Courtyard Stories About an Ordinary, Peaceful Life, Without Demonizing Anyone 四合院平平淡淡生活，没有妖魔化的
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An Ordinary Life in the Siheyuan 四合院的普通人生
A story about a courtyard house, seen through the eyes of an ordinary person. It's full of negativity, but there's positivity too. No invincible heroes, no toilet humor. Thank you for your support!
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The 1950s: Making a Happy, Prosperous Life 年代五零：红红火火过日子
Reborn in the 1950s. What? Worried about starving to death? Don’t panic, don’t panic. We’ve got a pocket dimension. What? This is the notorious Courtyard of Beasts, where everyone’s supposedly a scumbag? What am I supposed to do? Luckily, my dad became the First Master, and my mom is the director of the women’s federation at the steel mill. Who still dares mess with me? Sun Zhengguo says: Go wild all you want, just don’t drag me into it. I only want to spend this happy life with my family. Both
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Siheyuan: I Use the Law to Crush All Defiance 四合院：我用国法镇压一切不服
One heroine + smart protagonist + real-life cases + industrial powerhouse + grand vision By chance, Song Yuan arrives at that famous courtyard. Armed with a copy of the "Public Security Administration Punishments Regulations", he easily puts the courtyard's vermin in their place! Having lived another life, of course he wants to contribute to his country. He'll make sure to have a presence at the Canton Fair! A story about a modern person using the rule of law to navigate life in a courtyard. He
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I Live Through History in the Siheyuan 我在四合院里活在历史中
A modern couch potato wakes up and transmigrates to the 1950s. If he had to transmigrate, fine, but he even turns into the hapless Silly Zhu. Follow the protagonist as he rewrites his fate in this fiery era and lives a life unlike anyone else's.
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A Young Cadre in the Siheyuan 四合院的青年干部
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.
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Siheyuan: The Story of an Ordinary Man 四合院之小人物的故事
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.
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I'm He Yuzhu from the Courtyard House 四合院我是何雨柱
The life of an ordinary person. Come see what happens after He Yuzhu becomes an ordinary man, with no potty humor, no invincibility, and none of those talismans. Thanks for your support.
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Siheyuan: Starting in 1951, I Bleed the Yard’s Vermin Dry 四合院：从51年开始，薅秃众禽
[Turning the tables on parasites, fleecing scoundrels, pure feel-good fun] He transmigrates to the 1950s and becomes Silly Zhu's younger brother, unlocking a Negative Emotions Lottery System. His dad runs off from the start. No big deal. Life goes on. He can go to college and live well just by giving those scoundrels a hard time!
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Siheyuan: A 1950s Procurement Officer Living the High Life 四合院：五十年代采购员吃香喝辣
A crossover of TV dramas. Don't get hung up on the timeline or locations. This courtyard compound is bigger, with a main courtyard of three sections as well as east and west side courtyards. There are more people, more events, and more excitement. There are good people and bad people here. There are good things and bad things here. How many rights and wrongs are there in this courtyard? How many wrongs and rights are there? Main courtyard Front section: Yan Bugui (Third Master), He Wenhui, Liu
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Transmigrating into Siheyuan with a Lake of My Own 穿越四合院之我有一片湖
This is a slice-of-life story, so if you like fighting and killing, please don't click in. Lin Feng transmigrates into the 1960s with a lake at his side. Making use of its abundant fishery resources, he thrives in an era of shortages and hunger.
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Siheyuan: I Have a Nuclear-Powered Tricycle 四合院：我有一辆核动力三轮车
Chen Xian received a Doomsday Survival game System. It was supposed to take him to a post-apocalyptic wasteland, but instead, he ended up in the world of a Beijing courtyard compound. [The Host must bind a vehicle to activate the Doomsday Survival game System] [Ding! A suitable vehicle has been detected nearby. Automatically binding... Binding successful] [Congratulations, Host! You have acquired a new vehicle: a nuclear-powered tricycle] Chen Xian stared at the beat-up tricycle in front of him,
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Siheyuan: I Have One More Star Than Old Li 四合院：我比老李多颗星
I transmigrated back to the 1930s, met Old Zhao, and headed northwest with him. What, Li Yunlong has gotten himself into trouble again? After the war ended, I set out to find my family. What? My parents actually moved into the Birds-Filled Siheyuan?
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Siheyuan: I’m the Little Rascal of Nanluoguxiang 四合院：我是南锣鼓巷小混蛋
Li Youfu transmigrates to a siheyuan in 1957 and activates the Lucky Break System. He can only earn System rewards by getting into conflicts with people! You brutes, are you ready? I’m here to teach you a lesson!
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Siheyuan: Liu Haizhong’s Disciples Fill the Capital 四合院：我刘海中门徒满京华
How can you coast through life? Become an official? Or do something more meaningful? If you laze around like a salted fish every day, what meaning does life have? It has meaning. What’s wrong with lying flat and enjoying yourself? How do you lie flat and enjoy yourself? Obviously, you get other people to do the work so you can lie flat and enjoy yourself. So here’s the question: how do you get other people to work while you enjoy yourself? Simple: teach more people. Once you have countless disci
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Siheyuan: My Father Is a Senior Leader 四合院：家父大领导
No letters of forgiveness, no preaching. If it can be settled with fists, don't waste time arguing. No making trouble, no chasing after Qin Huairu. Establish a new factory and become its director, then slowly absorb the Red Star Steel Mill, growing bigger and stronger step by step to serve the motherland.
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Siheyuan: This Young Cadre Really Gets the Art of Human Relations 四合院：这年轻干部太懂人情事故
[The rating just came out, but it’ll go up!] Su Bai wakes up one day and transmigrates to 1958, into Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes Silly Zhu’s biological uncle from the start, with his seniority in the family suddenly skyrocketing! On top of that, he transfers to a clerical position in the Labor and Wages Department at the steel mill. Every schemer in the courtyard works at the steel mill? Perfect! What does the Labor and Wages Department handle? Job grades, wages, and attendance! Your
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Siheyuan: My Zhao Family Has Strength in Numbers 四合院：我赵家人多势众
Protagonist: Zhao Lei; Role: An unemployed street loafer, a marginal member of the Zhao family, unloved by both parents Golden finger: Blind Box System Goal: Lie flat every day, with food and drink aplenty and no need to work Synopsis: Zhao Lei grew up as a left-behind child in his previous life. By an unexpected twist of fate, he is reborn in 1959 while staying at a hotel. It is the first year of the natural disasters, and as a modern young man used to having plenty to eat and drink, he absolut
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Siheyuan: Beautiful, Don’t Be Like That 四合院：美女别这样
[Courtyard Life + Multiple Female Leads + Decisive Actions + System] After transmigrating as a new resident in the courtyard who was being bullied to death by the old folks expecting him to support them, he reports them to the police and gets Jia Zhangshi sent to the firing squad, while Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui are thrown in jail. He blocks the entrance to Deaf Granny’s home and eats egg cakes, making the old hag shriek with envy. Can helping others really earn rewards? How does
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Siheyuan, Deputy Director of Harbin Military Engineering, with Li Yunlong Under His Command 四合院，哈军工副院，部下李云龙
He was only ten when he left home. Twenty years later, he returned as a pillar of the nation. When he finally saw his eldest brother again, he found him living in Love in the Courtyard...
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A Siheyuan Chef's Rise Through the Ranks 四合院之厨子的升职记
A head chef transmigrates to the years before the founding of the nation and becomes a refugee fleeing disaster. See how he uses his culinary skills to turn life in a courtyard house upside down. This isn't a brainless story. It's all about keeping things simple, lighthearted, and fun! And there won't be a harem either. This is a story about devotion!
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Transmigrating to 1960: The Siheyuan's Young Policeman 穿越1960：四合院小警察
A laid-back young man transmigrates with a pocket dimension and settles down in Siheyuan No. 95 in 1960. He seeks neither wealth nor status, only his family's safety and a peaceful life. By a twist of fate, he becomes a local police officer, giving him the means to stand his ground. He looks after his little family, takes life one day at a time, and quietly waits for the tides of change. When the 1980s arrive, he will begin the retirement life he has always dreamed of.
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Siheyuan: From the Start in the Security Office, Hai Zhong Calls Me Uncle 四合院：开局保卫处，海中叫我叔
The rating is out, and it should go up. I hope my friends at the studio won't all focus on me. Thanks! [Siheyuan] [Strongly dislikes cruelty; don't read if that's not your thing] [Family life] [A mix of stories from the era] [Taking on the bullies] [Two female leads] After transmigrating back to 1950, Qin Feng resolutely joined the army. At just sixteen, he charged into battle and fought bravely, earning one Special Merit, three First-Class Merits, and eight Second-Class Merits. He rose from a l
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Courtyard Drama: While Others Stir Up Trouble, I Cultivate Immortality 四合院年代剧，别人搞事我修仙
[The protagonist loves a good time; multiple women, no single heroine. This isn't pure cultivation, it just happens to have cultivation in it. The main story is still about the era.] [The idea is simple: don't let a good girl get away, and don't waste a bad girl either. It all depends on whether she's worth a taste.] A modern man transmigrates into a world that blends several period dramas. It has not only the Siheyuan, but also Blood Romance, Under the Zhengyang Gate, A Bite of China, Steel Is
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Siheyuan: I'm the Head Chef at Taifeng Restaurant 四合院：我在泰丰楼当大厨
[Lighthearted] [Low on Hostility] [Pure Love] [Gourmet] Cui Tianyang transmigrates to the end of 1949. He thinks he must be the most unfortunate transmigrator ever, doomed to starve to death in this era. He can barely remember anything from the original owner’s life, and his belongings have been stolen. Then you’re telling me I have a golden finger? Well, that changes everything. Watch me work. Daily intelligence, daily sign-ins. Unfortunately, Cui Tianyang has no grand ambitions. He only wants
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Siheyuan: The Easygoing Life of a Level Three Cook 四合院：三级炊事员的潇洒生活
Chen Jun dies suddenly from working overtime and wakes up in Nanluoguxiang in 1954. His father died young, his mother is sick, his little sister is helpless, and he is unemployed. What a disastrous start! Luckily, with the System’s help, Chen Jun gains the means to establish himself. Faced with all the troublemakers in the courtyard, Chen Jun lives by the principle that he ignores minor losses, but anyone who causes him major losses goes straight to prison. From the start, he gets Jia Zhangshi s
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Siheyuan: From the Start, I Report the Steel Mill 四合院：开局举报轧钢厂
When Zhong Guosheng opens his eyes, he finds himself in 1965, an orphaned child of a martyr in Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang, who has been left to starve to death. His father, Zhong Dashan, died defending the steel mill and was posthumously recognized as a martyr. His mother, gravely ill and unable to afford treatment, passed away. The whereabouts of the compensation money are unknown, and someone else has taken over his father's job. Under the banner of “helping one another,” the entire c
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Siheyuan: I Just Want to Be a Scrap King 四合院：只想当个破烂王
In his previous life, he was filmed on a phone and brought into the world of a 1950s Siheyuan. Though Lu Yuan was born in the 1960s, he takes it all in stride. He worked hard all his previous life; this time, he’ll live for himself. As for the Siheyuan residents’ schemes and machinations, they have nothing to do with him. As long as they don’t threaten his interests, Lu Yuan can’t be bothered to get involved. This time around, he’s going to lie flat and live in comfort.
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Republican Era: I Have a Game System 民国：我有个游戏系统
(Transmigration + Republic of China era + War of Resistance + Online Game + Female Protagonist + No Romance) A member of the Republic’s Fire Phoenix Special Forces, with a game in tow, transmigrates to the Republic of China in 1924. She becomes the top boss of the Heavenly King Stronghold in the Taihang Mountains, and the granddaughter of the leader of the bandits across the seven northern provinces. Not bad! There’s still time. With the items in her game inventory, she can put together a well-e
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Back to Thirty Years Ago 重回三十年前
A magical watch lets her transmigrate back and forth between the present and thirty years ago. Thank goodness! This time, she has to seize the opportunity and save herself from her tragic fate.
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Siheyuan: Turning a Run-Down Courtyard into a Peach Blossom Paradise 四合院：把破院建成桃花源
Lin Chen performs a heroic rescue, but while saving a child from drowning, he accidentally transmigrates to 1958 and the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. As a well-rounded young man from the twenty-first century, and a master sweeper from Lanxiang Technical School, he has arrived at the universe’s central hub, a place visited by countless transmigrators. Surrounded by all manner of characters in this courtyard, what kind of life will he make for himself? This is a lighthearted comedy, wi
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Life in the Siheyuan 在四合院里过日子
After reading lots of stories about courtyard life, I decided to try writing my own take on it. This is a practice piece, so please be kind if it's not to your taste! My second carefully crafted novel, The Courtyard: The Qing Dynasty Is Back, has just launched. I hope you'll give it a read! Li Ping'an was an obscure older bachelor in modern society. He died after doing a good deed for once, presumably because good deeds bring good fortune. He transmigrated to a courtyard in the late 1950s, where
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Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu's Cousin 四合院：我是何雨柱堂哥
No System, no cheats, and I haven't watched the show. I transmigrated as Silly Zhu's cousin. From the start, He Daqing ran off, so I worked hard to build a life of my own, changing the fate of the He family and many people in the courtyard along the way. I won't get caught up in petty squabbles. Everything I do is to give my family a better life.
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Siheyuan: An Engineer's Happy Life 四合院，工程师的幸福生活
Zhou Xun transmigrates into a courtyard compound, where he becomes Yi Zhonghai’s apprentice. Yi Zhonghai wants Zhou Xun to look after him in his old age, but Zhou Xun is rebellious to the core. First, he beats Yi Zhonghai to the punch and wins over Lou Xiao'e. Then he becomes an engineer. With a skill System at his disposal, Zhou Xun sits back and watches the scoundrels in the compound reveal their true colors.
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The Easygoing Life I Lead in Love in the Courtyard 在情满四合院安心当咸鱼的我
It was just a fall into the water. So how did I wake up in the 1960s, apparently in a courtyard full of beasts? And the worst part is, I don't even have the System every transmigrator is supposed to get. How am I supposed to play this game?
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Siheyuan: A Life Facing the Sun 四合院之向阳而生
A massive workplace accident at the Red Star Steel Mill claimed the lives of several workers. Two of the dead were from the same courtyard alone. One was from the Jia family, the other from the Li family. The Jia family had an old woman, a widow, two children, and one posthumous child. The Li family had an old woman, a widow, and three children. Jia Zhangshi: “The neighbors are eating meat and they don’t even think to bring any over for us widows and orphans! Old Jia! Dongxu! Take them away with
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Siheyuan: If You Don't Like It, Fight Me 四合院，不服就干
What would it be like if a street punk transmigrated into the body of a top student? I won’t bother anyone, so don’t bother me either. I just want to live a quiet, peaceful life with my younger siblings!
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Courtyard, Don't Mess with Me 四合院，别惹我
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!
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Siheyuan: From the Start, I Refused to Bring a Lunchbox 四合院之开局从拒绝带饭盒开始
After transmigrating, He Yuzhu is asked by Yi Zhonghai to bring a lunchbox to a widow. He Yuzhu immediately refuses! One heroine, an original character. See how He Yuzhu rewrites Silly Zhu’s life and lives the life he always wanted. [Not a revenge story] [Everyday life] [No violence]
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In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Gets Beaten Every Day After Marriage 四合院，傻柱娶妻后天天挨揍
He transmigrates to a cultivation world and accidentally binds a Void Tower with his blood. With its help, he cultivates all the way to the peak of the Golden Core stage. But when he undergoes the Nascent Soul tribulation, a lightning strike destroys his body and damages his soul. The Void Tower carries him through a spatial rift back to Earth, but he ends up in the world of Love in the Courtyard.
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Siheyuan: The Fool Wakes from His Dream 四合院之傻子的梦醒了
Was it rebirth, transmigration, or reincarnation? A soul spends thousands of years being reborn, living different lives and witnessing the rise and fall of multiple dynasties, before arriving at Courtyard House No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. What will it experience among the many formidable residents of the courtyard?
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Siheyuan: I'm a Cop, So Why Are You Moving Out? 四合院：我当公安你们搬家干嘛
He transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan, in the year 1960. After gaining the ability to solve cases and grow stronger, Li Guohui decisively chose to leave the military and become a proud public security officer. He returned to the Siheyuan, ready to face the courtyard's troublemakers with a whole new identity. Before long, Li Guohui said, “Wait, I only became a police officer. Why are you all rushing to move out?” Li Guohui couldn't understand it at all. What about my achievements and re
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Siheyuan: Three Days Until My Execution 四合院：距离枪毙还有三天
[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.
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My Simple Life in the West Courtyard of the Siheyuan 四合院我在西跨院的简单生活
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
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Transmigrating to 1976 to Study Again 穿越七六再读书
Fast-paced, focused on the little things in life, uplifting, and driven. A temporal rift sets the story in motion, and the daily details of life gradually unfold. The first stage is studying, followed by copying books and then teaching. The second stage is building businesses, both his own and his family's, growing them step by step. The third stage returns to everyday life, continuing until the story ends.
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Siheyuan: Starting My Sign-In Journey in 1951 四合院签到1951年开始
In the spring of 1951, 22-year-old Yan Qingjian unexpectedly transmigrates and becomes a young man from the countryside, about to inherit three rooms in a courtyard house in the capital, 6,000 yuan in savings, 400 yuan in cash, and a personnel department job at a steel mill. After activating a daily sign-in System, he gains an incredible degree of security in an era of scarce supplies. Watch him devote himself to the industrial sector.
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Life Begins in Siheyuan 从四合院出发的生活
A young man arrives in the early 1950s and settles into life running his own little courtyard. He has no desire to toil like an ox or a horse; a regular job is just a way to find some stability in this era. Shortages? That's someone else's problem!
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Yan Jiecheng’s Quiet Days in the Siheyuan 四合院闫解成的平淡日子
He marries Yu Li from the start. Qin Huairu tells her twin daughters, “Go play with Uncle Yan next door!” Lou Xiaoe tells her twin sons, “Go play with Uncle Yan next door!” Change Sha Zhu's fate. Xu Damao has no son, so give him one. I hope everyone gets a happy ending. Bang Geng is beyond help, so send him to Metamorphosis! Feel free to share your suggestions. You call the shots in my world, and I promise to finish the novel.
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My Happy Life in the Siheyuan, You Wouldn’t Understand 四合院我的快乐，你不懂
Her soul transmigrates into a dying man in the Siheyuan. There’s no such thing as reasoning with people. With a System, he doesn’t have to care what anyone thinks. There’s only one thing to do: act. Multiple heroines, a slice-of-life focus, no angst, and no misery.
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Siheyuan: My Willpower Isn't All That Strong 四合院，我的意志不那么坚定
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.
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The Journey of Life: The Siheyuan Arc 人间征途之四合院篇
Modern-day unemployed middle-aged man He Chengshu is playing an SF game when his soul transmigrates into He Yuzhu just as He Daqing is about to run off. Living as He Yuzhu, he experiences the sweeping changes of the era and the joys and sorrows of ordinary people. With a golden finger game world at his side, he raises his younger sister to adulthood and builds a happy life of his own. After being reborn in the game, He Yuzhu will begin another cycle... The sequel, or perhaps the second book, The
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