Siheyuan Stories with a Laid-Back Pace and Sound Values, No Harem or Retirement-Home Vibes 四合院平淡三观正，不后宫远离养老派

1. 501 四 The Siheyuan's Sweeping Monk, and Granny Deaf's Endless Antics 四合院扫地僧，聋老太花式整活 Wonderful Money Tree奇妙的发财树Male-Channel Fanfiction528k WordsCompleted [Courtyard house + period story + golden finger + no love for Qin Huairu + a huge soft spot for Sha Zhu] An 87-year-old woman is at home watching TV, chewing melon seeds with her dentures in. The village has announced that it must evacuate because it is about to be flooded, so her eldest grandson drives over to take her to the city. She's old and gets carsick, and she already has a heart condition. How could she possibly handle it? Then, at lunch, she overhears her grandson and his wife saying t 3.5kReads7.5Score123Shelves

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   This is not bad either

2. 502 六 Living Life to the Fullest in the 1960s 六零年代恣意活着 A Thousand Dreams百变梦想Modern Romance3.8M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Two Strong Leads + Period Setting + Daily Life] A career woman from the new century transmigrates as Ruan Mianmian and escapes her family of origin. When she reaches the right age, she marries Chen Yuan'an, a handsome, well-built regiment commander. They bicker in the early days, but later settle into a sweet life together: her husband dotes on her, and their son is clever and adorable. Both leads know how to enjoy life. In an era of scarcity, they use money to make sure they n 2kReads6.9Score100Shelves

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   The water flows slowly, the life is ordinary, the family is warm and harmonious, the children are well-behaved and sensible, from the young couple to the old man, they live a happy life, loving each other, with children and grandchildren around their knees

3. 503 四 Siheyuan: Cultivating Immortality Amid the Bustle of Everyday Life 四合院：烟火红尘修仙 Snow Flying over Mount Tai Bai太白飞雪Male-Channel Fanfiction687k WordsCompleted A special forces soldier from the modern world transmigrates into another world in the late 1950s. By a twist of fate, he gains a chance to cultivate. Reborn, he vows to pursue the Great Dao and seek immortality. To build up merit and change his fate, he experiences the bustle of everyday life in a courtyard during that extraordinary era, explores human nature, bears witness to people's hearts, tempers his will, and freely reshapes his destiny. 16.5kReads7.7Score685Shelves

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   There is no violence, no perversion, just normal stories.

4. 504 重 Reborn in 1960: The Wood-Type Ability User Lives Life on Her Own Terms 重生60木系异能者肆意逍遥 Overlord Bofu霸王伯符Urban801k WordsCompleted After graduating from university, Chu Fan awakened a wood-type ability in a world overrun by zombies, only to be betrayed by his girlfriend. After his body died, Chu Fan’s soul arrived in the 1960s. See how Chu Fan uses his wood-type ability to shine in the 1960s. 15.1kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
5. 505 四 Siheyuan: The Eighth-Level Electrician 四合院之八级电工 Noisy and Lonely嚣寂寞Male-Channel Fanfiction351k WordsCompleted [Courtyard house + space + no hostility + one heroine] (No getting into trouble + no flirting around + no stealing or breaking the law) Reborn in the 1960s, Zhang Jianguo relies on his own hard work and skill panels, climbing one step at a time and moving up a level each year (one skill point per year), steadily and surely making his way to the peak of life... 17Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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   Six interesting new Siheyuan fanfiction novels. The protagonist is reborn in the Siheyuan in 1956 and becomes one of them. Thinking of the coming of the Great Famine, everyone is numb. Fortunately, there is a skills panel, so he starts as an electrician.

6. 506 四 Siheyuan: The Bronze Gate Mutates, and I Transmigrate 四合院：青铜门变异我穿越了 Melody of the Night夜的旋律Male-Channel Fanfiction553k WordsCompleted After graduating, Lin Fan worked for five years. Feeling overwhelmed by the fast pace and intense pressure of city life, he returned to his ancestral home in the countryside, intending to stay there instead of venturing out again. But while cleaning the old house, he discovered that a door in its storeroom had changed. He could actually use it to transmigrate to the old city of Sijiu. After Lin Fan transmigrated, the door turned into a tattoo on his hand. What was more, the world on the other si 8.4kReads7.9Score414Shelves
7. 507 四 Siheyuan: I Crush the Courtyard's Troublemakers 四合院：我对众禽降维打击 Undying Soul不死的灵魂Male-Channel Fanfiction834k WordsOngoing This is my first attempt at writing a novel. I've always loved fanfiction set in traditional courtyard homes, and I had a few ideas of my own, so I decided to write this story. I know my writing is still immature and has plenty of shortcomings, so I hope readers will be patient with me. I'm also grateful to everyone willing to give a newcomer a chance. 3Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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   A modern cardiac surgeon was dragged into the 1950s by the system and became an injured retired military doctor. With full-level Chinese and Western medical skills, he reduced the dimensionality of the backward era and walked out of his own life.

8. 508 四 Siheyuan: Hard Work Is the Key to Success 四合院：人生的崛起全靠努力 Not Sweet, Not Salty不甜不要咸Male-Channel Fanfiction384k WordsCompleted My new book is out. Click the author's name to check it out. After enduring all kinds of trials, Qin Yi, an ordinary graduate of a third-rate university, finally finds a decent job. On his first day at work, he's involved in a car accident and transmigrates to the world of Love in the Courtyard in the late 1950s. See how an ordinary young man from the modern era makes a thriving life for himself in those times. Golden finger: A portable 20m x 20m x 20m space, plus cooking and medical skills that 20.2kReads8.7Score561Shelves
9. 509 四 Siheyuan: I’m a Veterinarian Who Specializes in Beasts 四合院：我是兽医，专治禽兽 Wu Yuesheng伍月生Male-Channel Fanfiction275k WordsOngoing [System + corruption and revenge + miracle doctor + no saintly do-gooder + some edge, mostly daily life + family squabbles + lighthearted comedy] Li Chunsheng woke up one morning and, for no apparent reason, transmigrated to Beijing in 1950, where he became the sole direct disciple of Sun Jishi, a master physician of traditional Chinese medicine. But on the very night Li Chunsheng became his disciple, Sun Jishi passed away. Li Chunsheng inherited Sun Jishi's estate and awakened the [Merit System 2.8kReads5.4Score—Shelves

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   This is a good book. It has three correct views and writes about various aspects of life.

10. 510 四 Siheyuan: The Art of Slacking Off and My Treasure-Gathering Basin 四合院：摸鱼生活之我有聚宝盆 Suit-Wearing Lao Liu西装老六Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted This book isn’t particularly intense. It focuses on everyday life and has a relatively gentle pace. If you don’t like it, feel free to complain, but don’t leave, okay? Hahaha. Chef Xu Dachun transmigrated into the body of a cousin of Xu Damao. He had planned to use his family’s ancestral treasure basin to live a quiet life in an era of scarce supplies. Unfortunately, the courtyard was full of filth and repulsive people. So, please leave. I’m living in this courtyard by myself. This book isn’t to 13.1kReads7.7Score566Shelves

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    The upright Siheyuan novel ① Zhang Chaoyang traveled to the Siheyuan in 1962, just after the great famine. At the beginning, he blackmailed He Yuzhu for three rooms, because Silly Zhu came to the fore again, and by the way, he got rid of Director Yang, and the protagonist also had space.

11. 511 傻 The Wonderful Life of Silly Zhu 傻柱的精彩人生 Suisui the Bricklayer搬砖的碎碎Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted “A sick mother, a gambling-addict father, a younger brother still in school, and a divorced woman.” Who wouldn’t feel sympathy for a young woman like that? I was just feeling a little sympathetic and trying to help her out of a difficult situation. Why did I have to transmigrate into this courtyard full of beasts? And into the body of one of the beasts, Silly Zhu, no less! Heaven is so unfair! 28.3kReads7.5Score1.1kShelves
12. 512 四 A Common Man in the Siheyuan 四合院小市民 Wandering the Northwest流浪的西北Male-Channel Fanfiction686k WordsCompleted A single heroine, in a gentler era without hostility. This story is simply about the quiet, ordinary life of that time, the helplessness of everyday people, and life in a courtyard house amid the sweeping changes of a great age. 5.2kReads8.9Score145Shelves

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    ❤️❤️Siheyuan is a plain and upright place with not so much violence. Where there is space, it is based on the lives of ordinary people. Get rid of Silly Zhu so that he can start a family and stop being taken advantage of. Then he chatted with Damao, and the situation opened up. He also advised Damao to treat his illness and not to hide his illness and avoid medical treatment💊.

13. 513 四 Siheyuan: A Little Bit of Ordinary 四合院：小平凡 Lone Wanderer孤独游子Male-Channel Fanfiction203k WordsCompleted Yang An transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, where Jia Dongxu is still alive. Yang An only has to lift a finger: Silly Zhu gets married, the White Lotus falls from grace, and the God of Morality reluctantly adopts two orphans. The retirement squad falls apart completely... Meanwhile, with the help of his golden finger, Yang An enjoys a comfortable life of plenty in this difficult era. There aren't many demons or monsters in this story, just the ordinary rhythms of everyday life. 788Reads8.2Score—Shelves
14. 514 暗 The Shadow War in the Siheyuan 暗战四合院 The Dark Horse Prince Rides a White Horse黑马王子骑白马Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted The whole country had already been liberated, yet I became an underground operative! All because an elder once told me, “Only by standing in the darkness can you observe the darkness more clearly!” 1.2kReads6.5Score—Shelves

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