do I Cultivate Immortality? 四合院：跑错界面，怎么修仙
Other people transmigrate as rich second-generation heirs. He floats down a river, with no memories, no connections, no family, and only a cultivation sign-in System that keeps sending him the wrong way and is now trying to run away. Luckily, he’s fortunate enough to meet a benefactor as soon as he gets out of his coffin. He clings to his benefactor and shamelessly follows him into the army, cultivating immortality while fighting in wars. Only when he pushes things too far and the System tries t
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- 22 From Siheyuan to Literary Great: The Beasts Have Lost Their Minds 从四合院到文坛泰斗：众禽兽疯了 A literature PhD wakes up to find himself transmigrated into Yan Jiefang in 1958. The moment he opens his eyes, his father, Yan Bugui, is demanding household expenses while clutching an abacus. Before he can even figure out what's going on, the System he bonded with gets driven off by the Four-Sided Courtyard's heavenly law! Luckily, the System left him a starter pack: a 10,000-cubic-meter storage space where time stands still, five times the physical attributes, and mastery of Baguazhang. While 13.9kReads7.0Score1k14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai's Ancestor Is Back 四合院：易中海他祖宗回来了 In the autumn of 1962, Yi Zhonghai's paternal great-uncle, the twenty-year-old Yi Erchen, arrives at this courtyard. To Yi Zhonghai, he calls him “Little Hai” every time! To Deaf Granny, he casually calls her “Old Niece.” See how the courtyard's newest little patriarch leads Yi Zhonghai around with one hand, carries Deaf Granny under the other arm, and rides Silly Zhu straight through the chaos. 684Reads8.7Score—14d adds
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Siheyuan: I Take Yi Zhonghai to Task and Demand 6,000 Yuan 四合院：手撕易中海，逼赔六千块
Chen Wangshan is a transmigrator. He has transmigrated into a notorious courtyard house from across the myriad heavens, full of beasts. No endless bickering back and forth. He'll teach those beasts how to behave by using the law. A new author with a new work. Please go easy on me, dear readers! A fist salute! Thank you! (The rating just came out and will rise later, so please read with confidence.)
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Wang Dachui's Happy Life 王大锤的快乐生活
Wang Dachui, who sacrificed himself to save someone, was mistakenly tossed by Ox-Head and Horse-Face into the world of the Beijing courtyard homes. See how this little man from another world survives among a courtyard full of vultures, matching wits and trading blows with them. The author has completed several Beijing courtyard novels, all written by hand from beginning to end. The plot twists and turns, so come and savor it!
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- 26 The Wonderful Life of Silly Zhu 傻柱的精彩人生 “A sick mother, a gambling-addict father, a younger brother still in school, and a divorced woman.” Who wouldn’t feel sympathy for a young woman like that? I was just feeling a little sympathetic and trying to help her out of a difficult situation. Why did I have to transmigrate into this courtyard full of beasts? And into the body of one of the beasts, Silly Zhu, no less! Heaven is so unfair! 23.6kReads7.5Score92314d adds
- 27 Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty Is Back 四合院：大清回来了 A powerful survivor from the apocalypse is reborn as He Daqing. He first deals with his two ungrateful stepsons, then makes a triumphant return to the courtyard house, marries a lovely wife, and takes on his wicked neighbors, changing Silly Zhu’s life along the way. Read on to discover all the exciting details! 17.3kReads8.5Score53314d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: My Hunting Life 四合院：我的狩猎生涯 A hero who fought floods and rescued disaster victims returns to the world of Siheyuan. To survive, he takes up hunting and feeds his whole family through these turbulent times. Come see a different Siheyuan: no mindless characters, no hostility. The author pours care into every page, even staying up late to write! Thank you all for your support! 10.6kReads8.0Score35014d adds
- 29 Whether the Siheyuan Is in Chaos Is Up to Me, Xu Damao! 四合院乱不乱，我许大茂说了算！ Whose family doesn’t have a few famous ancestors? Would the ancestors of my Xu family really stand by and let their descendants die out? Blessed by my ancestor’s favor, Xu Damao gets to live again. Give back what you took from me, and spit out what you ate! I’m going to make sure this whole Siheyuan doesn’t know a moment’s peace! If you want strength, I’ve got brains; if you want brains, I’ll play dirty! So, are you convinced or not? 3.6kReads6.4Score10514d adds
- 30 Life in the Siheyuan 在四合院里过日子 After reading lots of stories about courtyard life, I decided to try writing my own take on it. This is a practice piece, so please be kind if it's not to your taste! My second carefully crafted novel, The Courtyard: The Qing Dynasty Is Back, has just launched. I hope you'll give it a read! Li Ping'an was an obscure older bachelor in modern society. He died after doing a good deed for once, presumably because good deeds bring good fortune. He transmigrated to a courtyard in the late 1950s, where 16.5kReads7.8Score52414d adds
- 31 A Dragon Hidden in the Deep Mountains: Reborn as the Landlord's Foolish Son in the 1960s 深山藏龙：重生六零地主家傻儿子 Reborn as the foolish son of a landlord, with a pocket dimension, one heroine, and a pet. This richly plotted period novel combines family-wide revenge, solitary living deep in the mountains, hunting and trading, life as an educated youth, returning to the city to build a career, and much more. Meticulously crafted, with vivid plots, lifelike characters, exquisite details, and plenty of emotional payoff, it is absolutely worth savoring! 8.5kReads7.5Score85714d adds
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Siheyuan: Being a Sneaky Schemer Feels Great 四合院：做老六真香
Yan Jiefang, an executive chef at a five-star hotel, has his soul transmigrate into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He becomes the second son of Third Uncle Yan Bugui, with the same name and surname, and even gets a "Sly Old Fox System." He hadn't planned to be a sly old fox, but the System is offering way too much.
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- 33 Siheyuan: The Second Yan Son Is a Total Cheat 四合院：阎家老二是个挂比 The train of history hurtles forward. Yan Jiewen unexpectedly arrives in a Four-Sided Courtyard in the 1960s, becoming the second son, absent from the TV series, of Third Master Yan Bugui. Finding himself in a family of selfish schemers and penny-pinchers, Yan Jiewen is utterly speechless. Fortunately, he gets a fishing System that lets him fish up all kinds of items, making life better and better. Sometimes he fishes up useful items, sometimes he gives the courtyard's troublemakers a hard time, 6.7kReads7.4Score28114d adds
- 34 Yan Jiefang’s Days in the Siheyuan 闫解放在四合院的时光 Yan Jiefang has transmigrated into Yan Jiefang, complete with a pastoral pocket dimension and mastery of both civil and military pursuits. Watch how Yan Laokou gets put in his place and the retirement crew gets reformed! Silly Zhu: “What's so great about Yan Jiefang? It's not like he has anything but a pretty wife!” Xu Damao: “Just you wait, Yan Jiefang. One of these days, I'll get the better of you!” Qin Huairu: “Yan Jiefang, considering our relationship, can't you help Banggeng?” 423Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 35 I Became the Yan Family’s Youngest Daughter in the Siheyuan 四合院我成了阎家小闺女 Just because I watched Love in the Courtyard, I woke up one morning as Yan Bugui’s little daughter! Luckily, in this era, I got the sign-in System that everyone who transmigrates is supposed to get. (I’m a newbie, so please go easy on me if I get anything wrong! I’ll write however I please, and won’t stick to the original plot all the time.) 851Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 36 The Happy Life of the Yan Family's Second Son in the Siheyuan 四合院阎家老二的幸福生活 This is a new author's first attempt, and my writing is limited, so I hope my dear readers will be understanding. I don't have a set outline and write wherever the story takes me. Please forgive me if anything seems familiar or if I've left something out. Thank you all for your support. 2.7kReads6.8Score10514d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: Liu Haizhong’s Eldest Son, Liu Guangqi 四合院：刘家长子刘光齐 Old Liu, Liu Pangpang is my father? Have I been reborn in a courtyard house in this era? Since I’m here, I might as well make the best of it. I don’t have much to tie me down anyway, so why not live life to the fullest? 7.9kReads6.6Score31314d adds
- 38 The Stingy World of Yan Bugui, the Siheyuan’s Third Master 四合院三大爷阎埠贵的抠门空间 Yan Bugui never expected to transmigrate into Third Master, or to get a miser’s spatial ability that could multiply supplies. A new work is out! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 518Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: I Became Liu Guangtian 四合院：我成了刘光天 Just writing this for fun. Updates may not be regular, and it may not be completed. The timeline in the story follows what the author writes. I'm a laid-back author. There won't be many scenes set in the courtyard, for the most part. I don't want to write about tormenting the birds. The protagonist leaves the courtyard not long after the story begins. I want to write about striving through a particular era. 7.9kReads7.6Score23814d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: I'll Live My Own Life, So Don't Bother Me! 四合院：我过我的日子，别烦我！ 49.5kReads7.2Score2k14d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: I've Got a Bad Temper and Know a Little Kung Fu 四合院：在下脾气不好，略懂拳脚 A doctor on an overseas aid mission is sent back to 1959 by a missile and transmigrates into Jia Youjin, an army doctor. Traumatized by a comrade's accidental death, Jia Youjin is wounded by a grenade while seeking revenge and has no choice but to leave the military and return home. He arrives at the compound at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang and discovers that someone has taken over his home. It turns out someone spread a rumor that he died on the battlefield, and Yi Zhonghai gave his house to someone el 59.7kReads8.4Score3.8k14d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Age of Empires 四合院：傻柱的帝国时代 In the 1950s, life in the capital was hard, and the winds of change stirred beneath the surface. A modern soul found himself in the body of a young man known as Silly Zhu. His father had run off, leaving only his little sister behind. The courtyard was rife with trouble, and hidden currents swirled through the streets. Fortunately, he had a world of his own: the Age of Empires game world. Starting in the primitive Stone Age, he reclaimed land, developed production, and smelted metal, steadily l 41.7kReads7.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: The Short-Tempered Big Brother Slaughters the Entire Courtyard 四合院：暴躁老哥，杀穿全院 The courtyard isn't big, but it's packed with ruthless people. To punish these scoundrels, the System specifically selects short-tempered, sinister guys and sends them to be reborn in the courtyard. Not one of them understands reason, but they all know how to throw a punch. First story, reborn as Silly Zhu: Throw a punch first, then ask all the questions afterward. Second story, an ordinary guy framed and sent to prison: Now that I've got a cheat, why clear my name with words? Wouldn't a knife b 14.4kReads8.2Score45814d adds
- 44 Transmigrate as He Yushui: From the Start, I'm in Baocheng 穿越何雨水，开局竟然在保城 In early May 1951, six-year-old He Yushui is possessed by the soul of a modern person. The transmigrator, who has read all kinds of fan fiction and hundreds of transmigration novels, is instantly dumbfounded. “Wait, why is He Yushui in Baocheng? Shouldn't she be in the courtyard house on Nanluoguxiang?” After absorbing the original owner's memories, they discover that Silly Zhu brought her here. No need to ask: Silly Zhu has either been reborn or transmigrated too. Anyone who understands the law 27.1kReads7.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: Is There Any Future in Being a Factory Doctor? 四合院：当厂医有搞头吗？ While delivering food, delivery rider Li Huaishui is sent back to 1944 by a truck, into the womb of a family in Shandong. As he slowly grows up, he learns that his brother, who is more than twenty years older and rarely comes home, is named Li Huaide. Then he discovers that his eldest brother works at the Red Star Steel Mill in the capital… 17.3kReads5.5Score91014d adds
- 46 Homelander in Siheyuan 祖国人在四合院 The ratings have only just come in. They'll slowly go up, everyone says so, and so do I... The cover was slapped together by AI. This is my first time writing a book, so I have no experience. After transmigrating to the capital in 1962, Huang Jinbu falls into the notorious Courtyard of Beasts. Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, Silly Zhu, and a whole host of other top-tier troublemakers are all gathered there. Just as he thinks he'll have to scrape by, the Motherland 14.3kReads8.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: A Veterinarian from the Start, Giving Everyone in the Courtyard a Vasectomy 四合院：兽医开局，帮全院净身 I transmigrated into the world of "The Birds Fill the Courtyard" and became a veterinarian who goes to the countryside to castrate pigs. Others rely on their skills after transmigrating. I rely on a pig-castrating knife. Bound to the Great Love of Humanity System, my mission is to change the fates of all the birds and beasts. So I castrated Silly Zhu with one swipe. Zhu, don't hate me. I'm saving your life! The System rewards came through, and the whole courtyard of beasts trembled in fear. From 73kReads8.1Score5.4k14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: Lock Down Yi Zhonghai and the Jia Family from the Start 四合院：开局锁死易中海和贾家 Take the initiative and put those courtyard pests in their place; Drop all pretense of personal virtue and enjoy a shameless life; Refuse to waste energy worrying, and go absolutely wild when trouble comes; Rather than make yourself suffer, make things difficult for others; When faced with a courtyard full of pests, the only answer is to strike first... 21.9kReads6.6Score95314d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Castrate Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局阉了贾东旭 Zhang Feng, an outstanding young man of the twenty-first century, is sent to the 1950s by more than a dozen tractor-trailers. He doesn't realize that this is the legendary world of Birds Fill the Courtyard until he arrives in the capital in 1959. On his very first day after moving in, he castrates Jia Dongxu. At the residents' meeting, he even publicly calls on everyone to leave Yi Zhonghai without an heir. 43kReads6.6Score2.3k14d adds
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Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生
This book is dedicated to my younger self, to the chaos of those days and the loneliness buried deep inside, and to everyone who can't help looking back on the past. It's also dedicated to you, if you'd like to learn about life in Beijing's crowded courtyard compounds. This place was once a little world of its own: the gray walls were mottled, the doorways stood side by side, and life was noisy and real. Neighbors schemed and quarreled, clashing over every inch of land and wall, and getting red
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