Siheyuan: An Eighty-Something-Year-Old Man from the Start 四合院：开局是个八十多岁的老头

1. 1 重 Reborn as an Old Man, a Young Woman Begged Me to Marry Her 重生老人家，姑娘求我娶了她 Mint Tangyuan薄荷汤圆Male-Channel Fanfiction406k WordsCompleted [Period + System + Elderly Male Protagonist + Not Too Dark + Slow Burn] Zheng Ping'an dies while saving someone and unexpectedly is reborn in the 1950s as an old man who is nearing the end of his life. Fortunately, he activates a longevity System. From then on, young at heart despite his age, he embarks on a strange and wonderful journey through the era. Years later. Qin Huairu: “Old man, I’ve gone from a young girl to an old woman. How come you haven’t changed at all?” Neighbor A: “Uncle, I use 723Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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   It should be this book.

2. 2 四 Siheyuan: Starting with Retirement 四合院：从退休开始 Fa Zhou法舟Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into the body of a 60-year-old man in a world of movies and TV shows. He also has terminal cancer and only a few months left to live. The Touching Life System is activated. The old man is thrilled. But when he looks around the courtyard where he lives, The Courtyard Full of Beasts, he senses the System’s deep hostility. In the 1980s, he enters the world of Hong Kong dramas: Police Story, Fight Back to School, The Haunted Cop Shop... Don’t worry about the timeline in this book. I 9.3kReads8.4Score320Shelves

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   Is this the book by the 80-year-old Dragon Grandpa?

3. 3 四 Siheyuan: A Sixty-Year-Old Doctor's Leisurely Life 四合院：甲子老中医，悠闲小日子 Towering Mountains崇山峻岭Male-Channel Fanfiction548k WordsCompleted Chen Manshan opened his eyes and discovered that he had transmigrated to a courtyard house in the 1960s, becoming an elderly traditional Chinese doctor at Red Star Hospital. He was old and frail, with a bunch of vicious people eyeing him from the outside. It was like a lamb walking into a tiger's den. Luckily, he activated the Old Doctor System. Storage rings, Xingyi Fist, Marrow-Cleansing Pills, the works. Treating patients earned him treasure chests filled with all kinds of goodies. From then 10.7kReads8.6Score550Shelves

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   The questioner is probably referring to the first book, where the protagonist is an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor who initially treats imbalances of Yin and Yang. The others are just filler.

4. 4 四 Siheyuan: Damao and I Are Brothers 四合院：我和大茂是兄弟 Chongqing Henpecked Husband重庆耙耳朵Male-Channel Fanfiction584k WordsCompleted Lou Xiao'e + one female lead + a lighthearted, everyday story with no hostility + no overpowered System + a pocket dimension. He transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard and becomes Silly Zhu, the gullible big villain who gets scammed by everyone in the compound. Fortunately, it is still early, and there is time to change everything. He Yuzhu resolves to be a good person who cares for his family, gets along with his neighbors, and stands up to evil forces. 5.5kReads8.7Score155Shelves
5. 5 四 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Screens Movies 四合院：许大茂放电影 The Frail Old Scholar文弱老书生Male-Channel Fanfiction155k WordsCompleted That day, Xu Damao transmigrated. He went into the mountains and screened movies. At the factory, he kept getting promoted. After seeing too much hostility everywhere, let's have something heartwarming for a change. A blend of stories from several shows, just for fun. 341Reads5.6Score—Shelves
6. 6 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated Several Decades Too Early 四合院：穿越早了几十年 Hong Guan洪观Historical340k WordsCompleted Everyone wants to transmigrate, but what do you do if you end up in a courtyard compound decades too early? What do you do when someone points a bayonet at your face? We need answers, and fast! Follow the exciting life of a skinny weakling, from the War of Resistance against Japan to the courtyard compound. 3Reads7.6Score—Shelves
7. 7 四 Siheyuan: The Super Procurement Officer 四合院之超级采购员 Tea from Bai Longjing白龙井的茶Male-Channel Fanfiction340k WordsCompleted People transmigrate into new bodies all the time. Is it my turn today? Zhao Dezhu wakes up looking the same, but his living conditions have changed beyond recognition. Would a young man with no morals, manners, or education care about Yi Zhonghai and the others trying to guilt-trip him? Would he fall for Qin Huairu’s manipulative act? Could he put up with pretentious bootlickers and petty villains? 176Reads5.4Score—Shelves
8. 8 穿 I Transmigrated into a Siheyuan and Put Every Defiant Neighbor in Their Place! 穿越四合院，专治各种不服！ I Swear I Won't Become a Buddha誓不成佛Male-Channel Fanfiction571k WordsCompleted Bao Ying transmigrated, but he wasn’t happy about it at all. If we’re all transmigrators, why treat us so differently? Other people transmigrate into a courtyard house. They either get there a few years early, build themselves up, then lie low through the turbulent years before rising to prominence. Or they make plans for Hong Kong, using the chaos of the times to develop and build up their capital there. Or they arrive after the spring breeze, then ride it straight to success. But what about Ba 3Reads6.0Score—Shelves
9. 9 我 I, the Villain Xu Damao! 我，反派许大茂！ Dog Who Eats Durian吃榴莲的狗Male-Channel Fanfiction353k WordsCompleted He winds up in the Siheyuan, and becomes the villain Xu Damao? The Thief Saint comes to steal meat? I'll serve him intestines instead. That's right, the very Xu Damao who got his own father killed and betrayed his wife. Only, none of that has happened yet, so there's still time to make things right. And from his memories, he learns that Silly Zhu had something to do with his infertility... He pampers Lou Xiao'e alone. 345Reads5.9Score—Shelves
10. 10 重 Reborn in the Countryside: Protecting My Stunning Older Sister 重生下乡，守护绝美姐姐， A Fish That's Not a Salted Fish一条不是咸鱼的鱼Urban948k WordsCompleted Multiple heroines. Shen Yanci takes life and death in stride: if you won't back down, neither will he! If he likes you, he takes you in; if you rub him the wrong way, he wipes you out! The campus belle who sits beside him, the gorgeous woman living alone in the capital, the beautiful married woman he meets on a train: he follows his heart with every one of them! A billionaire CEO betrayed by his wife and friends in his previous life and devastated by the loss of his beloved older sister is rebor 5.2kReads6.7Score623Shelves

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    Highly recommended, definitely worth watching!

11. 11 四 Siheyuan: My Dream of a Powerful Steel Nation 四合院：我的钢铁强国梦 A Fish That's Not a Salted Fish一条不是咸鱼的鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted Everyone who loves their country dreams of making it strong. Transmigration isn't about keeping your head down; it's about making the nation flourish! Those who dare to offend the mighty Han must be punished, no matter how far away they are! That's not just a slogan: it takes a powerful nation to make it happen! Starting at a steel mill, Lin Wendong works step by step to realize his dream of building a strong country! 13.5kReads7.4Score661Shelves
12. 12 四 Courtyard, Don't Mess with Me 四合院，别惹我 A Fish That's Not a Salted Fish一条不是咸鱼的鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsCompleted A sixteen-year-old’s story of growing up wild, struggling to support a family, and fighting back hard against the scoundrels in the courtyard! Don’t mess with me! I won’t listen to your self-righteous drivel! You think you can scheme against me? Let’s see you try! Curse my family, and I’ll beat up your eldest grandson! Sha Zhu, you can’t beat me, so stop embarrassing yourself! 15.6kReads7.6Score701Shelves
13. 13 四 Siheyuan: The Second Uncle's Comeback 四合院：逆袭的二大爷 Ximen Yuzhu西门雨柱Male-Channel Fanfiction364k WordsCompleted Liu Haizhong: I'm no Cao Cao, but I know how much fun it is to be one! No one will wait for you forever, except Lao Liu! A security guard and deliveryman from the new century winds up in a traditional courtyard compound. Through his actions, he shows everyone that there's a third kind of person besides good and bad: the sneaky schemer! (A fresh plot and a new approach, with a lighthearted, humorous, and cheerful tone. Join us as we revisit the courtyard compound from a different perspective!) O 10.9kReads8.7Score482Shelves

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    "! ! !" "" ""! 35, , . , ""——, , . "", "", , , , . ! , , "". His blunt retort to Yi Zhonghai about not having children was both poignant and cathartic; his shrewd, opportunistic approach to the conflict between Sha Zhu and Xu Damao perfectly captured the human side of humanity and his quick wit. Even the stinginess of Uncle Yan Bugui and the difficulties of Qin Huairu gained a more endearing quality from this fresh perspective, avoiding any forced moral decline for the sake of satisfying the reader—a rare quality indeed. The pacing is superb, from the blacksmith's triumphant turnaround to the meddling in the family squabbles of the courtyard, every chapter boasts memorable scenes. The protagonist's use of modern thinking to deal with the "old foxes" of the courtyard creates a clash of old and new, offering both the immersive experience of a period drama and the exhilarating thrill of a fast-paced action novel. The 8.8 Rating is well-deserved; the author truly understands what readers want—avoiding the frustrations of the original story or resorting to mindless wish-fulfillment tropes, the author brings a fresh perspective to the courtyard house tale through the uninhibited, "I'm not pretending anymore" attitude of the second uncle. After reading it, all I can say is: I want a dozen of these second uncles!

14. 14 四 Siheyuan: The Defense-Breaking System Leaves the Courtyard Beasts Dumbfounded 四合院：破防系统，众禽麻了 Ugly-Cute丑萌萌Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He becomes He Yuyang, Silly Zhu’s older brother. He binds to the Defense-Breaking System. Whenever the courtyard’s troublemakers lose their cool, he gets a reward. What? Silly Zhu has been reborn? Even reborn, he’s still the younger brother! He joins the steel mill and dates the prettiest girls. Step by step, he builds up his starting capital. He waits for the day the winds rise, and his businesses spread across the world! Many years later, He Yuyang 18.9kReads8.1Score855Shelves
15. 15 四 Siheyuan: He Daqing Plans to Run Away from the Start 四合院：开局何大清要跑路 Lie Flat Little Chubby躺平的小胖子Male-Channel Fanfiction2.3M WordsCompleted Transmigrating to 1952, He Yuzhu is left to care for his little sister, He Yushui, after He Daqing runs off. He gains a Spirit Spring Space. See how he makes his way in the world of Love in the Courtyard. 1.1kReads8.0Score112Shelves
16. 16 四 Siheyuan: Reborn as Yi Zhonghai's Only Son 四合院：穿成易中海的亲儿子 Clouds at Night夜里云Male-Channel Fanfiction7.4M WordsOngoing [Period novel + witty and humorous + chosen-by-heaven System + no saintly heroine + face-slapping + slice of life] Yi Tianci is reborn as Yi Zhonghai's biological son in Love in the Courtyard, making him a bona fide rich second-generation heir. With the System at his side, Silly Zhu can no longer rely on protection, and Old Deaf Granny is no longer the revered matriarch. No one can escape. While dealing with the courtyard's troublemakers, he also catches the tide of the times and writes a remark 33kReads8.1Score2.5kShelves
17. 17 四 Siheyuan: I'm Not the He Yuzhu You Know 四合院之我是不一样的何雨柱 Thigh Muscle Cramp扯筋的大腿Male-Channel Fanfiction3.7M WordsCompleted Yang Chenguang, a young loser from the modern world, gets drunk at home and transmigrates by accident into Silly Zhu's childhood in the Siheyuan. Watch as he changes his fate and writes a different legend for his life. 13.4kReads8.1Score603Shelves
18. 18 从 A Journey Through the Myriad Worlds, Starting in Siheyuan 从四合院开始的诸天旅行 Emperor Xiang, Who Likes Emerald Cypress喜欢翠蓝柏的向帝Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing [Myriad Worlds] [Extensive research for accurate details] [Original female lead + taking in Qin + farming] He Yuzhu has a fortuitous encounter and hopes to live a different kind of life, escaping the fate of a drudge. Siheyuan + Nothing But Thirty + Brotherhood of Blades + Sesame Alley + A Lifelong Journey + Blood Romance + more to come This story involves taking in Qin in Siheyuan. If that’s not for you, then let’s part ways here, friends. Please don’t wait until you reach the relevant chapters 25.7kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
19. 19 四 Siheyuan: What Kind of Standards Are Those? You Dare Compare Morality with Me! 四合院：什么档次？跟我比道德！ Nineteen Sevens十九个七Male-Channel Fanfiction645k WordsCompleted Zhao Sihai is a modern man who gets sent by a mud truck trying to meet its quota to the world of Love in the Courtyard. At first, he's pretty panicked. After all, the whole courtyard is full of beasts! Just then, the System arrives, right on time. From then on, Zhao Sihai morally crushes Yi Zhonghai and beats Silly Zhu in a fight, living a happy and fulfilling life. As for everyone else, who cares what happens to them? PS: No heavy angst, just ordinary life with a tiny, tiny, tiny bit of comedy. 16.2kReads7.9Score569Shelves
20. 20 四 Siheyuan: Enjoying Life in the Revolutionary Era 四合院：火红年代享受生活 Wishing You Wealth and Prosperity恭禧發財Male-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsOngoing The male lead, Liu Ping'an, somehow finds himself transported to a world full of different realms, back before Liberation. With both parents alive, he works hard at farming, plunders foreign countries, and builds his fortune. The early chapters mainly focus on his comical life teasing the neighborhood busybodies. In the middle, he ventures out to expand his horizons. This book will be at least a million words long. Xu Damao: Women are devils! My greatest joys in life are eating, sleeping, and be 14.7kReads7.8Score481Shelves
21. 21 回 Back to 1961 as a Public Security Officer 回到1961当公安 A Hongtashan Cigarette Makes You Feel Like an Immortal来支红塔山快活似神仙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Both parents alive] [Has a System] [One female lead] I woke up to find myself in Courtyard 93 on Nanluoguxiang in 1961. What? Wasn’t it supposed to be Courtyard 95? And seriously, what is this? I’m just a lowly security guard! How did I become a police officer? And why am I supposed to protect the peace for everyone? 44.1kReads8.0Score2.5kShelves
22. 22 四 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Daqing, Why Should I Care About the Qing Dynasty? 四合院之重生我为何大清 Leslie AdriftLeslie飘零Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, He Daqing became He Daqing. Will he still run off to Baoding? Will he let Deaf Granny and Yi Zhonghai get away with scheming against him? With He Daqing around, will Silly Zhu still let the Jia family take advantage of him? Experience a different kind of siheyuan courtyard. 13.6kReads8.0Score519Shelves
23. 23 四 Siheyuan: Stir Up Trouble? Dogs Don't, but I Do! 四合院：搞事？狗不搞，我搞！ Half a Bullet半颗子弹Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast]+ [Mild Violence]+ [Stirs Up Trouble on Purpose]+ [Mastermind Behind the Scenes]+ [Mostly Everyday Life]+ [Fun and Hilarious] Qian Duoduo accidentally transmigrates into the world of Full of Love. His golden finger gives him two starter gift packs, then runs off. At five years old, Qian Duoduo opens a growth gift pack and obtains an Emotion Magnifier. From then on, the courtyard gains a little demon, and the city of Beijing gets a “little rascal.” At ten, he obtains the puppet Cha 22.9kReads7.7Score858Shelves
24. 24 四 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of an Eighth-Grade Worker 四合院之八级工的幸福生活 Divine Words Yu101神言羽101Male-Channel Fanfiction937k WordsCompleted This novel has no System and no over-the-top melodrama, and things are relatively harmonious. Synopsis: Lin Yu transmigrates into a courtyard in the 1950s and gets a terrible start. Through his own hard work, he gradually becomes an eighth-grade worker and gives his family a happy life. 47.9kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves
25. 25 四 Siheyuan: Li Tianyou, the Brilliant Detective 四合院：妙笔神探李天佑 Mo Yiquan墨一圈Male-Channel Fanfiction948k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 140Reads7.9Score111Shelves
26. 26 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Fused with an Ant from the Start and Gained Ten Thousand Jin of Strength 盗墓：开局融合蚂蚁获万斤巨力 Haha, Poker-Faced面无表情哈Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Zhang Hao transmigrated to a tomb-raiding world and became Wu Tianzhen’s maternal uncle. At the same time, he transmigrated, he bound himself to the Myriad Things Fusion System. It lets him fuse any inanimate object, no matter its size. He could even fuse an entire planet. As for living things, he can fuse them too, as long as he kills them first. Fuse an ant, and gain strength four hundred times his body weight. Fuse a diamond, and his body becomes as hard as one. Fuse a warehouse, and gain a s 18.1kReads8.0Score1.5kShelves
27. 27 重 Reborn to Solve Crimes: My Eyes Can Identify the Killer 重生破案：我的眼睛能锁定凶手 Putting Pen to Paper to Herd Cattle提笔放牛Mystery3.9M WordsCompleted 30.3kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves
28. 28 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Took Down the Retirement Crew 四合院：开局打服了养老团 Ah Dou Ah Ah Ah阿斗啊啊啊Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted Zhang Dacheng of the 1950s was so overcome with grief after his mother died that he was replaced by a doctor from the future, also named Zhang Dacheng, who was terminally ill and had perished taking a con man down with him. The moment he arrived in this world, he heard someone cursing him. Zhang Dacheng wasn't about to let that slide: he beat Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi with a stick, then hacked at Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu with a blade, first beating the retirement gang into submission... 21.8kReads8.0Score926Shelves
29. 29 四 Siheyuan: A Second Life 四合院之再来一生 Years of Wu Sheng岁月吴生Male-Channel Fanfiction2.3M WordsOngoing Chen Yizhou, a modern man, wakes up in 1958 and takes a job at a steel mill before moving into a courtyard house. With a System and an all-seeing perspective, how will he deal with all the scheming neighbors?… 57.8kReads7.4Score5.6kShelves
30. 30 四 Siheyuan: Starting with Shooting Jia Dongxu 四合院，从枪击贾东旭开始 Broken Pipe烂烟斗Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Strike First and Hard] [No Forgiveness] [Multiple Women, No Exclusive Pairing] [Enjoyment in Public] [A Dreaded Name in the Courtyard] [No Bathroom Humor] ‘Since I’m already here, I’d be a fool not to stir up some trouble!’ Guided by this principle, the ruthless driver turns himself into the courtyard’s resident scourge! It all begins at a general assembly, where he toys with the courtyard pests and shoots Jia Dongxu in front of everyone! To make life better for himself, he goes all out to wrea 10.4kReads7.6Score500Shelves
31. 31 四 Siheyuan: I, Jia Dongxu, Want to Be Reborn Too! 四合院：我贾东旭也要重生！ Kiss My Feet, Your Majesty吻住朕脚Male-Channel Fanfiction775k WordsCompleted [Love in the Courtyard; wish-fulfillment!!!; comedy; transmigration; one female lead (Qin Huairu); pocket dimension] Silly Zhu next door has been working himself to the bone around the clock. It's about time I, Jia Dongxu, got to be the main character!!! Reincarnated as a man doomed to die young? This time, I'll hold this family together! You won't teach me properly? I'll cut ties with Yi Zhonghai and find myself a new master! Yi Zhonghai: “Dongxu, I was wrong!” Caught Jia Zhangshi sneaking 29.7kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
32. 32 四 Siheyuan: You Stole My Things, and You Still Expect a Happy Life? 四合院：偷我东西，还想有好日子 Loves Vegetarian Three-Dice Noodles爱吃素三丁面Male-Channel Fanfiction641k WordsCompleted Cheng Zhiguo transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes one of the courtyard's residents. Everyone around him is a beast? Sorry, when it comes to shamelessness, you're all amateurs! Bang Geng is stealing things? Why bother teaching him a lesson? Wouldn't it be better to blackmail Qin Huairu into doing as she's told? Xu Damao is up to mischief? Isn't Lou Xiao'e still around? As for someone like Silly Zhu, just knock him out with one punch. This is the story of a man who is even more 8.8kReads7.8Score310Shelves

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33. 33 四 Siheyuan: A Hundred-Year-Old Man Drives the Beasts to Madness 四合院：百岁老头，逼疯禽兽 Icebound Pavilion冰封阁Male-Channel Fanfiction579k WordsCompleted [Miracle Doctor + Siheyuan + Cunning Protagonist + System + One Female Lead] Zhou Changsheng transmigrated into the world of Siheyuan and became a dying centenarian. From the start, he rose from the dead at his own funeral, scaring the whole flock of scheming neighbors into chaos. Silly Zhu stole my coffin money? I'll give him a good, full-force slap! Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip me with morality? Sorry, old man here has neither morals nor manners! Granny Deaf tries to throw her weight around 1.6kReads7.7Score101Shelves
34. 34 四 Siheyuan: I Live Next Door to Xu Damao, and My Surname Is Wang 四合院：家住许大茂隔壁，我姓王 Year After Year岁岁年年Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Wang Jinyin transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes an ordinary electrician. He lives next door to Xu Damao and is a warmhearted sort. From the start, when Xu Damao goes to the countryside to screen films, Wang Jinyin heads over to Xu Damao's home to fix a light. Who could have guessed? Xu Damao comes home early! With the System at my side, the world is mine. Wang Jinyin's motto is: “If you have a problem, I'll lend a hand. I live next door, and my surname is Wang!” Of course, since doing aw 9.2kReads6.8Score339Shelves
35. 35 四 Siheyuan: Marrying Qin Huairu Is My Good Fortune 四合院：娶了秦淮茹，是我的福气 Angry Rice Spoon愤怒的饭勺灬Male-Channel Fanfiction490k WordsOngoing [Snatching opportunities + System + Feel-good novel + Period setting!] Zhou Mo transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1953 and becomes a VIP resident. After snatching Qin Huairu away, the young couple settles into a happy life. Qin Huairu devotes herself to taking care of Zhou Mo, making all the courtyard's busybodies green with envy. While everyone else works themselves to the bone, Zhou Mo seems to spend every day enjoying the weekend. He does a little carpentry and fishing e 509Reads5.7Score—Shelves
36. 36 四 He Daqing Reborn in the Siheyuan 四合院之何大清重生 Young Master of Supreme Intent极意小公子Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing As He Daqing lay dying, a voice sounded. “He Daqing, do you regret the way you lived your life?” Hearing the voice, He Daqing closed his eyes and shed a single tear of regret. In a faint voice, he replied, “I do. I regret not taking better care of Zhuzi and Yushui.” “Then live your life over again! Fulfill the wish you’ve held in your heart.” “Take good care of He Yuzhu and He Yushui!” After the voice vanished, a dazzling light appeared before He Daqing’s eyes. “Dad, Dad, wake up! Please wake up 9Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    A delightful courtyard-themed novel! 😘😘 ☺ First book: With a spatial ability to help, surrounded by beautiful women, and brilliantly written. ☺ Second book: Several books over a hundred chapters, still pending. Although the trivial matters aren't described in much detail, the witty banter is brilliantly written. ☺ Third book looks promising.

37. 37 四 Siheyuan: Starting in the 1950s 四合院：从五十年代开始 A Square Meets a Triangle方块遇到三角形Male-Channel Fanfiction187k WordsCompleted A soul from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of a character who never appeared on screen in Love in the Courtyard. He gets ready for the famine by stocking up on supplies. He helps a few passersby he takes a liking to, but the scoundrels can fend for themselves! There is no System and no fighting. He simply watches the scheming in the courtyard from an outsider's perspective. And there's plenty of fun to be had in occasionally stirring up trouble in those scoundrels' lives. 10.9kReads8.2Score257Shelves
38. 38 四 Siheyuan: Old Man Jia Dapao 四合院之老汉贾大炮 Laugh, Laugh, Laugh, Say Nothing笑笑笑不说话Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Multiple female leads, no self-righteous do-gooder, and the little details of everyday life: the happy life of young wife Qin Huairu and Old Jia. As the times change, turmoil returns to the courtyard house. 35kReads7.6Score2.2kShelves
39. 39 四 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu and Yu Li Are Both My Tenants 四合院之秦淮茹，于丽都是我房客 Laugh, Laugh, Laugh, Say Nothing笑笑笑不说话Male-Channel Fanfiction345k WordsCompleted Qin Huairu is a total pushover! Liang Ladi turns a wedding into a riot! Multiple female leads, no saintly do-gooding, just a carefree life. The ultimate male lead takes on all the courtyard's troublemakers, uses PUA tactics on Qin Huairu, and turns her into an obsessed woman. He moves among the various tenants, enjoying every moment! 2.4kReads6.0Score100Shelves
40. 40 四 Siheyuan: I Have the Original Novel in Hand 四合院之我有原著在手 Laugh, Laugh, Laugh, Say Nothing笑笑笑不说话Male-Channel Fanfiction714k WordsCompleted The strongest male lead takes on the miscreants of the courtyard! He uses PUA tactics on Qin Huairu, turning her into an obsessed woman! He teases Yu Li and keeps her wrapped around his finger. He meets the love of his life, and the lovers finally get their happy ending. 4.6kReads5.8Score153Shelves
41. 41 四 Siheyuan: The Tempestuous Big Shot, Qin Huairu for One Yuan 四合院之暴躁大佬，秦淮茹一块钱 Laugh, Laugh, Laugh, Say Nothing笑笑笑不说话Male-Channel Fanfiction545k WordsCompleted Qin Huairu throws herself at him, and he steals Lou Xiao'e away. Reborn, hot-tempered. He joins the underworld and becomes its king. He beats the stuffing out of all sorts of men. He meets a host of wonderful women. He enjoys the blessings of having them all. He was born to be the protagonist. If it doesn't work the first time, we'll try twice. In the end, he'll succeed. 2.5kReads5.9Score132Shelves
42. 42 傻 Silly Zhu Reborn in 1951: Paralyzing Ring from the Start 傻柱重生51，开局获得麻痹戒指 Drunk Moon, Clear Breeze醉月清风Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [Siheyuan] + [Bright Sword] + [Under the Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Bright Sword] + [Snow Leopard] + [Blood Romance] + [Legendary Special Ring] + [Dragon-Slaying Saber] + [Rebirth Ring] + [Love Ring] Reborn in Siheyuan, Silly Zhu, He Yuzhu, had endured a miserable half-life. As he closed his eyes, he spotted his old nemesis Xu Damao rubbing his hands together, waiting to collect his body! Xu Damao slipped Lou Xiao'e's dowry snuff bottle into his pocket, awakening the Hit-for-Hire System! The 22.9kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves

    Reader note

    Sha Zhu was dealt with by Da Mao at the beginning, but the ending was a perfect closed loop.

43. 43 八 The Eight Great Clans: More Children, More Blessings, He Daqing Takes Everything 八离世家，多子多福何大清吃绝户 Drunk Moon, Clear Breeze醉月清风Urban466k WordsOngoing [Bright Sword] + [Romance in a Bloody Age] + [Snow Leopard] + [The Great Dye House] + [A Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Under Zhengyang Gate] + [The Mansion Gate] + [The Galloping Years] + [Artillery God] + [Glory Days] He Daqing spent months playing through a Steam game called War of Resistance 14, only to die from exhaustion. He awakens in the Republican era, in the central courtyard of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, in the 16th year of the Republic. He begins his resistance against Ja 7.9kReads—Score397Shelves
44. 44 傻 Reborn as Silly Mao: Sending Banggeng to Juvenile Detention from the Start 傻茂重生，开局送棒梗儿进少管所 Chonghua Hall重华殿Male-Channel Fanfiction289k WordsOngoing “Drawing Sword,” “Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “Snow Leopard,” “Hutong,” “The Age of Galloping,” “Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel,” “Glory Era” Xu Damao is reborn on the very day Banggeng steals a chicken. He sends the thief's whole family to prison, gets the Lou family out of town, and begins his unstoppable comeback! 2.3kReads—Score100Shelves
45. 45 从 From Deputy Director to Army Commander: The Yan Family's Rise 从副局长到入朝军长阎家逆袭 Drunk Moon, Clear Breeze醉月清风Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] + [Romance in the Blood] + [Glorious Era] + [The Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Bright Sword] + [Snow Leopard] Yan Suma, the cousin of Yan Bugu and Yan Shuzhai, joins the honored ranks of the public security forces when the city of Beiping is liberated. Yang Ruihua: “Dear, what's your cousin's background?” Yan Bugu: “I'd like to know that myself! The guy won't tell us a thing. Everyone drinking with him last night was bragging like crazy!” 11.8kReads6.1Score416Shelves
46. 46 四 Siheyuan: I Want a Child from the Start. If You Won't Have One, We'll Divorce 四合院：开局要孩子，不生就离婚 Xiao Qiang Waits to Turn His Life Around小强等翻身Male-Channel Fanfiction370k WordsCompleted “Ding! System starting... Congratulations, transmigrator number 100086 has successfully possessed a host. Rewards: one infinite space, one Rejuvenation Pill, and 99 yuan in a red packet. Please claim them within 24 hours!” 10.2kReads6.8Score254Shelves

    Reader note

    A masterpiece of courtyard houses, a different kind of mainstream

47. 47 四 Siheyuan: Starting as a Live-In Son-in-Law 四合院：从上门当赘婿开始 The Jianghu Road Is Chosen江湖路已选Male-Channel Fanfiction157k WordsOngoing Chen Liang transmigrates to the capital in 1965, becoming the transparent second son in a family where his father doesn’t care for him and his mother doesn’t love him... At first, he figures they’re all family, so if they don’t love him, so be it. But his biased parents won’t leave him alone. They insist he hand over to his older brother the job placement he risked his life to earn by rescuing someone from a lake. That’s when Chen Liang snaps. Damn it! If I’m unhappy, then none of you are going 708Reads5.6Score—Shelves
48. 48 疯 Madness in 1960: The Street Punk Leads the Courtyard Astray 疯癫1960：街溜子带偏四合院 Water Does Not Rush Ahead水不争先Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Crime Solving] [Comedy] [Nanluoguxiang] [My Dad Is a Hidden Big Shot] In 1960, with the enemy still lurking among the people and not yet fully eliminated, Xu Huai nearly got shot. Only after joining the Public Security Bureau did he discover that his father was a hidden big shot. 60.8kReads9.0Score5.7kShelves
49. 49 四 Siheyuan: The Bandit Xiangzi Won't Be a Workhorse, He'll Be the Boss 四合院：悍匪祥子不当牛马要当爷 Water Lion A Bao水狮子阿宝Male-Channel Fanfiction503k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted and Witty + Crackdown on Crime + Spy Thriller + Mystery-Solving + Fighting the Japanese + Changing Characters' Fates + Multiple Film and TV Worlds in a Beijing Courtyard] He transmigrates into Xiangzi, the rickshaw puller, and sells the three camels he's leading to a hotpot restaurant for 69 silver dollars. Now he stands at a crossroads in his fate. He could spend 69 silver dollars on a secondhand rickshaw and keep working like a beast of burden, only for someone else to steal it. 12kReads7.7Score616Shelves
50. 50 四 Siheyuan: I Starved to Death from the Start, So the Whole Courtyard Went Shooting 四合院：开局被饿死，全院去打靶 Ning Lihuo宁离火Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted I had barely transmigrated when the whole family nearly took everything I owned, and they still wouldn't leave me alone. In broad daylight, they even emptied my house. Luckily, I'm clever as can be. I just wanted to be a happy slacker, marry a pretty wife, and enjoy a quiet life. I never expected anyone to discover my world-shaking talent. What rotten luck: I got drafted! And the System I got is a Get-Off-Your-Butt System. Being a slacker is my life's work. What's all this about getting off my b 14.7kReads7.2Score671Shelves

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