Looking for Cathartic Stories Set in a Beijing Courtyard, the More Satisfying the Better 求四合院解恨的书，闷坏的

1. 251 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Returns to 1951 and Marries Qin Huairu 四合院傻柱回到51年娶秦淮茹 A Mess on the Floor S一地鸡毛SMale-Channel Fanfiction645k WordsCompleted Silly Zhu goes back to 1951, marries Qin Huairu, and moves to Zhengyangmen, where Han Chunming, Su Meng, and Cheng Jianjun become his neighbors. He then discovers that Cai Quansheng is his uncle and finds Xu Huizhen a wife. Later, he brings his father, He Daqing, back to the capital and finds him a wife, Liang Ladi. Later on, He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu's son marries Han Chunming's second older sister, while their daughter marries Han Chunming. He Yuzhu himself becomes a legend. 11.3kReads7.5Score363Shelves
2. 252 四 Siheyuan: My Dad Is Xu Damao, and My Mom Is Lou Xiao'e 四合院：爹是许大茂，娘是娄晓娥 Of the Xianghuang Family镶黄家的Male-Channel Fanfiction264k WordsCompleted When zombies surrounded the city in the apocalypse, orphan Xu Xiao had no choice but to self-destruct, taking the newly crowned Zombie King down with him. Instead, he transmigrated into the TV series Courtyard House as Xu Damao’s son, with a womanizing father, a sweet and clueless mother, and beasts all around him. With no other choice, he must make the most of life in a courtyard full of beasts. See how Xu Xiao lives life on his own terms. For those born in the ’70s and ’80s, music has never le 19.8kReads9.2Score983Shelves
3. 253 四 Siheyuan: A Research Genius from the Start at 61 四合院：开局61，科研大佬 A Mangosteen Durian一只山竹榴莲Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Zhiyuan inexplicably transmigrates into the body of a student at Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1961. He awakens the heaven-defying comprehension System. Ding! Continuous rolling mills unlocked. CNC machine tools unlocked. Ding! Computer technology unlocked. Mobile phone technology unlocked! Ding! Controlled nuclear fusion technology unlocked! But when he sees the name 1.8kReads5.8Score117Shelves
4. 254 四 Siheyuan: Breaking Off the Engagement Felt Great Then, Now I Regret It Bitterly 四合院：当年退婚爽，如今悔断肠 Three Turns and One Ring三转一响Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted Li Hongjun transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming an ordinary resident of the courtyard. Back then, his father arranged a match between Li Hongjun and Qin Huairu, and they had even agreed on the bride price. But the Jia family had their eye on Qin Huairu too. They barged in, raised the bride price, and slandered Li Hongjun's family with rumors. So Qin Huairu, who cared more about money than people, broke off the engagement and married Jia Dongxu instead. The courtyard's 5.7kReads5.4Score272Shelves
5. 255 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, the Sign-in System Went on a Crazy Ten-Pull Spree 四合院：开局签到系统疯狂十连抽 Xingguang Dada兴广大大Male-Channel Fanfiction160k WordsOngoing Wang Yaowen transmigrates to 1960s Northeast China, into the world of Love in the Courtyard? Not only that, he becomes a rich young man and a top university graduate. Sent out to help build up the medical sector, he arrives in the capital and becomes a factory doctor. He awakens a sign-in System and starts off with ten rapid draws. [Obtained 100 jin of pork.] [Obtained 100 jin of Chinese cabbage.] [Obtained 100 bundles of 100-yuan notes.] [Obtained one body-enhancing pill.] [Obtained one manual —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 256 四 Siheyuan: Sign-in System! Hmm, Pretty Powerful! 四合院：签到系统！嗯，很强大！ Carefree Young Gentleman佛系小郎君Male-Channel Fanfiction237k WordsCompleted —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 四 Siheyuan: This Time, It's Finally My Turn, Right?! 四合院之这次终于轮到我了吧！ Little Mo of South City南城小陌Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted [If you dislike Qin Huairu, don't read] [Multiple heroines] [System] Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Jia Zhangshi, and Deaf Granny. With these seven people all in one place, there'll never be a shortage of stories... 45.2kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
8. 258 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated into Deaf Granny's Nephew 四合院：穿成聋老太太的侄子 Xi Xiaoyue, Who Loves Fried Chicken爱吃炸鸡的曦小月Male-Channel Fanfiction254k WordsCompleted The Birds of the Courtyard! (A heavily reworked version with a very different plot and a wild imagination. Pure wish fulfillment.) He awakened the sign-in System, and on his very first day, he received a pocket dimension. I, Wang Fugui, am the orphan of a martyr, And my doctor's salary is 57.5 yuan! A sign-in reward gives me traditional Chinese acupuncture. I research medicine and win the Nobel Prize in Medicine, making contributions to the nation! What? You want to bleed me dry? Did you ask the 3kReads8.1Score113Shelves
9. 259 四 Siheyuan: Police Academy Graduate, From the Start I Detain Banggeng 四合院：警校毕业，开局拘留棒梗 A Little Grass一小草Male-Channel Fanfiction835k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1960s, He Yudong becomes He Yushui's twin brother. He graduates from the police academy from the start, and on his first day at work, he gets the Super Cop System. Every criminal he catches earns him a reward. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully arresting a criminal. You have earned 130 enforcement points, ten jin of grain coupons, and 130 yuan in cash.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully arresting a criminal. You have earned 500 enforcement point 1.3kReads7.0Score100Shelves
10. 260 四 Siheyuan: We've Split the Family, So Why Should Anyone Keep Spoiling the Jia Family? 四合院：都分家了谁还惯着你贾家 Braised Big Eggplant红烧大茄子Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Jia Donglin transmigrates into the world of "The Birds Gather in the Courtyard", becoming the fictional second son of the Jia family. With no job, he is treated as a burden on the family. His miserable situation takes a turn for the worse when they force him out and split the household, leaving him without a penny of the family’s assets. Just as all the courtyard’s busybodies assume Jia Donglin, penniless and homeless, will starve to death on the streets, and get ready to laugh at him, he activa 15.4kReads7.8Score650Shelves
11. 261 四 Siheyuan: Sending the Jia Family Mother and Son to Detention from the Start 四合院：开局送贾家母子去拘留 Zhang Shizhongyu张石中玉Male-Channel Fanfiction637k WordsCompleted Zhang Wenjin's soul unexpectedly transmigrated to the 1960s. He possessed the body of Zhang Wenjin, the grandson of an old doctor in a courtyard compound. After learning about Zhang Wenjin's tragic past and the old doctor's death, a dubious System golden finger activated. Watch as Zhang Wenjin deals with the beasts around him. Watch as Zhang Wenjin saves his unreliable System golden finger. 7.6kReads8.5Score289Shelves
12. 262 四 Siheyuan: The Treasure Chest System Makes Me Invincible with Ten Pulls 四合院：宝箱系统，十连抽无敌 Top Cat喵中一霸Male-Channel Fanfiction606k WordsCompleted Watching the TV drama set in a traditional courtyard, Yang Weiguo was so furious at the bunch of scoundrels that his teeth were practically itching. The next moment, he transmigrated into the world of the courtyard and became one of its residents. The whole place was full of scoundrels. Silly Zhu was a fool, and he had only himself to blame! Qin Huairu was a bloodsucker! Banggeng was an ungrateful wretch! Xu Damao was full of bad intentions! First Uncle was a sanctimonious old bachelor, Second U 2.6kReads7.4Score103Shelves
13. 263 四 Siheyuan: The Worst Silly Zhu in History 四合院：这是有史以来最坏的傻柱 Garuda伽楼罗Male-Channel Fanfiction796k WordsCompleted Silly Zhu is reborn a few months before the great famine of 1958. He builds walls around the courtyard and digs a cellar to stockpile food. This time, he's going to turn the tables on everyone who set him up in his previous life. When He Daqing carries on with a widow, Silly Zhu breaks his legs with a single blow, then wipes out the entire Bai Widow family. He is reborn, marries Lou Xiao'e, raises his younger sister, and has a pocket dimension. This is pure wish fulfillment, so just sit back and 16.3kReads8.0Score798Shelves
14. 264 四 Siheyuan: It’s Only Right for a Big Brother to Stand Up for His Little Brother 四合院：哥哥给老弟撑场子应该的 Shiitake Mushrooms with Long Beans香菇拌豆角Male-Channel Fanfiction929k WordsCompleted In this story, there is a young man named Xu Fan, the eldest son of Xu Fugui. First he joins the army, then he becomes head of the security department. Let’s see what kind of story awaits him. 10.1kReads5.5Score316Shelves
15. 265 四 Siheyuan: Evil Gets Its Due, and the Courtyard’s Villains Meet Their End 四合院：恶有恶报全院恶人终落幕 The Moon Rises Over the World风起人间月Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Revenge] [Multiple Heroines] [Making Money] [Sneaky Schemer] [Tightly Plotted] Li Zhong, who had transmigrated into this world, looked around the courtyard at the vile beasts. Everyone was like a vulture, waiting for him to die. But he had been reborn! One by one, two by two, three by three... Li Zhong plotted the beasts' deaths. Everyone suspected Li Zhong was involved, but there was no evidence. What goes around comes around, and justice never fails. In the end, all the beasts were left in de 265Reads8.0Score554Shelves

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    This isn't your typical mindless wish-fulfillment novel. You'll need to use your brain a little! The characters are intelligent throughout, not just the protagonist, but also the supporting cast—Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old woman—who initially use brute force to kill the original owner of the body. The protagonist is also initially outsmarted by them when he first transmigrates. But later, the protagonist turns the tables, committing murder and seeking revenge. Everyone knows he did it, but the law says he didn't. The beast gets terribly bullied! So satisfying. The thrill of crushing the enemy with intelligence!

16. 266 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Snatches Yu Li from the Start 四合院：傻柱开局截胡于莉 Mountains and Rivers Have a Voice山河有声Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing The economy is in a downturn, every industry is struggling, and tensions are high. Nobody has it easy. This book isn’t full of that kind of tension. It’s just here to cheer everyone up and let them live without feeling wronged. Winter, 1961. Three days before Jia Dongxu dies in a workplace accident. Reasoning with people? Not happening! Moral blackmail? One slap! Throwing your age around? One slap! Making a scene and rolling on the floor? Still one slap! In this life, He Yuzhu follows one princ 137.1kReads7.9Score12.6kShelves

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    This new book released in July is not frustrating.

17. 267 四 Siheyuan: Everyone’s Idol, Loved by Young and Old Alike 四合院：全民偶像，老少通杀 Master Liude六德夫子Male-Channel Fanfiction211k WordsOngoing Synopsis: The hostility in this novel will keep getting worse! What would it feel like if Old Lady Long turned eighteen and Silly Zhu started pursuing her? If Qin Huairu became ugly and fat, could she still trade for steamed buns? What would happen if Jia Zhangshi became incredibly alluring and started speaking with a Taiwanese accent? Would she summon Old Jia’s ghost? How would their families react if Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui swapped personalities? What would everyone think if Yi Zhonghai sud 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is humorous, with a touch of violence and ruthlessness. The protagonist is ambitious, not a saint, and has multiple women pursuing him. It's a single-female lead, and overall a pretty good book. [Salute][Salute][Salute][Salute][Salute][Salute][Salute]

18. 268 四 Siheyuan: I’m a Veterinarian Who Specializes in Beasts 四合院：我是兽医，专治禽兽 Wu Yuesheng伍月生Male-Channel Fanfiction275k WordsOngoing [System + corruption and revenge + miracle doctor + no saintly do-gooder + some edge, mostly daily life + family squabbles + lighthearted comedy] Li Chunsheng woke up one morning and, for no apparent reason, transmigrated to Beijing in 1950, where he became the sole direct disciple of Sun Jishi, a master physician of traditional Chinese medicine. But on the very night Li Chunsheng became his disciple, Sun Jishi passed away. Li Chunsheng inherited Sun Jishi's estate and awakened the [Merit System 2.6kReads5.4Score—Shelves

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    This one has to be it, it's so satisfying!

19. 269 四 Siheyuan: I Really Don't Have a System 四合院我真没有系统 Waffles Rise Up华夫饼雄起Male-Channel Fanfiction500k WordsCompleted Liu Xing's soul enters the body of a rural villager during the famine era after he saves someone. But he has no golden finger, only the technical knowledge in his head and a secret that means he must get to the city. With this knowledge, he helps his family survive the famine. With this knowledge, he makes it to the city and moves into a siheyuan courtyard. With this knowledge, he gets a factory job and becomes a key technical specialist. He marries and has children. With this knowledge, he achi 1.6kReads6.4Score—Shelves

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    This is an incredibly satisfying story set in a courtyard house; Jiu Jiu absolutely cannot miss it! Especially the first book where the protagonist transmigrates—no saintly sentimentality, just pure malice. Due to an accident, he ends up in the underworld, and then in a courtyard house! But unfortunately, he doesn't have any cheat codes, only a brain…

20. 270 四 Siheyuan: The Yard's Troublemakers Are All My Experience Points 四合院：众禽都是我的经验宝宝 Garfield Loves Fish加菲爱吃鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction326k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a Siheyuan courtyard, how could a proper security office officer get his household seized by others? Zhou Yang plans to angrily tear into the scoundrels in the courtyard and send them all away to prison to eat cornmeal buns. But the System tells him that every beast in the courtyard is a walking bundle of experience points! So I, Zhou Yang, can bully these beasts, but no one else can? 39Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 四 Siheyuan: The Clever Silly Zhu Strikes Back 四合院：机智傻柱的反击 Potatoes Are Golden土豆是金的Female-Channel Fanfiction293k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the world of the siheyuan, He Yuzhu decides he has to completely change his fate! Watching the show before made him furious! At first, the widow sucks him dry, and then the three ingrates show no gratitude at all! Are good people really supposed to be treated like this? To hell with that! As for escaping the siheyuan? There's no need! There are so few fun things in this era. Isn't it great to go home every day and have a show to watch? Love in the Courtyard? It's more l 21Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 272 年 Life in My Siheyuan in the 1970s 年代，我的四合院生活 Drunk in a Dream of Life's Ups and Downs醉一梦浮沉Male-Channel Fanfiction340k WordsOngoing [Period setting, courtyard house, free shopping around the world, building an influence] He transmigrates into a courtyard house. In an era of shortages, in the capital, he hunts and fishes, living a leisurely life and watching the courtyard's dramas unfold with a smile. As his pocket dimension keeps upgrading, its produce grows ever more abundant. He even goes abroad to start “free shopping.” In these special times, he has no worries about food or clothing and keeps away from hostility. Using t —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 四 Siheyuan: My Wife Is Feng Baobao 四合院：我老婆冯宝宝 John Doe, Jane Doe, and the Rest路人甲乙丙丁Male-Channel Fanfiction477k WordsCompleted [A little edge] This book doesn’t have people getting killed at the drop of a hat. If that bothers you, don’t read. After transmigrating into He Yuzhu, he encounters an unreliable Street Punk System. From the start, the Street Punk System snatches Feng Baobao, the heroine of The Outcast, and gives her to He Yuzhu as his wife. Let’s see how He Yuzhu and Feng Baobao take the courtyard by storm. 13.3kReads7.8Score363Shelves
24. 274 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take on the First Uncle 四合院开局硬怼一大爷 Flip Through Books to Forget Your Worries翻书忘忧愁Male-Channel Fanfiction312k WordsCompleted My latest work is here! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 265Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 四 A Travelogue of the Ghost Capital in Siheyuan 四合院之地酆都城游记 Writing Three Lifetimes Beneath the Stone of Three Lives三生石下写三生Male-Channel Fanfiction101k WordsCompleted (Please don't continue reading. I'm sorry, dear readers. This book really wasn't very interesting. Halfway through, I'd already lost my train of thought, and the results weren't great either, so I rushed to the ending. I hope you won't hold it against me.) [Karma Comes Around] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] In 2024, food delivery rider Lin Shishan is passing by the river when he sees a disheartened man standing on a bridge, seemingly about to end his life. Kindhearted by nature, he immediately abando 31Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 重 Reborn as He Yushui: My Brother Is Dead, So Let's Kill 重生何雨水：我哥死了，杀就完了 King Fu Su孤王扶苏Female-Channel Fanfiction329k WordsCompleted At 65, He Yushui learns that her brother, Silly Zhu, was driven out by Bang Geng in the middle of winter and froze to death beneath a bridge, only to be torn apart by wild dogs afterward! Only Xu Damao took Silly Zhu’s body away for burial. He Yushui would remember this kindness. Now old, He Yushui wants to avenge her brother but is powerless to do so. Just then, a future female assassin’s transmigration fails, and He Yushui absorbs and fuses with the assassin’s skills. Though she is old, she ha 2.4kReads5.5Score100Shelves
27. 277 四 Siheyuan: You Birds Better Watch Out, I'm a Top-Tier College Graduate 四合院，众禽大胆，我乃本科巅峰 Feathered Serpent Demon God羽蛇魔神Male-Channel Fanfiction357k WordsOngoing A courtyard house in the 1960s. Modern-day Zhang Youren has somehow ended up here. Knowing the plot, he can’t help but laugh! I’m a modern-day top student. How hard can it be to deal with a few old farts? 25Reads5.2Score—Shelves
28. 278 四 Life in Siheyuan: Punishing the Wicked 四合院的惩治恶人生活 Dust by the Roadside路边的尘埃Male-Channel Fanfiction454k WordsOngoing A modern soul is struck dead by heavenly punishment and sent to a parallel world in a courtyard compound. The heavenly punishment within his soul turns him into a fool, and he grows up to the age of eighteen. By then, the heavenly punishment has completely melted away, becoming his golden finger: a heavenly-punishment pocket dimension. This is the story of his life in the courtyard compound. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 四 Siheyuan: My Grandpa Is My System 四合院之我爷就是我系统 Di Ba Shanshan Si地八山山四Male-Channel Fanfiction94k WordsOngoing [Cadre] [Powerful family background] [One heroine] [Light System] [A bit ruthless] [Doesn't cause trouble] [Doesn't mess with widows] [No bathroom humor] As a college student in the new era, Lin Ergou returns to the 1950s, only to find that his “Fists to the South Mountain, Feet to the North Sea” System has vanished, leaving him with only basic spatial and question-and-answer functions. But once Lin Ergou learns who his grandfather is, he says, “Who needs a System? My grandpa is my System. I can 6Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 四 Siheyuan: The First Uncle Claims Qin Huairu for Himself at the Family Reunion 四合院认亲一大爷截胡秦淮茹 Ancient Stubborn Stone千古顽石Male-Channel Fanfiction288k WordsCompleted In 1951, drought swept across the country. The land cracked, and food production plummeted. Yi Xiaochuan transmigrated into this world. His mother had passed away a few years earlier after years of overwork, while his father had gone missing amid the upheaval of war seventeen years ago. With nothing but bare walls at home and hunger gnawing at him, Yi Xiaochuan remembered his mother mentioning his father's name and resolutely set off for the capital, known as the City of Forty-Nine...! Fortunate 10.3kReads6.3Score619Shelves
31. 281 穿 Transmigrating to 1960: From the Start, I Can Eat Meat Whenever I Want 穿进1960开局吃肉自由 Buddhist Fat Cat佛系肥猫Male-Channel Fanfiction582k WordsCompleted A sulky, flirtatious post-90s guy stumbles into the world of the Siheyuan in a daze. There’s negativity and positivity, confusion and touching moments. Savor life’s many flavors, its bitterness and sweetness, and face it all with courage. As the saying goes: Every day is a day, no matter how you live it, so why be unhappy? Be happy and enjoy every day! 262Reads6.6Score—Shelves
32. 282 重 Reborn in 1987: I Drove My Wicked Grandma Crazy 重生八七：恶毒奶奶被我活活气疯 Charcoal-Grilled Lemon and Pacific Saury炭烤柠檬秋刀鱼Urban225k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Lin Xin left home at eighteen. During his absence, his cruel grandmother relentlessly bullied his family. When he finally returned, hoping to make up for all the time he had missed with them, he discovered that his family was gone. But fate gave him the chance to be reborn, sending him back to one month before he left home, with all his memories of his previous life intact. He was back, and this time he would... 16Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 283 四 Siheyuan: I Can Do Whatever I Want in My Dreams 四合院：我在梦里为所欲为 Second-Rate Scoundrel from the Southern City南城二流子Male-Channel Fanfiction385k WordsCompleted I stopped updating for a long time because something came up. The previous story is now finished, and I've started a new one. This time, I'll keep updating until it's complete. [Multiple heroines + self-interest + multiple TV and film worlds + lighter everyday life after revenge + tormenting the courtyard's pests] My name is Cao Wei. My mother is dead, my younger sister has been driven out of the house, and I was working at a mine when I got the news. I rushed home overnight, but someone ambushe 3.5kReads—Score168Shelves
34. 284 四 Siheyuan: Starting in 1980, Building a Business Empire 四合院：80开局，打造商业帝国 Siheyuan四合院Male-Channel Fanfiction167k WordsCompleted Wang Jianguo transmigrates to the 1980s, only to fall victim to the Jia family's marriage scam. His family is destroyed, and everything goes wrong from the start! Blood debts must be paid in blood, but before that, he'll make those beasts experience despair... Qin Huairu: Jianguo, I know I was wrong. Can you give me one more chance? Can I change? 197Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 天 Reborn Genius Pharmacist Leads Her Family to Buy a Courtyard House 天才药师重生带领全家买四合院 Black Pineapple黑凤梨Modern Romance952k WordsCompleted A feel-good period novel about a powerful woman putting scum in their place. Su Wanwan, a genius top-tier pharmacist, is reborn after an explosion in her laboratory and transmigrates to 1982. Her family is dirt poor, they don’t have enough to eat, her parents are timid, and her grandmother is domineering. As soon as Su Wanwan wakes up, she takes on her awful relatives and immediately splits from the family. But she’s left with a run-down house and no food. Looking at the endless hills, Su Wanwan 1.6kReads9.0Score243Shelves
36. 286 四 Siheyuan: A Street Hustler’s Rise to the Top 四合院：街溜子逆袭人生 Yunluo Mountain云罗山Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing Xu Feng transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as a street loafer. He has no job, his parents died young, and he was raised by his grandmother. He also adopted Yue, an orphan from the orphanage. After his grandmother dies, Xu Feng becomes a thorn in the side of the courtyard’s scoundrels. They use every dirty trick they can think of, all determined to drive Xu Feng and Yue out of the courtyard. Grandma Deaf resents Xu Feng’s grandmother for once stealing her thunder. She locks the door to Xu 310Reads6.1Score—Shelves
37. 287 四 Siheyuan: I'm the Male Women's Director of Nanluoguxiang 四合院：南锣鼓巷我是男妇女主任 Where to Go at the Crossroads十字路口何去Male-Channel Fanfiction200k WordsCompleted (Starting in 1953) + (Farming and animal husbandry) + (No harem) + (Everyday family life) A 21st-century double major in agriculture and animal husbandry, a well-rounded talent and an exemplary young person, somehow ends up as the women's director of Nanluoguxiang. She leads the neighborhood in developing farms and livestock breeding, and all sorts of hilarious mishaps ensue. This blurb doesn't do it justice, so please read the story for yourself... 8Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 288 四 Siheyuan: My First Strike Upon Returning Is to Take Down Yi Zhonghai 四合院：归来第一刀，先斩易忠海 Secluded Study闭门斋Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted {Courtyard setting + mind games and power plays + everyone is scheming + no saintly heroine + feel-good period drama} Overnight, Su Che transmigrates into the body of a pitiful man whose parents have died and whose younger sister has been taken away through someone's scheming. Still lying in bed after everything that has happened, he is visited by the hypocritical First Master, Yi Zhonghai, who advises him, "Little Su, it's all fate..." Su Che smiles faintly. Fate is never for others to define. 422Reads6.3Score149Shelves

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    The first chapter already saw Yi Zhonghai killed.

39. 289 1 1940: I Have the Thousand-Blade Demon Saber for Killing the Japanese! 1940：杀鬼子我有魔刀千刃！ Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Urban605k WordsCompleted A modern college student transmigrates to 1940 and takes over the body of a child named Wu Liuqi, who was killed by the Japanese. He awakens the Enemy-Slaying, Nation-Strengthening System! With the template of the assassin Wu Liuqi and the Thousand Blades Demon Sword in hand, he throws his head back and shouts, “You Japanese devils, your grandpa is here!” 2.1kReads7.4Score107Shelves
40. 290 鬼 Genius Lawyer: I Persuaded Someone to Surrender, and They Sent Me a Banner? 鬼才律师：劝人自首还被送锦旗？ Zuo You Jiang Nan左柚姜楠Urban2.9M WordsOngoing The renowned lawyer Zhou Yun became the young lawyer Zhou Yun. Thanks to his godlike case-solving logic, netizens called him a legal genius. A married scumbag seduces a woman, then refuses to take responsibility when she gets pregnant. The police won't even do anything. What should she do? Have them turn themselves in for the joint crime of bigamy. The police will definitely take the case, and with a confession and a pregnancy, there's a good chance the charges will be dropped. A cook who has wo 132kReads9.3Score15.1kShelves
41. 291 四 Reborn in the Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Stops Fawning Over Widows 四合院重生何雨柱不再舔寡妇 Old Mountain Ginseng ZF老山参ZFMale-Channel Fanfiction614k WordsCompleted Stay away from the retirement gang and live your own quiet life. [Reborn, not transmigrated] [Everyday life] [Watching from the sidelines] [Staying out of it] [Smart protagonist] [No golden finger] [No System] Silly Zhu is reborn, with none of that exhausting scheming. This is an everyday-life story about living happily and keeping away from the retirement gang. [I'm not a great writer, so please go easy on me. A bow of thanks!] At the end of 2008, snowflakes drifted from the sky, and the song 1.3kReads5.4Score—Shelves

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    What is there to hate? Is there such a strong sense of hostility?

42. 292 四 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Village Screening Stories 四合院：许大茂村里放映那些事儿 Old Mountain Ginseng ZF老山参ZFMale-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate, not reborn] + [wild imagination] + [plot changes] + [not brainless] + [low on hostility], a slow-burn power fantasy. A transmigration story, not a rebirth story. The protagonist has a different personality from Xu Damao in the show and won't inherit Xu Damao's grudges. I know the writing isn't great, so please go easy on me, dear readers. "Bows!" Xu Damao, a man of loyalty and honor! Well, sort of. A little flirtatious, a little flirtatious, a little flirtatious... The womanizing 1.1kReads5.4Score—Shelves
43. 293 扮 Putting on a Tough Act in a Siheyuan: A Baby Turns the Tables on the Beasts 扮吒我穿四合院，婴儿逆袭众禽血 Wilted Greens and Bean Sprouts青菜烂豆芽Male-Channel Fanfiction142k WordsOngoing Siheyuan + multiple heroines + tormenting the birds + national destiny + System + only I wield magic Warning: This book is suited for reading, not listening. If you embarrass yourself, don't blame me. Wait! I was just dressing up as Nezha and selling knockoff Nezha dolls. How did I transmigrate again? Besides, I'm already middle-aged. Why am I pulling off a baby's comeback? What the hell kind of comeback is that? How can a baby stage a comeback? Aren't all babies equal? It's not like a comeback 165Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Books about revenge in courtyard houses, very satisfying.

44. 294 四 Siheyuan: Outsmarting Heaven by Half a Step 四合院之胜天半子 Dragon Roars Across the Sky龙啸长空Urban287k WordsCompleted Qi Tongwei spent his whole life determined to “win half a move against Heaven,” only to lose everything. When he opened his eyes again, he had become He Yuzhu, the foolish cook in a Siheyuan on Nanluoguxiang in the 1960s! His status had been turned upside down, from a powerful figure to an ordinary man at the bottom of society. Before him stood a cramped courtyard, and around him were the calculating “yard beasts.” But the defiance against fate buried deep in Qi Tongwei's bones had never gone ou 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's alright, no letter of understanding needed, no back-and-forth wrangling. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

45. 295 半 Half a Life on the Wrong Road 半生歧途 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Urban225k WordsCompleted Beneath the bustle of everyday life, undercurrents stir, as human relationships and rules become entangled. Hidden webs of self-interest and illicit dealings quietly erode the foundations of order. When ideals are tested by reality, and temptation besieges people’s original convictions, some lose their way and sink, while others step forward. A long, arduous campaign against corruption tears away layers of disguise and restores justice to the world. 47Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 296 四 Siheyuan: Face-Slapping the Entire Courtyard and Stealing Lou Xiao'e Away 四合院打脸全院截胡娄晓娥 Zhou Yuan, Who Loves Tofu Stuffed with Meat爱吃豆腐酿的周元Male-Channel Fanfiction232k WordsOngoing System + transmigration + torment and face-slapping + control of the whole situation + reaping the rewards Reborn in 1958, he starts working at the steel mill and moves into a courtyard house. With a System and an all-seeing perspective, how will he deal with the vermin in the courtyard... 19.4kReads5.9Score587Shelves

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    A very good courtyard novel, it starts with Jia Zhangshi getting slapped hard.

47. 297 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Have a Spell That Turns People into Sheep, Oh Yeah 四合院，开局就有变羊术，噢耶 I Want to Be a Funny Person我想做个幽默的人Urban553k WordsCompleted [No toxicity, no angst, and definitely no cheating!] Yi Zhonghai actually killed White Widow! Liu Haizhong actually became a squad leader! Granny Jia ran away with Jia Banggeng! Lin Daniu transmigrated to a Beijing courtyard in 1958 and got the ability to turn people into sheep from the start. But something is off about this courtyard! [Has a pocket dimension + System + no saintly protagonist + multiple women!] 4.8kReads5.5Score162Shelves

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    The most stress-relieving, the most invincible, unforgiving, no saintly sentimentality, lots of women, incredibly cathartic, incredibly satisfying!! Watching this will make you sleep soundly, will make you feel incredibly happy, will even prevent insomnia, completely non-toxic.

48. 298 四 Siheyuan: The Cruelest He Yuzhu in History! 四合院：史上最狠何雨柱！ Di Shu地术Male-Channel Fanfiction489k WordsCompleted His soul transmigrates to 1952, where he rewrites the story of the animal-infested courtyard. He Yuzhu, who has come from another world, combines a pocket dimension with ruthless decisiveness and a calculating nature... The courtyard beasts: “Zhuzi, how can you hit an old person?” He Yuzhu: “You must be seeing things. Where’s the old person? Lord Zhu is clearly hitting a beast.” 491Reads7.1Score161Shelves

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    Take it away, take it away

49. 299 四 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, Invincible from the Moment I Married Chen Xueru! 四合院：多子多福从我娶了陈雪茹开始无敌！ Heartless Wordsmith Kun无情码字坤Male-Channel Fanfiction744k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] + [Glorious Era] + [Little Women Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Romance in the Blood] + [Bright Sword] + [A Lifelong Journey] + [One Female Lead] After a truck sends him hurtling into the Siheyuan world among the Myriad Worlds, Xu Damao accepts reality but refuses to marry Lou Xiao'e. On the night he runs away from home, he meets Xu Huizhen, who is heavily pregnant, and uses the only dime he has to pay her fare. He lodges with Cai Quanwu and works at Xueru Silk Shop 4.2kReads—Score164Shelves

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    We must empty out No. 95 Courtyard before buying it.

50. 300 四 Siheyuan: Earn Merit, Rise Through the Ranks, and Let Others Do Your Dirty Work 四合院：立功升官，擅长借刀杀人 Zhao Shisan赵十三Male-Channel Fanfiction246k WordsOngoing Turning enemies against each other + planning before acting + a short temper + repeatedly earning extraordinary merit + enjoying life + courtyard life From the start, Silly Zhu wants to give half of the big fish from Zhao Hao’s home to Qin Huairu, then divide the rest among everyone in the courtyard. He cleverly resolves the problem. He has to get back at Silly Zhu, making sure he never finds a wife for the rest of his life. He also makes iron underwear for Xu Damao and teaches him martial arts, 613Reads—Score—Shelves

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