Looking for Love in the Courtyard With No System and a Tightly Plotted Story 求情满四合院无系统情节严谨的

1. 51 四 Siheyuan: Lin Jiu Lives in the West Courtyard 四合院之林玖住在西跨院 Dao Ru'an盗如岸Male-Channel Fanfiction320k WordsCompleted Someone once said, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I couldn’t agree more. In my first work, I didn’t dare delve into the individual reasons, so I could only follow the common thread. Lin Jiu lives in the western side courtyard, and the only way to find happiness is through hard work. It won’t be very long, just 300,000 words as planned. Since it’s not long, I can promise I won’t pad it out, and I haven’t used any writing tools. The original courtya 10.4kReads8.1Score258Shelves
2. 52 四 Siheyuan: My Wife Is He Yushui, Xu Damao's Sister-in-Law 四合院：老婆何雨水，妻嫂许大茂 Eight Big Jars八大罐Male-Channel Fanfiction635k WordsOngoing [Siheyuan Fanfiction] [Female Lead: He Yushui] [No System, No Cheats] Transmigrated from the prosperous twenty-first century to the difficult years shortly after the founding of the country, with no System and no pocket dimension, how is Wuma supposed to get by? In an era defined by the spirit of collectivism, living in a Siheyuan full of the worst people imaginable, is blending in with the crowd the only way to survive? From the moment he transmigrated, Wuma knew he had to keep a low profile. 2kReads8.4Score—Shelves

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   These two books are fine.

3. 53 四 Siheyuan: I Married Qin Huairu, and Now I Can't Keep Her in Check 四合院：娶了秦淮如，压不住了 Nonsense Shrimp Nonsense糊说虾说Male-Channel Fanfiction615k WordsCompleted Among the 186 versions of the courtyard stories in my collection, Qin Huairu is the best-written character!, Northeast Wanderer. The protagonist is Qin Huairu's System, that boy from back then. The most badass Qin Huairu across the heavens: please enter your ID number. I'll spare you the rest of my thoughts! It's rare to find a courtyard story that I can stick with to the end. Long live the heroes who fought Japan and America! This one without a System is more badass than the ones with one., Dao 2.7kReads6.7Score100Shelves
4. 54 重 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Starting in 1953 重生四合院：从1953年开始 Xu Xiaoshuai Isn't Handsome徐小帅不帅Male-Channel Fanfiction757k WordsCompleted After a night of drinking, he is reborn on a snowy night as a young man named Ling Yun. He lands in 1953, in Love in the Courtyard. Fortunately, he awakens an assistant System. While everyone else schemes over food coupons, I hide in my pocket space to farm, raise cattle, and conduct experiments. While everyone else fights for influence in the courtyard, I quietly finish college and casually take the top spot in the imperial examination. Wasn’t this supposed to be all about social ties and petty 7.2kReads6.9Score177Shelves

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   You can take a look at this book. Please feel free to offer any suggestions; I'll humbly accept them.

5. 55 四 Starting as a Deputy Section Chief in Siheyuan 四合院从副科长开始 Plantain Weed Traveling in Dongguan车前草在东莞旅游Male-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsCompleted [Security Department Deputy Chief from the Start] [Sign-In Rewards] [Well-Connected] [All I Want Is to Be a Lazy Fish] After transmigrating into the chaotic world of the Four-Nine City courtyard compound, he starts out as the deputy chief of the steel mill's security department! Zhang Jianjun arrives in the central courtyard with his own pocket space, where he witnesses Jia Zhangshi whining about being poor and leeching off others, Silly Zhu using moral blackmail, and Yi Zhonghai plotting behi 55.2kReads6.4Score3.2kShelves

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   A courtyard house, a security department, a slightly aggressive atmosphere, an antique collector, a single female lead, a mundane, everyday life.

6. 56 四 Siheyuan: Do You Really Deserve a Happy Ending? 四合院你也配有好下场？ Yong Mingming永明明Male-Channel Fanfiction513k WordsOngoing Handcrafted from scratch + fresh approach + respect for history + no mindless plot + original female lead No System, but there is a limited-function pocket dimension. The protagonist graduated from a technical secondary school and doesn’t work at the steel mill. She isn’t saintly, keeps her distance from Qin Huairu, doesn’t get along with Silly Zhu, and has a grudge against Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong. Yan Bugui is just a mascot. The story fits the historical setting. No mindless characters: e 2.4kReads5.4Score—Shelves

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   Not intellectually deficient, not mindless, not working in a steel rolling mill, all done by hand, in line with the times, no system, only one space.

7. 57 四 Siheyuan: I Have a Production Base 四合院我有个生产基地 Killer Instinct of the Recluse隐者杀机Male-Channel Fanfiction533k WordsCompleted After arriving in the world of the courtyard, Zhao Zhenhua realizes that not fighting over a house from the start is the sensible choice. The Deaf Old Lady’s background makes it unlikely she’s really a recipient of state support. Yi Zhonghai seems benevolent on the surface, but there’s no end to the dirty tricks he hides inside. As for Jia Zhangshi, it turns out she became so domineering because Yi Zhonghai pushed her to it. What should he do when the Deaf Old Lady starts scheming? Send her away 1.4kReads6.4Score105Shelves

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   No house robbery, no meat lending, no system, a courtyard house that isn't owned by a martyr's family or a war hero.

8. 58 新 A New Siheyuan, Starting with Never Bringing a Lunchbox 新四合院从不带饭盒开始 Lu Mangxiu卤莽休Male-Channel Fanfiction483k WordsCompleted A modern chef transmigrates into Silly Zhu from the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, arriving the day before the story begins. They still want to pin the stolen-chicken scandal on me? No way. I can use the courtyard meeting to cut ties with Qin Huairu’s family. I have a trade that earns me a living, a large five-room house, and all I need is a wife so I can settle down and live in peace. If Qin Huairu’s family can’t afford meat, what’s that got to do with me? The protagonist has a golden finger, 11.5kReads6.7Score348Shelves

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   You might want to check out this new book. It has a space-based narrative, but it's not particularly useful. It's not brain-dead, not idiotic, and not aggressive. The logic is sound. Don't be ashamed of the low rating; it will definitely rise later. I guarantee you won't regret reading it.

9. 59 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

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   It's okay to have cheats but no system logic.

10. 60 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.) 83.2kReads5.5Score3.9kShelves

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    This system is rarely published.

11. 61 9 Diary of Life in Siheyuan No. 95 95号四合院生活日记 Three Mouthfuls and Half a Pig三口半只猪Male-Channel Fanfiction376k WordsOngoing Zhang Lin's soul transmigrated into the body of a rootless village rascal from Zhangjia Village in 1953. No pocket dimension, no System, no special abilities. His only advantage was having read all kinds of stories about life in a Beijing courtyard, so he had a rough idea of China's history after its founding. As for the systematic education he'd received over a decade later, he couldn't see how it would help him just yet. Follow our protagonist as he enjoys an authentic life in the 1950s. 3.1kReads7.1Score—Shelves

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    No system, no space, development step by step. A slice-of-life story set in a bygone era, the protagonist is a bit of a repressed pervert.

12. 62 四 Siheyuan: The Glorious Years of Xiangdong 四合院：向东的火红岁月 Fengtian Tofu Soup奉天豆腐汤Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted In the late 1950s, Xiang Dong unexpectedly received news that his second uncle had died in the line of duty. On the way to the capital, Xiang Dong, a college student from a later era who was used to being worked to the bone, took over his body. It was only after moving into the lucky No. 95 courtyard on Nanguluo Lane that Xiang Dong awakened his spatial ability. See how Xiang Dong grows step by step in this vibrant era, and how he gradually beats Yi Zhonghai until his old back gives out... (P.S. 32.2kReads6.8Score1.9kShelves

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    Recommendation: Only one space is available for storing supplies.

13. 63 四 Siheyuan: Getting Rich Quietly 四合院：闷声发大财 The Silent Falling Leaves落叶无声的Male-Channel Fanfiction628k WordsCompleted Courtyard Life #Period Fiction #Comedy #Feel-Good Fiction #Old Fox #Harem #Farming Fiction He transmigrated to 1952 and became Chen Yuanshan, an apprentice at Fengzeyuan. His father was a martyr and left him 13 million in old currency and two main rooms. He thought he could lie flat, but the courtyard was full of beasts. Jia Zhangshi sat on the ground every day, wailing, “Old Jia! Someone’s bullying me!” Silly Zhu called every woman “Sister Qin” and beat up Xu Damao whenever he saw him. Xu Damao 14.8kReads5.3Score442Shelves

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    The courtyard house is small.

14. 64 四 Siheyuan: A Carpenter Moves into the Courtyard 四合院：院里来了个木匠 The Silent Falling Leaves落叶无声的Male-Channel Fanfiction770k WordsOngoing He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a level-two carpenter, one of the Eight Great Tradesmen. Faced with the whole courtyard full of scheming neighbors, Jiang Chen just wants to live in peace. You can plot your schemes, and I'll live my life. When Qin Huairu comes over to borrow something, he makes her write an IOU. When Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum and refuses to take no for an answer, he reports her to the authorities. When Xu Damao tries to sow discord, Jiang Chen shuts 6Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 65 四 Siheyuan: Benevolence, Righteousness, and Morality 四合院之仁义道德 Plum Wine 0623梅子酒0623Male-Channel Fanfiction871k WordsCompleted I've heard this is a model courtyard house, where everyone speaks so nicely and is unfailingly virtuous and righteous. So, could you sell me a few pounds of virtue and righteousness? You can't? Then it's a courtyard full of beasts after all. 13.2kReads7.8Score356Shelves

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    All new books! [What][What][What]

16. 66 四 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai's Biological Son 四合院：我是易中海的亲儿子 Of the Xianghuang Family镶黄家的Male-Channel Fanfiction356k WordsCompleted A modern mechanical engineer transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and becomes Yi Zhonghai's biological son. With a son of his own, will Yi Zhonghai still scheme against others? Will Silly Zhu still become their meal ticket? Will Love in the Courtyard still turn into a courtyard full of beasts? Ordinary people just want enough to eat and warm clothes. There's no need for so much resentment or sinister scheming, just everyday family squabbles. In this backward era, do your best to help de 37.1kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
17. 67 四 Siheyuan: I’m Yushui’s Uncle 四合院之我是雨水舅父 Clams Boiled in Clear Water清水煮花蛤Male-Channel Fanfiction838k WordsOngoing [Set in 1951 from the start.] [Based on popular TV dramas, this is unlike 99% of fan fiction set in the Courtyard Siheyuan universe.] [System novel, feel-good novel.] [Overpowered in the later stages, with a more slice-of-life feel early on.] [One female lead] [Featuring stories from A Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate and Men Are Iron, Rice Is Steel.] The day He Daqing left for Baoding with a widow, Qi An arrived at Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. A warm, peaceful life began to unfold... 33.3kReads7.3Score1.8kShelves
18. 68 1 1955: From the Start, I Was Sent to Bring Warmth 1955开局送温暖 Clams Boiled in Clear Water清水煮花蛤Male-Channel Fanfiction756k WordsCompleted A new story is here. No System, but there is a pocket dimension, and the protagonist isn't a bleeding heart. No powerful connections to lean on. From the start, he's just a young hunter with martial arts training, hoping to keep his head down and live quietly in the village. But life is unpredictable, and...! 7.6kReads7.9Score226Shelves
19. 69 正 The Real Love in the Courtyard 正的情满四合院 Clams Boiled in Clear Water清水煮花蛤Male-Channel Fanfiction150k WordsCompleted I've read a lot of novels about the courtyard. Nine out of ten are brainless wish-fulfillment stories, some even turning the characters into outright monsters. They're all churned out like products on an assembly line. I've written one where everyone gets along, so feel free to share your thoughts. The protagonist transmigrates early and starts at the top. By that, I mean he is at the top among the people in the courtyard. He has a pocket dimension but no System. He does what he can for the coun 3.4kReads6.5Score106Shelves
20. 70 四 Siheyuan: Cao Yi, a Good Man 四合院之曹义好人 Clams Boiled in Clear Water清水煮花蛤Male-Channel Fanfiction249k WordsCompleted Reborn in a parallel world of courtyard houses, with the resort from his previous life in tow. He may not have a System, but his pocket dimension is powerful, bringing cutting-edge technology from 2024 to this world. The protagonist can be a little too kind, yet he is also decisive and ruthless, making him a complicated character. In short, he's an ordinary person who lives as he pleases in any given situation. There's one female lead, and later on he'll flee to Hong Kong. 385Reads6.7Score—Shelves
21. 71 四 Siheyuan: I Take Over Courtyard No. 95 and Fill It with My Ex-Wives 四合院：我独占95号院住满前妻 King of Milan米兰球王Male-Channel Fanfiction252k WordsOngoing Multiple female leads, no System, relying entirely on brains and memories. A top-level career path, with little angst and a realistic tone. In 2026, at the Dialogue studio. Host: Elder Jing, were you afraid when you swam back to the mainland? Jing Daqiang pondered for a moment. He thought, Back then, I'd only just transmigrated, and they were pointing a gun at me. I was terrified. His expression stayed composed. "No. I was driven by a powerful conviction." Host: What made you think of applying 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Here I am, I am in 1951, I have no system, little violence, I rely entirely on my brain and memory, and it is a slow-burn male-oriented story.

22. 72 重 Reborn: Da Mao and Silly Zhu Get Back Together, and the Neighbors Panic 重生大茂和傻柱复合，众禽慌了 Twenty-Four Zhu二十四铢Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing [Mild Antagonism] [Hilarious] [Two Male Leads] [Outsmarting the Whole Yard] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Romantic Push and Pull] [Unusual Revenge Tactics] [Starting a Culinary School] Xu Damao burns newspaper offerings at Sha Zhu's grave. When he opens his eyes, he has returned to 1965. This time, he won't fight, compete, or brawl anymore. The two sworn enemies form an alliance, and the whole yard of "beasts" is thrown into a panic! The tricks they once used to sabotage each other are now turned a 2.1kReads6.2Score103Shelves
23. 73 四 Siheyuan: Transmigrating into Turbulent Times, Remember to Build Your Defenses First 四合院：穿越混年代，记得先叠甲 Lu Sheng Beneath the Pen笔下卢生Male-Channel Fanfiction317k WordsOngoing [Revenge + Business + Multiple Women + Strong-Willed Hero + Power Struggles Across an Era] After transmigrating to 1947, He Peng only wants to stay alive and, while he's at it, enjoy a somewhat better life. A little more money. A few more women. But before he knows it, his life has grown far beyond that. He earns five more First-Class Special Merits, gains a whole bunch of uncles, turns his business into a nationwide network, and even becomes the adopted son-in-law of the Chairman's wife. More s 945Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new book has no system. He joined the army in 1947, retired to Beijing in 1950, went to Haizi to eat, took on a big job, and his synopsis says he developed a very successful career, living in a courtyard house, but he didn't stay in the courtyard.

24. 74 四 A Life of Treasures in the Siheyuan 四合院之御宝人生 Master Craftsman明匠Male-Channel Fanfiction616k WordsCompleted Workaholic doctor Li Guangming woke up to find he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, as the eldest son of the Li family, a front-courtyard carpenter’s family, recently brought in from the countryside. Faced with a desperately poor family with barely anything to their name and too many mouths to feed, a stepmother with her own agenda, a taciturn father, and a whole courtyard full of “familiar faces” about to make their entrance, Li Guangming felt an unprecedented sense of 4.4kReads8.0Score184Shelves

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    I recommend this one, it looks pretty good!

25. 75 四 The Siheyuan Takes Me Back to My Drifter Years in Beijing 四合院重回我的北漂年代 Third Brother Ning宁三哥Male-Channel Fanfiction256k WordsOngoing [No dumbing down, no System, a story about copying famous works] Reborn in the 1990s, he stumbles into a Beijing courtyard. From writing books and copying songs to the 1992 Wealth Certificate, from starting out in Hong Kong to speculating in Hainan property futures. Step by step, he begins his rise. 71Reads6.2Score—Shelves
26. 76 四 Siheyuan: He Yushui Is Reborn in 1951 四合院：何雨水重生1951 A Grain of Dust in the World人间一颗尘Female-Channel Fanfiction513k WordsCompleted After enduring too much hardship over the course of her life, He Yushui, now in her seventies or eighties, has fate give her a second chance, reborn as a girl of just five or six. See how He Yushui escapes the shackles of Siheyuan and changes both her own fate and Silly Zhu's... The synopsis is brief. Please read the story for more. 3.6kReads6.3Score100Shelves

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    From the perspectives of He Yuzhu and He Yushui, the story reveals the deserved fates of the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai, and others.

27. 77 重 Reborn as He Yuzhu, Staying Out of Trouble 重生何雨柱远离是非 A Grain of Dust in the World人间一颗尘Male-Channel Fanfiction506k WordsCompleted In this life, He Yuzhu stands tall and wants to live for himself for once. Now that the Jia family no longer has He Yuzhu to bleed dry, will they get by just as well? In an era of scarce food and clothing, will they still be well-dressed and all plump and well-fed? Will they still end up as the biggest beneficiaries in the Siheyuan? What will happen to He Yushui without He Yuzhu by her side? If Xu Damao and He Yuzhu became buddies, would his fate change? Will the Deaf Old Lady, Yi Zhonghai, 3kReads5.3Score100Shelves
28. 78 重 Reborn as He Yuzhu: I'm a Family Man 重生何雨柱我是顾家男 A Grain of Dust in the World人间一颗尘Male-Channel Fanfiction662k WordsCompleted Only after Silly Zhu was reduced to consciousness alone did he recognize the true nature of Qin Huairu, Bang Geng, and the rest of the Jia family. He also saw the horrific state he'd left Lou Xiaoe and He Xiao in. Through a twist of fate, he was reborn. Silly Zhu returned to his youth, only this time he was He Yuzhu. When it comes to He Daqing, he'll be filial to him and immediately find him a wife. When it comes to He Yushui, he'll dote on her until she grows into a chubby girl. When it comes t 1.9kReads5.6Score104Shelves
29. 79 长 Cultivating Immortality for Longevity: Seeking the Dao in the Great Thousand World Is No Match for Steady Farming 长生修仙：寻道大千不如稳健种田 Sunshine in Winter冬日有阳光Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Everyday farming + longevity + cautious cultivation + alchemy + System + spirit beasts + no heroine He meets a benefactor, enters Danyang, and sets his heart on the boundless light of the Immortal Dao. His spiritual roots are poor and his resources scarce, so he’s unlikely to make it past the Qi Refining stage in his lifetime. So he trains his body, endures hardship, and grinds away despite the struggle. His benefactor dies, his backing is gone, and he’s expelled from the inner sect, left in a m 13.1kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves
30. 80 煤 The Two Ghosts of the Coal-Ball Factory: A True Story 煤球厂的两个幽魂（真实经历） Shellfish Eats Little Fish贝壳吃小鱼6k WordsCompleted Two Ghosts at the Coal Briquette Factory (A True Story) 110Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 四 Siheyuan: Upholding Justice 四合院之主持公道 Hehe, God of the Wind风之神呵呵Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [1] [No Hostility] He arrives in 1951 and lives in Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. His parents sacrifice their lives for the country, leaving him an orphan. Reborn, Yang Jianguo works as an apprentice fitter at a steel mill. Knowing what lies ahead, Yang Jianguo seizes an opportunity during the steel mill’s reforms. Gradually, his wages rise higher and higher. With a high salary and a full stomach, of course he starts making things happen. He meddles here and there, only to discover that he h 26.2kReads6.7Score805Shelves
32. 82 四 Siheyuan: In the Name of an Eighth-Level Worker 四合院：八级工的名义 The Cicada Who Has Reached Foundation Establishment筑基的夏蝉Urban484k WordsOngoing [No System, no pocket dimension, not fanfiction, industrial power fantasy] In 1963, Qiao Cheng transmigrated to Dongfeng Machinery Factory and moved into the gatehouse of a courtyard compound. Widows, cooks, projectionists... A lively comedy of everyday life unfolds in the compound! With his certificates in hand, he strides into Dongfeng Factory! As an eighth-grade worker, he intends to challenge the factory's established power structure! At the factory, he's a legend of engineering! In the cour 107Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No system, no space, industrial fantasy, seven-day legend, high-density story at the beginning.

33. 83 四 Siheyuan: The Civil Engineering Big Shot Has Arrived! 四合院：土木大佬驾到！ Fat Cat Calico肥猫花布Male-Channel Fanfiction575k WordsOngoing [No System] [Has a Spatial Dimension] [Low on Violence] Liu Bo: an utterly ordinary name. But if you have an arrogant subordinate named Long Aotian, then Liu Bo must be someone extraordinary. The quintessential big-shot protagonist, no doubt about it. But he's not the protagonist of this story. Liu Bo is a construction worker in 2025, working as a site manager at a construction site in a tiny county town ranked somewhere around the eighteenth tier. It happens to be a night shift pouring concrete 1.6kReads5.9Score107Shelves

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34. 84 四 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, but I Won't Be Xu Damao 四合院：我许大茂，不做许大茂 Fat Cat Calico肥猫花布Male-Channel Fanfiction394k WordsCompleted This book has no System, golden finger, or cheat. This is an all-new Xu Damao, transported to another world and made into an entirely new person. It tells a different story about Xu Damao! A man in his thirties from a later era, Xu Damao, gets hit by a truck. In that instant, the primordial power of heaven and earth causes him and the Xu Damao from the courtyard compound to collide, and he passively transmigrates. The courtyard’s Xu Damao is whisked away by a Dongfeng truck. See how the Xu Damao 1.2kReads5.5Score—Shelves
35. 85 四 Siheyuan: The Warmth of Everyday Life 四合院之烟火人间 Lone Walker001独行人001Male-Channel Fanfiction321k WordsCompleted The story is still set in that familiar courtyard, yet something about it feels a little different. Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui all have the same air about them as before, just as you remember. Xu Damao still gets that obnoxious streak from time to time. He Yuzhu, however, has become a little more level-headed. Perhaps because he has decided to lie flat, he seems to appear less often in the story. The most puzzling of all is Jia Zhangshi, who is currently comforting her daughter-in- 4.8kReads6.3Score105Shelves

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    No system, no modifications

36. 86 四 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Making His Way Through the Mortal World 四合院：尘世打滚许大茂 Lone Walker001独行人001Male-Channel Fanfiction274k WordsCompleted A destination for checking in across the myriad heavens: a Beijing courtyard compound. Xu Damao is here as a tourist, just to watch the drama and stir up some trouble. Sounds good to him. As for the people in the courtyard, they can make of their joys and sorrows, warmth and hardship what they will! Not a classic wish-fulfillment novel, and not too much angst. 399Reads5.5Score—Shelves
37. 87 四 Siheyuan: I Beat Up Bang Geng from the Start! Whoever Messes with Me Gets What's Coming! 四合院：开局揍棒梗！谁惹坑谁！ Summer of Grain in Ear芒种的夏天Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [System + Slice of Life + Showing Off and Face-Slapping] An accident sends a university student from the 21st century transmigrating to a courtyard, where he becomes He Yuzhu! He originally just wanted to live a quiet life, but who could have guessed that every last one of the courtyard’s menagerie of residents would be a piece of work? Qin Huairu is always trying to get something out of him, and she even lets Banggeng steal his things? He’ll make sure she gives up on that idea! From now on, he 1kReads5.3Score—Shelves

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    The game started with a punch to the head.

38. 88 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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    A traditional courtyard house, a mundane life, everyone's intelligence is sharp, and there's not much scheming or backstabbing. No system! An observer.

39. 89 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
40. 90 四 Siheyuan: One Smile from Him Leaves the Whole Courtyard Stunned 四合院：他一笑全院惊 In a Good Mood心情正好Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Entirely handmade, no AI. Transmigration, lighthearted, multiple heroines, a warehouse, no hostility. When supplies are scarce, I have a supermarket. Enjoy a Cao thief’s life and live a different kind of existence. There’s no nightlife of glittering lights and bustling clubs, just the era’s shared activities. 16.7kReads6.8Score841Shelves
41. 91 贾 Granny Jia Doesn't Summon Spirits 贾张氏不招魂 Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Female-Channel Fanfiction241k WordsCompleted Ninety-four-year-old Zhang Meimei unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1950s and becomes Jia Zhangshi, the despised, dog-hated spirit-summoning master from the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. From then on, Jia Zhangshi never summons spirits again. With her golden finger, she thrives in the capital... 576Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    No system has space

42. 92 四 Siheyuan: I Was Reborn During the Founding Ceremony 四合院，我重生在建国大典 Barbecue Sauce烧烤酱Male-Channel Fanfiction363k WordsCompleted There's something unusual about this courtyard. Yi Zhonghai, the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable? Liu Haizhong, the belt-wielding loving father? Yan Bugui, the master schemer? Granny Jia, kind to everyone? So you're the one they call Silly Zhu? You say that as if anyone else's head works any better. Around here, everyone knows my big brother is a peerless doctor. Three needles to take a life, ah, no, three needles and you're gone, Du Jiang? 95Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    The first two books about the Siheyuan (courtyard house) are about industrial development and national rejuvenation.

43. 93 四 Siheyuan: A Delivery Rider Transmigrates and Lives Happily Ever After 四合院：骑手穿越，快乐一生 Today's Wind Is Calm Too今天的风也很平静Male-Channel Fanfiction306k WordsCompleted A solemn promise: 1. No demonizing characters. 2. Characters act in their own self-interest. 3. No letters of forgiveness. Food delivery rider Wang Ping transmigrates into the world of a 1951 courtyard drama, becoming Wang Ping, a second-grade fitter at a steelworks whose parents are both dead. He lives in the east wing of the front courtyard of the Red Star compound. His uncle is a workshop director at the Shijingshan Steel Plant. With a portable space and a golden finger that gives him immense 4.9kReads—Score120Shelves

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    My new book, *Siheyuan: Rider's Transmigration, A Happy Life*, is by a new author. It contains no demonized characters, no toilet humor, and characters act solely in their own self-interest. There are absolutely no letters of forgiveness or mundane family drama. I'm looking for a good read. Please add it to your collection.

44. 94 四 Gossiping and Watching the Show in the Siheyuan 四合院中吃瓜看戏 Soul Messenger魂使者Male-Channel Fanfiction329k WordsOngoing Liu Zhendong was a typical young man with nothing to his name. No house, no car, no money. Who could have guessed that after dying suddenly, he would transmigrate into the world of the courtyard compound? Once shackled by the label of having nothing, after transmigrating he became a new-era “model youth” with a house and money. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A brand new, incredibly engaging novel about a humble courtyard house, with no system or spatial abilities: ① October 1959. Wu Ma transmigrates from the 21st century to this era of scarcity. His family has been poor for three generations, but fortunately, an uncle in Beijing has passed away, allowing him to inherit a job as a steel mill worker. Upon being assigned a dormitory, he discovers he's in the Hongxing Courtyard. Yan Bugui? The Third Uncle! He marries He Yushui, becomes an advanced worker, and lives a low-key life. Witness the protagonist, with his foresight, witness the social development of that era;

45. 95 四 Siheyuan: Becoming a Rogue Everyone Loves 四合院：做一个人见人爱的流氓 Hermit of Xiangshan Creek香山溪客Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Low on Grimness] [Historical Fantasy] Lin Muzhi, a down-and-out writer from the 21st century, wakes up as Lin Weidong, a backward young man in a 1965 courtyard. His neighbors are rubbing their hands together, ready to crush this “troublemaker” and take everything from him. But... The whole courtyard soon realizes that this time, the newcomer isn't prey. Armed with the perspective of a modern civilization, he's come to rule this world of tangled relationships like it 38.5kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    Highly recommended! The author has a truly imaginative mind and superb writing skills, offering a unique experience of living in a traditional courtyard house! A stunningly beautiful courtyard house! The more you read, the more beautiful it becomes!

46. 96 四 Siheyuan: My Revenge Begins at the Mass Grave 四合院：从乱葬岗开始复仇 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn on a mass grave, Zhang Aiguo returns with a System. The scoundrels stole my family’s property, sold my younger sister, and left me for dead. This time, they’ll pay for every drop of blood! The hypocritical patriarch, the venomous old woman, every last one of them: none will get away! Watch as this young man delivers the ultimate judgment and gets his revenge in this man-eating courtyard! 373Reads8.8Score145Shelves
47. 97 四 In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Stops Being a Doormat 四合院傻柱不在做冤大头 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Snow blanketed the world. As he lay dying beneath a bridge, He Yuzhu watched his archrival, Xu Damao, summon the last of his strength to carry him back to the courtyard, and regret tore at his heart. Reborn as a young man, he awakens a mysterious pocket dimension and gains the skills of a culinary god. He immediately cuts ties with the Jia family. He will repay the deaf old lady's kindness, ease his younger sister's suffering, and rekindle his bond with Lou Xiao'e. As for those bloodsucking para 918Reads8.6Score101Shelves
48. 98 四 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1965, I Rely on the System 四合院：重生1965，我靠系统 A Paper Airplane AA纸飞机AMale-Channel Fanfiction206k WordsOngoing In the 1960s, a courtyard beside a steel mill is full of chaos and scheming. Chen Weiguo is reborn with memories of his past life, and sees through everyone in the courtyard from the start. Sweet and naive? A bleeding heart? Not a chance! This time, he has a god-tier self-interest System: he won't cause trouble, won't back down from it, and won't take the fall for anyone. He takes on the worst people, protects his family, builds his career, and makes money. Anyone who tries to scheme against him 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A seasoned reader who spent over 10,000 hours reading more than 5,000 books, I highly recommend this one.

49. 99 养 The Retirement Crew Falls Apart, and the Siheyuan Disbands 养老团覆灭，四合院解散 Wandering the Jianghu江湖行Historical771k WordsOngoing Silly Zhu? Off to the hospital! The Lid King? Off to dig sand! Jia Zhangshi? Off to labor camp! Yang Weimin? Off to write a self-criticism! All right, Deaf Granny, Yi Zhonghai, and that Qin Bailian too. Now let’s see you put on a show! Characters and plotlines from other TV dramas are brought in purely to add more people and make the story richer. Please don’t nitpick whether the timelines line up or the characters overlap. The acting world is a small place, so just pretend not to notice when o 3.2kReads5.3Score102Shelves

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    The courtyard house remains, but the influx of visitors comes and goes. Haha, this time I'm just here to have some fun. Wow! Not bad! I got a wife as soon as I arrived!

50. 100 四 Siheyuan: I Wield My Brush and Stir Up the Storm 四合院：执笔搅风云 Picking Up Words Among the Pines松间拾字Male-Channel Fanfiction964k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1952, Wang Ping'an transmigrates to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Alone in the world, he seems like a timid, easily bullied orphan to his neighbors. He makes a living writing articles and stories, often drawing on the people and events in the courtyard for inspiration. Anyone who deliberately gives him a hard time or schemes against him ends up as a villain in one of his stories, and the rumors soon spread throughout the entire compound. Everyone assumes he is a helpless writer, 8.2kReads5.4Score258Shelves

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    The latest courtyard house novel is really good! Try reading 10 chapters and see! [Laughing emojis]

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