Grounded Stories About Siheyuan Courtyards That Feel Realistic 正常一点的四合院符合实际的小说

1. 401 四 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai, and I'm No Heirless Old Man 四合院：我易中海不是绝户 Vancomycin万古霉素Male-Channel Fanfiction464k WordsOngoing Raised on handouts from kind neighbors, the orphan Yi Jianshe never imagined he would discover where he came from. All he could do was focus on his studies. With remarkable talent and hard work, he earned excellent grades and got into the mechanical engineering department at Tsinghua University, becoming a model of how the poor can rise to success. After graduating, he resolutely gave up the bright future of staying on at the university and chose to work at Hongxing Steel Mill, determined to ser 15Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 402 四 Siheyuan: Reborn as Yi Zhonghai's Biological Child, I Break the Beasts' Spirits 四合院：穿成易家亲子，破防众禽 Little Xu of Cat Gate猫门小徐Male-Channel Fanfiction334k WordsCompleted [Moderate to low hostility] [Breaking-Point System: Outwit the Courtyard Menagerie] [Warm family, united against outsiders] [Collecting antiques/appraising treasures] [Slow-paced] Yi Chaoyang transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as the biological son of Yi Zhonghai, the courtyard’s First Master! After recovering from an illness, he starts outwitting the whole menagerie, secretly building himself up at a recycling center until he becomes the “Junk King.” Bang Geng tries to steal food? Beat hi 650Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 403 四 Siheyuan: What? Jia Zhangshi Wants Me to Support Her in Her Old Age 四合院：什么？贾张氏想让我养老 Half a Warm Cup of Tea半温一杯茶Male-Channel Fanfiction547k WordsCompleted [You can enjoy this even if you haven’t seen the show] [Wish fulfillment, face-slapping, and all kinds of scumbags getting what they deserve] After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Liang Feng successfully activates the Travel Frog System. With the System, all he wants is to live a peaceful life. But the scumbags in the courtyard can’t stand seeing Liang Feng live so well. They’re green with envy. Jia Zhangshi has a cunning idea: if her eldest son can get Silly Zhu to support him in his 7Reads8.2Score—Shelves
4. 404 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, A New Factory Doctor Meets Qin Huairu With a Fever 四合院：开局新厂医遇发烧秦淮如 Shell Cat壳猫儿Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted (The rating just came in, everyone! It’s going to go up!) Yi Ping is transported into the world of "Full Courtyard", becoming the biological son of “Yi Zhonghai, the man with no heir.” Handsome, well-educated, and skilled in medicine, he thrives at the steel mill. Silly Zhu is stunned: Why are all the women he meets through matchmaking interested in Yi Ping? Xu Damao is baffled: Why does nobody believe what he says anymore? Watch Yi Ping make his way through "Full Courtyard", surrounded by admir 3.2kReads6.3Score175Shelves
5. 405 四 Siheyuan: After My Wedding Was Stolen, I Married Zheng Juan Instead 四合院：被抢婚后，反手娶了郑娟 Bailu Fengdan白露枫丹Male-Channel Fanfiction458k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and became one of the courtyard's residents. From the start, I went on a blind date with Qin Huairu, only for the Jia family to snatch her away. Not only did I fail to win the beauty, I also became the neighborhood's laughingstock. Cheng Zhiguo refuses to indulge anyone. He simply brings Zheng Juan from A Lifelong Journey home. Only then do people see what a good wife and a dutiful daughter really look like. First Master: "Zhiguo, please let Zheng Juan 4.2kReads8.0Score136Shelves
6. 406 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 9kReads6.8Score340Shelves
7. 407 四 Siheyuan: It Began with Becoming Yi Zhonghai's Adopted Kin 四合院：从认亲易中海开始 Frog-KunYe青蛙君YeMale-Channel Fanfiction325k WordsOngoing [Farming life + Scheming protagonist + Mildly vicious + Watching the drama unfold] Qin Wu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and unexpectedly becomes Yi Zhonghai’s biological nephew. After Qin Wu arrives at Courtyard No. 95, the neighbors are amazed to discover that the First Uncle has changed. Jia Dongxu: “Master, I thought I was your number-one choice to take care of you in your old age?” Silly Zhu: “Why doesn’t First Uncle favor me anymore?” Xu Damao: “Since when did Yi Zho 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 408 当 When Yi Zhonghai Gets a Grandson 当易中海有了孙子 Yile Without Hesitation毫不迟疑的伊乐Male-Channel Fanfiction376k WordsCompleted He had been an inconspicuous old eunuch working in a service room in the Qing palace, named Yi Zhonghai. He never expected that after falling asleep, he would wake up in a courtyard house as its First Master. At his feet, a young woman was kneeling and weeping. She was the First Master's niece, and she had a child with her. It turned out the First Master had refused to let the girl care for him in his old age, thinking she couldn't be relied on. But he didn't care about that. Now he had a daught 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
9. 409 四 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Called Off the Wedding, So I'm Grateful I Didn't Marry Her 四合院：秦淮茹悔婚，谢不嫁之恩 I'm a Lucky Cat我是招财猫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Ming transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes an ordinary resident. He also learns that his late parents had arranged a marriage for him, and his fiancée is none other than the bloodsucking Qin Huairu! Zhang Ming is exasperated. “Dad, Mom! Aren’t you setting your own son up?” Just as Zhang Ming decides to accept his fate, word comes that the Qin family has called off the engagement. “What? I haven’t even called it off, and you’re already backing out?” “You think the bride price is 74Reads7.8Score—Shelves
10. 410 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 31.5kReads8.1Score2.5kShelves
11. 411 四 Siheyuan: The System Helps Jia Dongxu Rise Step by Step 四合院之系统助贾东旭步步高升 Wenwu Binbin文武彬彬Male-Channel Fanfiction483k WordsOngoing Workplace + System + Revenge Jia Dongxu’s original role was only a “concept stock”: he never appeared. This time, he’s going to live a spectacular life. Hongxing Steelworks, 1961. Jia Dongxu is sweating over a lathe when a mechanical voice suddenly rings out... “Ding! Good Deeds System successfully bound.” “Host’s remaining lifespan detected: 59 minutes and 47 seconds.” Jia Dongxu is stunned. Originally, he was Qin Huairu’s “short-lived” husband, Banggeng’s never-before-seen father, and a mere b 153Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A slice-of-life story set in a courtyard house, not bad! [Thumbs up]

12. 412 我 My Father Is the Emperor Who Begs at the Gate 我老爹是叫门皇帝 Bald Li San光头李三Historical2.2M WordsCompleted In the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong reign, my father, Zhu Qizhen, personally led an expedition beyond the borders, hoping to spread the might of the Great Ming far and wide. He never expected it to be like sending meat buns to a dog: he went out and never came back, becoming the Emperor Who Knocked at the Gates. Once he was no longer useful, they sent him back to the capital and confined him in the Southern Palace. Now Father is knocking at the gates again. Zhu Jianshen, who had been countin 55.7kReads8.8Score4kShelves

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    The first two books are excellent fan fiction about courtyard houses, written in a smooth and natural style, without any clichéd plots. The third book is a good historical novel, discussing a historical turning point that is generally considered to have changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty.

13. 413 四 Siheyuan: The Yi Family’s Eldest Son Rises Step by Step 四合院：易家长子，步部高升 Spanish Latte西班牙拿铁Male-Channel Fanfiction925k WordsOngoing In the pouring rain on a dark night in 1936, a pair of abandoned infants lie at the entrance to a courtyard house. Three-month-old Yi Hu, a transmigrator, follows his instinct to survive and crawls step by step to the home of Yi Zhonghai, the First Master. The moment the door opens, his fate is changed forever. Amid the everyday warmth and conflicts of the courtyard, Yi Hu never forgets what it felt like to fight for his life in a desperate situation. He refuses to waste his time on pointless sq 20.5kReads7.4Score1.2kShelves
14. 414 我 I Am Fan Jin: The Splendor of the Great Ming After Passing the Civil Service Exam 我是范进，中举后的大明风华 Flower-Loving Lecher贪花好色Historical501k WordsOngoing He transmigrates into Fan Jin from The Scholars. Before he can dust the gray off his long gown, warm a pot of yellow wine, and fry up a plate of fennel beans, the news arrives that he has placed seventh in the provincial examinations. Looking at the gentry gathered from across the city to congratulate him, Fan Jin flips the table. Cups and bowls tumble over, and fennel beans scatter across the floor. Seventh in the provincial examinations, first in the metropolitan examinations, and top scholar 128Reads8.9Score144Shelves
15. 415 四 In the Siheyuan, My Son Is Yi Zhonghai, and That's a Fact! 四合院，我儿子是易中海，保真！ The Chubby Mediterranean地中海老胖子Male-Channel Fanfiction169k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] [Cultivation] [Everyday life] [Neighborly conflicts] [The 749 Bureau makes occasional appearances] A parallel world. Yi Qiankun, a modern man, transmigrated to the year 1800 and obtained a Cultivation System. He secluded himself in the mountains and cultivated for a hundred years, finally reaching the Nascent Soul stage. When his cultivation hit a bottleneck, Yi Qiankun chose to seal his powers and go down the mountain to marry and have children. But an accident while rescuing someone 1.7kReads5.7Score109Shelves
16. 416 坏 Oh No! I Can’t Accept Yi Zhonghai’s Filial Devotion 坏了！易中海的孝心我接不住了 Hot and Sour Fish酸辣鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction343k WordsOngoing After waking up, office worker Yi Tian transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard. To his surprise, he turns out to be related to Yi Zhonghai, the so-called paragon of morality. Faced with this conveniently acquired “uncle,” Yi Tian knows the story and can only sneer. If Yi Zhonghai wants to make him a backup plan for his old age, he can forget it. When Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him by pulling rank as an elder, Yi Tian decides to lay his cards on the table and makes up a story on the spot: 48Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 417 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Claim My Family and Target Yi Zhonghai 四合院：开局认亲，我专啃易中海 Cen Jingyuan from Greece's Spinning Island希腊旋转岛的岑敬元Urban648k WordsCompleted Qi Sihai wakes up to find that his soul has traveled from the 21st century to the impoverished 1960s. From the start, he’s faced with a disastrous situation: both parents are dead, and there isn’t a grain of rice or a single cent in the house. After sorting through his predecessor’s memories, he promptly decides to turn to his only relative, his uncle Yi Zhonghai, an eighth-grade fitter. Yi Zhonghai has no children of his own, so he treats his blood-related nephew Qi Sihai just like his own so 2kReads—Score100Shelves
18. 418 啃 Leeching Off Yi Zhonghai? He Knelt with His Passbook, Begging Me to Take It 啃老易中海？他捧着存折跪求我收 Dong Er东迩Male-Channel Fanfiction154k WordsOngoing [Courtyard drama + Period setting + System] He transmigrates into the body of a poor country boy whose father is dead and whose mother is gone. His home is bare, he’s run out of food, and all he has is a thatched hut with just one room. At least he has a handsome face. Just as he’s considering marrying into the family of a plump village girl, a letter arrives from the capital, Sijiu City. A steel mill? Yi Zhonghai? The First Uncle? He’s actually Yi Zhonghai’s biological nephew? What’s he waiting —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 419 须 The Sumeru Ring: My Road to a Comeback 须弥戒，我的逆袭之路 Turning the Tide of the Mortal World逆转红尘Urban1.4M WordsOngoing I was reborn on a rainy night in late autumn. Not far away, my second uncle and his son were digging a pit for me, preparing to bury me in a graveyard. In my previous life, I woke up and escaped, never to return. I drifted through life, and just before I died, I came across a news report. On this very day, my second uncle sold my newlywed wife to human traffickers, leading to her being abused and killed. This time, I won't run away. Whoever digs the pit will be buried in it. 8.5kReads7.4Score783Shelves

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20. 420 四 Yi Zhonghai Has a Son in the Siheyuan 四合院易中海有儿子了 Xuanqing111玄青111Male-Channel Fanfiction294k WordsCompleted Yi Jizhong transmigrates to 1958. Before his mother dies, she tells him that his father is still alive. Yi Jizhong heads to the capital to find his father, only to discover that he has landed in the world of the courtyard-house dramas, and that his father is Yi Zhonghai, the so-called revered paragon of virtue. From then on, the courtyard has one more person throwing his weight around. 64Reads6.4Score—Shelves
21. 421 四 Siheyuan: With Both Sides Transmigrating, I'm the True God of Morality 四合院：双向穿越我才是道德天尊 Say Nothing, Know When to Stop弗言明止Male-Channel Fanfiction389k WordsOngoing Space + two-way transmigration + no System + no bloodthirstiness + no learning traditional Chinese medicine + no tech-driven rise + one heroine, Ran Qiuye + Granny Deaf guards the tower + Damou and the boys go hunting The protagonist is cunning and always scheming against people. A hardened veteran of the battlefield, he never settles for petty games. He either destroys his opponents physically or wins them over through moral persuasion. Fang Ming discovers that he has a space that lets him tr 1Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    A new, fledgling book. The protagonist has a spatial ability, travels between two worlds, and has no system. No divine doctor, no martial arts master, no technologically advanced nation, no harem... Just wants to live a peaceful, quiet life. You might want to give it a try.

22. 422 红 A Cultivator in the Mortal World 红尘修士 Tianchen Xingyu天辰星语Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted One day, Yun Xi's soul left Blue Star, and she fell into the vast world of cultivation. She never expected to start out as a lowly nobody, with a life as fragile as a blade of grass. In the face of despair, she seeks out opportunities, rises from the dust, and gradually stirs up the entire cultivation world! 6.1kReads8.5Score589Shelves
23. 423 四 Siheyuan: Uh-Oh! He’s Yi Zhonghai’s Nephew 四合院：糟糕！他是易中海亲侄子 One Yuan and Eighty-Seven Cents一块八毛七Male-Channel Fanfiction253k WordsOngoing (No System, domestic squabbles, low drama, lighthearted and funny. If you think everyone is a villain, steer clear.) Yi Weidong transmigrated into the nephew of Yi Zhonghai and was doted on by Yi Zhonghai and his wife. The Jia family was in an uproar. Weren’t master and apprentice supposed to be like father and son? Now they wouldn’t get a thing from the richest family in the neighborhood, the Yi family. Silly Zhu was in tears. Why did Old Deaf Lady treat Yi Weidong better than she treated him? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 424 土 The Potato Oracle’s All-Purpose Comeback Theory 土豆万能接话神棍论 Tao's World涛视界8k WordsCompleted The Potato: An All-Purpose Conversationalist and Mastermind 435Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 425 四 Siheyuan: The Story of an Ordinary Man 四合院之小人物的故事 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted This book doesn't demonize anyone; it gives everyone something to hope for. The protagonist won't spend the whole story cooped up in the Siheyuan. The main focus is on what happens later, as things develop and change. Follow Wang Yong's perspective as he returns to that era. 503Reads8.6Score104Shelves

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    The first book is a bit exaggerated, the others are okay. 1. Sign-in system + multiple female leads + tomb raiding + hunting + martial arts. 2. Sha Zhu's mother didn't die. The family wasn't schemed against and escaped the courtyard house. 3. Veteran + security department. 4. Portrait artist working at the Public Security Bureau.

26. 426 四 A Young Cadre in the Siheyuan 四合院的青年干部 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction319k WordsOngoing This new Siheyuan story is a side story to my previous books, written to make up for a few regrets. I'm thinking of having Old Wang bring He Brick and Chen Gangdan back for another round. Thanks for all your support. 1.7kReads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Bring it on, absolute masterpiece!

27. 427 情 Love in the Courtyard: Silly Zhu's Redemption 情满四合院傻柱的救赎 Farmer Mountain Chicken农夫山鸡Male-Channel Fanfiction461k WordsOngoing [No System] [No pocket dimension] [No golden finger] [Grounded in reality] If you’re looking for a mindless power fantasy that ignores its historical setting, this isn’t for you. A modern young man named He Yuzhu unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Since he has the same name as the protagonist and is a devoted viewer of the show, many of its plotlines have always bothered him. Taking advantage of his transmigration, he uses the limited resources available to chang 1.3kReads—Score101Shelves

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    It's not a wish-fulfillment story; it's realistic, and the author considered the historical context in many of the plot points. There's no jumping from one character to another in a fight—that's too unrealistic—and no cheat codes or special abilities.

28. 428 四 Siheyuan: In 1948, There Was No Silly Zhu, Only... 四合院：1948年没有傻柱只有 Eggs Boiled in Sweet Soup糖水煮蛋Male-Channel Fanfiction878k WordsCompleted He Yuzhu is a disabled veteran who was discharged from the army. After sacrificing himself to save someone, he transmigrates into the body of He Yuzhu. But this isn't at the beginning of the original story: it's 1948, and the courtyard compound is still taking shape. If He Yuzhu's mother hadn't died, would He Daqing still have been manipulated into abandoning his son and daughter? See how this He Yuzhu, with a new soul inside him, makes his way through the world. 128Reads8.8Score—Shelves
29. 429 四 Siheyuan: From Helping Yu Li With Chores to Changing Everything 四合院：从于莉上门打杂开始 Luo Xini罗夕尼Male-Channel Fanfiction978k WordsOngoing He Yudong transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes Silly Zhu's younger brother. One day, Silly Zhu insults He Yudong in every way, beats him up, and proposes splitting up the household. Fine, let's split up! If Silly Zhu is willing to let others bleed him dry, that's his problem. After the split, He Yudong's life gets better and better. With his younger sister, He Yushui, and Yu Li, who comes around to do odd jobs, he builds a lively, thriving life for them all. 5Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    The first book I just bought today is about the eldest son of my second uncle's family. He's spoiled and got into a vocational school in that era. He became a translator in junior high school and has a cheat code: a teleportation portal. It's super, super good.

30. 430 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as the Unknown He Yushui 四合院：穿越成小透明何雨水 The Root on the Orange黄橙子上的根Female-Channel Fanfiction570k WordsCompleted A private chef's apprentice is mistakenly transported back to the 1950s and into the body of He Yushui. Watch her make a dazzling name for herself in that era with her culinary skills. And, well, pick up a handsome man along the way. 2kReads7.3Score102Shelves
31. 431 四 Siheyuan: I Can’t Keep My Blade Hidden Any Longer 四合院：我的刀藏不住了 Hua Xiaosheng话小生Male-Channel Fanfiction450k WordsCompleted After being wounded and discharged at thirty, mercenary Chen Xiang plans to live it up, spend lavishly, and enjoy retirement ahead of time. Instead, a sudden bolt from the blue sends him to the world of The Courtyard Is Full of Beasts. He's a hardened outlaw, so transmigrating is no big deal. It's just a change of scenery for retirement. But some people just won't leave him in peace. Chen Xiang: “Why is retiring so hard? Are you really going to make me bring out my eighteen-meter cleaver again?” 8.8kReads7.0Score230Shelves
32. 432 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! 147Reads7.9Score111Shelves
33. 433 马 Ma Liu's Daily Life in the Siheyuan 马六的四合院日常 daxgMale-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted That year, Silly Zhu hadn't become a sucker yet. That year, Yi Zhonghai wasn't in a rush to find someone to support him in his old age. That year... The story begins when Ma Liu was fifteen and started working. I wrote this just to vent a little. Please forgive me if it's not very good. 27.7kReads6.6Score1.2kShelves
34. 434 四 Siheyuan: My Grassland, My Horse 四合院之我的草原我的马 Lazy Vending Machine懒散贩卖机Male-Channel Fanfiction344k WordsOngoing Yang Kai is a Chinese restaurant chef who has crossed oceans to settle abroad. Every day, he rides a fine steed across the vast Hulunbuir grasslands. As the saying goes, this is my grassland and my horse, and I can do tricks whenever I please... Life is blissfully carefree, until a shooting sparked by a rivalry over a woman sends him transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard in the 1960s. Watch him make a name for himself in this era... 175Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 435 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn, and Anyone Who Messes With Me Is Finished 四合院：傻柱重生，谁惹我废谁 Little Snowflake, Snowflake, Snowflake小雪花花花Male-Channel Fanfiction669k WordsOngoing He Yuzhu, who froze to death under a bridge, is reborn. In this life, he swears he'll never be anyone's doormat again. He'll stay away from ungrateful people and stop letting others bleed him dry! He Daqing wants to run off with a widow? He can go, but the money stays! Yi Zhonghai wants to guilt-trip him? Then don't blame me for ambushing an old-timer without playing fair! From the start, he activates a simplified skills System. [Streamlining fitter skills... Fitter skills → turning screws] All 4.1kReads8.7Score104Shelves

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    A masterpiece of relentless warfare, the first book updates every half month with a relative being given to you, an absolute nepotism among nepotism, directly acting as the boss in charge, the content will definitely surprise you.

36. 436 四 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 Green Mountain Woodcutter青山樵Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing 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.) 81.2kReads5.5Score3.9kShelves

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    Go check out this book, it gets better and better the more you read it.

37. 437 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Make Sha Zhu Kneel and Call Me Grandpa 四合院开局让傻柱跪下叫爷爷 Rising Young Star当红一小生Male-Channel Fanfiction202k WordsCompleted Born into the world of the Siheyuan, he has read so many stories about these courtyard houses in his previous life that much of it still seems like guesswork. Now he wants to find out whether there really are that many scoundrels. A genius since childhood, he gets a useless System. After his parents die, the courtyard’s scoundrels bully him, but with sheer grit, he bites off a chunk of Sha Zhu’s flesh from the start and joins forces with Qin Jingru to beat up the Jia family. From then on, he sta 99Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 438 四 At Eight Years Old, I Unlock an Infinite System in the Siheyuan 四合院八岁就开启无限系统 Rising Young Star当红一小生Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Li Aiguo is reborn in the world of the courtyard compound. In this world, his entire family is made up of national heroes. Whenever the scoundrels bully him, Li Aiguo starts shouting: “My grandparents died on the battlefield, giving their lives for their country. My father died on the battlefield, giving his life for his country. My two older brothers also died on the battlefield, giving their lives for their country. My mother was also honored as a martyr. Are you bullying me because you want t 5.1kReads6.1Score246Shelves
39. 439 我 The Fifth Book I've Written While Drunk 我真酒精过的第5本书 I'm Really Allergic to Alcohol我真酒精过敏啊Male-Channel Fanfiction524k WordsCompleted (This book isn't particularly dark, and the methods used to tame the birds are fairly gentle. If you want to read about violent bird-taming, please look elsewhere. There are multiple heroines, so don't read if that's not your thing.) Zheng Qian is reborn in a Beijing courtyard compound. When he is ten, his father, an engineer at a steel mill, and his mother, a chef at Fengzeyuan, go back to their hometown to visit relatives and get into a car accident. They disappear. Zheng Qian goes to live in 38Reads8.7Score—Shelves
40. 440 四 Siheyuan: A Lie-Flat Life Beginning in 1958 四合院：从58年开始的躺平生活 Cola-Soaked Bread可乐泡面包Male-Channel Fanfiction288k WordsOngoing [If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please share them in the comments. I’m a new author, and I’m all about taking advice.] [Many details in this story have been revised. I hope my esteemed readers will offer plenty of guidance.] After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, he discovers it’s only 1958, and the story hasn’t even begun. Jia Dongxu hasn’t ended up hanging on the wall yet. Qin Huairu hasn’t grown into a white lotus, and Silly Zhu hasn’t been completely taken in. What kind 103Reads5.5Score279Shelves

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    Novels without violence and with a normal worldview

41. 441 四 Siheyuan: The Path to Cultivation, Starting as an Engineer 四合院：从工程师开始的修真路 Prospering Jinwushi蒸蒸日上的凭金吾Male-Channel Fanfiction231k WordsCompleted A new story is here. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Zhao Song was born into a wealthy merchant family before the liberation. His parents were murdered by secret agents before the founding of the People’s Republic. At the age of twelve, his father sent him to study in Britain, where he specialized in industrial mechanical design and manufacturing. After awakening a golden finger that simulates mechanical design, he sets ou 215Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 442 火 The Red-Hot Years: Passionate Days in the Siheyuan 火红年代：四合院之激情岁月 Wandering Through the Alleyways游荡在胡同Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted A novel for readers with some life experience. Through the eyes of its protagonist, Ling Fei, it vividly portrays the everyday details and scenes of city life in that era, capturing the way things really were back then. Amid the sweeping changes of a great age, there is hardship and suffering, confusion and disappointment, joy and passion. See how ordinary people find a spiritual home amid the torrent of history. It's hard to say what is right or wrong, and harder still to untangle every dispute 5.9kReads7.6Score366Shelves

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    Set against the backdrop of that era, this story recreates authentic urban life, devoid of tedium, petty squabbles, or inhuman conflicts. It allows readers to live a life impossible for others, guided by the vision of a modern-day time traveler, doing what is possible with the abilities of a god.

43. 443 四 Siheyuan: A House Full of Descendants, King of the Troublemakers 四合院：子孙满堂众禽之王 Teacher Bai Strikes Back进击的白老师Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsOngoing He Yuzhu: Whoever messes with my little brother will have to answer to me! Qin Huairu: Xiaoyi, Huaihua has run out of milk. What should we do? The Deaf Old Lady: Anyone who doesn't want to celebrate New Year, just say the word! The whole flock: Director! Wait, which one of us is the real beast here? Bai Yi: ??? I have three sons already? (A slow-paced, slice-of-life farming story. Please don't flame it if it's not your thing. I bow to all my dear readers.) 1.5kReads8.1Score124Shelves
44. 444 傻 Silly Zhu's Father Is Back: He Daqing Sweeps Through the Siheyuan 傻柱他爹回来了何大清横扫四合院 Building Dreams for a Lifetime筑梦一笙Male-Channel Fanfiction245k WordsCompleted #Courtyard #SillyZhu #HeDaqing #Male-Oriented Spin-Off #Personal Space #Damao #Family Drama #Slice of Life# He Daqing is gravely wounded and on the brink of death. After a long dream, he wakes up and realizes that he and his son have spent their whole lives being suckered into supporting other people. Without hesitation, he leaves the Widow Bai behind and returns to the capital to save his children. Qin Huairu, who is always pestering his son; Jia Zhangshi, who can never stand the sight of him; 417Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He Daqing + He Yuzhu + He Yushui + Xu Damao

45. 445 四 Siheyuan: I Got Damou a Child 四合院之我给大茂送个娃 Building Dreams for a Lifetime筑梦一笙Male-Channel Fanfiction407k WordsCompleted #Reborn #Space #Siheyuan #Male-Oriented Spin-Off #Taking Down Scum #Wild Imagination #Fantasy [Child-Sending Series, Part One: Reborn as He Yuzhu] He Yuzhu spends his whole life being bled dry by Qin Huairu. In his old age, he is even thrown out by the ungrateful people he raised, and freezes to death beneath a bridge. Given the chance to live again, he absolutely will not be that pathetic fool whom a widow can toy with as she pleases. He gains a miraculous space. By opening a door to anywhere, 1.2kReads7.0Score—Shelves
46. 446 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became a Secret Agent 四合院之开局成了特务 The Hand That Holds the Sword执剑的手Urban442k WordsOngoing [Original, One Female Lead] [No System] [No Pocket Dimension] [A Story of Hard Work] I transmigrated and immediately received an appointment as a secret agent? My own father was a counterrevolutionary? And he was executed by firing squad? My own brother was a secret agent too? See how Ren Sheng escapes these heavy shackles and lives a wonderful life of his own. As for the courtyard house? I dealt with the secret agents. You think I can't handle you lot? I've got work to do, and I have to date my 5.9kReads—Score231Shelves

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    Original single female protagonist, no cheat codes, no violence, and no idiocy.

47. 447 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate into He Yuzhu's Little Sister 四合院：穿越变成何雨柱的小妹妹 Building Dreams for a Lifetime筑梦一笙Male-Channel Fanfiction457k WordsCompleted #Siheyuan# Male-oriented spin-off #No following the original plot#Man transmigrates as a woman#System#He Yushui#He Yuzhu#Transmigration#Space# (Not a traditional Siheyuan story, read at your own discretion.) A playboy young master A clueless System The heir to a fortune dies unexpectedly The System binds itself to the transmigrated male protagonist Xiao Yiran opens his eyes And looks at his own thin, frail body, Overcome with deep suspicion... What happened to the promised male lead? What happen 831Reads6.3Score—Shelves
48. 448 四 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Journey into the Illusion Realm 四合院之许大茂闯幻境 Building Dreams for a Lifetime筑梦一笙Male-Channel Fanfiction177k WordsCompleted #Transmigration #Space #CourtyardHouse #Male-OrientedSpinoff #Fantasy #Fanfiction #Multiple #Women Xu Damao injures his leg and goes home to recuperate. He follows his childhood sweetheart and wife after she comes out of the closet, then gets hit on the head. During their struggle, he is stabbed to death. When he wakes up, he has become Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. There is even a book inside his head: the very jade book that knocked him out. To return to his original world, he has to di 22Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 449 四 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Story Begins in 1958 四合院：何雨柱从1958年开始 Eggs Boiled in Sweet Soup糖水煮蛋Male-Channel Fanfiction966k WordsCompleted After living through two different lives as He Yuzhu, he is sent back once again to the courtyard in 1958. The television series' story has yet to begin. The original He Yuzhu has only just started showing signs of being a lovesick doormat, and has not yet evolved into the ultimate one. Yi Zhonghai has not completely brainwashed him, either, and he still treats his younger sister fairly well. In short, none of it has truly begun yet. What kind of life will the new He Yuzhu choose?! 16.8kReads8.4Score527Shelves
50. 450 四 Siheyuan: The Jerk Hoped I’d Die Childless, So I Married Zheng Juan Instead 四合院：极品盼我绝后反手娶郑娟 A Bookworm for Over 10 Years10年多老书虫Male-Channel Fanfiction137k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + Zheng Juan + Abortion Queen + Bigshot System + Chaos and Mayhem + Rumors Everywhere] Being born poor is no disgrace. Knowing when to bend and when to stand firm is what makes a man. Even if fate grinds you into the mud, you must bloom there into the most magnificent flower. If you weren't born lucky enough to coast through life, then get up and run with all your might. Never look down on a young man for being poor. One day, he'll soar like a dragon and a phoenix. Don't laugh at 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I love Zheng Juan so much, I'm almost crying!

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