Siheyuan, Soul Transmigration, and Fleeing Famine to the Capital from the Start 四合院，魂穿，开局逃荒到四九城的

1. 51 四 Siheyuan: Slaying Invaders Makes Me Strong, I Am the King of Beiping 四合院：杀鬼子变强，我是北平王 Water Lion A Bao水狮子阿宝Male-Channel Fanfiction857k WordsOngoing The Great Wall stands forever, while the Yellow River surges for a thousand miles. Raised on revolutionary songs, passionate military enthusiast Cao Wenbin wakes up one day in 1943 at a mass grave outside Beiping, kicking open the lid of his coffin. He gets a video game-style stat allocation interface: kill Japanese soldiers to level up and earn rewards. And so, the Japanese invaders in Beiping are in for a rough time. He passes on intelligence, robs silver, protects national treasures, kills co 13Reads7.2Score—14d adds

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   🌿🌿Zhao Changshan was born in a chaotic era and joined the Communist Party through military merit. He was intelligent and had a talent for combat, but due to war-induced bloodlust syndrome, he would lose control and injure people during intense battles, forcing him to transfer to a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang, Beijing. Could someone with this condition be bullied? Especially one who desecrates the memorial tablets of his fallen comrades.

2. 52 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 70.9kReads9.3Score6.9k14d adds

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   The protagonist of "The Courtyard House: A Time Traveler's Return" finds himself transported to a traditional courtyard house in the 1950s, becoming everyone's neighbor. His childhood was filled with hardship; he was kidnapped and sold into slavery, but fortunately rescued by an old Taoist priest, spending eight years in a Taoist temple. Now, returning to Beijing, what kind of waves will he stir up? Let's see how he writes a different story in this familiar yet unfamiliar environment.

3. 53 四 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Nearly Starved to Death 四合院：重生差点饿死 Waffles Rise Up华夫饼雄起Male-Channel Fanfiction769k WordsCompleted Lin Feng is reborn in a rural village in the late 1950s, in the midst of a famine. He nearly starves to death, but his golden finger helps him escape his plight. He moves to the city, settles into a courtyard house, finds a job, and makes something of himself. 6.8kReads7.6Score27814d adds

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   ✨Su Yuan travels back to 1952, fleeing famine and arriving in Beijing, where he inherits his grandfather's fortune and stays. He moves into a courtyard house, awakens the "Heaven Rewards Diligence" system, and outsmarts his beastly neighbors. Surrounded by beauties like Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e, Su Yuan navigates challenges with ease, becoming a trendsetter and writing his own legendary life!

4. 54 四 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1952, Fleeing Famine to Beijing 四合院：重生52年，逃荒北京城 Daya Daya达鸭达Male-Channel Fanfiction984k WordsCompleted Just as Lu Weimin transmigrates, the Yellow River floods and swallows the village where he lives. To survive, he promptly climbs aboard a train, escapes his home, and makes his way to the capital. It is a time of military administration, when people with special skills are especially valuable. Thanks to a recommendation from Mr. Wang at the relief station, Lu Weimin, a man with exceptional abilities, gets a job at a factory. This gives him a job, an urban household registration, and a place to l 6Reads—Score114d adds
5. 55 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, 8.6kReads5.4Score25414d adds

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6. 56 开 Fleeing Famine in a Siheyuan from the Start 开局逃荒四合院 Xue Hai, Completely Unscathed完好无缺的薛海Historical329k WordsOngoing A ten-year veteran reader is personally taking on a new book, updating with ten thousand words every day. There's plenty to read, and if the first twenty chapters don't appeal to you, you can skip ahead. No System, but there is a little pocket dimension. Follow an ordinary person's struggle amid the tides of a great era. Add it to your collection if you enjoy it! 54Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A modern college student transmigrates into another body; his cheat-like abilities are reasonable and not outrageous.

7. 57 四 Siheyuan: I'm He Yushui's Older Brother 四合院：我是何雨水哥哥 I'm Braised Pork Ribs with Potatoes我是土豆焖排骨Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Courtyard setting + Silly Zhu + He Yuzhu + He Yuzhu’s older brother + no System + one female lead + period setting + a little hot-tempered, but not too much + won’t take a loss or let others push him around] My name is He Gaoheng. I’ve never trained in martial arts and couldn’t even hurt a chicken with my bare hands!!! One day, I transmigrated and became He Gaoheng, the older brother of Silly Zhu from the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang! He Daqing, the He family’s pillar, ran off, leaving the 6.4kReads5.4Score18314d adds

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   A courtyard house for refugees [Seeking attention][Shy][Bump][Laugh][Bump][Laugh]

8. 58 四 Siheyuan: Zhuzi Marries Li Xiuzhi, a Girl from Sichuan and Chongqing 四合院：柱子娶川渝妹子李秀芝 I'm Braised Pork Ribs with Potatoes我是土豆焖排骨Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + revenge + feel-good fiction + settling scores + courtyard compound + period feel-good fiction + one heroine + devoted husband + fiercely protective husband] P.S. A Sichuan girl's gentleness is at 100%. Li Xiuzhi took 97% of it with her when she fled the famine. All that's left is: “I'll count to three.” I, He Yuzhu, have crawled back from hell! In my previous life, Yi Zhonghai schemed to make me support him in old age, Liu Haizhong abused his authority to bully me, Yan Bugui nickeled a 5.1kReads5.4Score18614d adds
9. 59 四 Siheyuan: The Jie Sect's Fortune! Seizing the Fortune of All Things! 四合院：截教气运！截取万物！ Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted In the Battle of the Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect suffered a crushing defeat, and Tongtian was forced to swallow the Saint-Falling Pill. Enraged, Tongtian stripped away the remnants of the Jie Sect's fortune and sent them into the endless void, hoping that one day someone destined to inherit it could lead the Jie Sect to greatness again. Hongjun learned of this. The Creation Jade Disc nurtured among his three flowers shot out a beam of golden light, intent on scattering the Jie Sect's 9.1kReads8.1Score48614d adds
10. 60 四 Siheyuan: Bridging the Myriad Worlds 四合院之对缝诸天万界 Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Male-Channel Fanfiction651k WordsCompleted Whether the courtyard is in chaos or not is up to the Jia family. Silly Zhu does the dirty work, and Old Yi keeps watch. But ever since Wang Xiaotian arrived at the courtyard, everything changed... 15Reads5.5Score—14d adds
11. 61 四 The Blind Man in the Siheyuan Has Superpowers 四合院这个瞎子有异能 Astonished Crowd吃惊群众Male-Channel Fanfiction320k WordsCompleted Good news: I transmigrated into a book. Bad news: it’s the famous courtyard drama. Good news: the space and psychic abilities I awakened in the apocalypse came with me. Bad news: I transmigrated into a blind man... 9.5kReads7.7Score41314d adds
12. 62 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu's Uncle 四合院：穿越成傻柱舅舅 Brother Ge Rises Night After Night夜夜升哥Male-Channel Fanfiction349k WordsCompleted In 1958, Li Jianjun transmigrated into the body of a demobilized soldier. This man turned out to be He Yuzhu's uncle, who was also named Li Jianjun. After leaving the military, he took a job as the chief of security at the Steel Mill and officially moved into the courtyard. Silly Zhu and He Yushui finally experienced the care of an elder. With no way out, Yi Zhonghai was left dumbfounded. 112Reads8.6Score—14d adds
13. 63 四 Siheyuan: I Handed Everything Over to the Nation 四合院之我把一切上交国家 Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Male-Channel Fanfiction707k WordsCompleted In the long course of history, one era is forever etched into the deepest recesses of the Chinese people's memory: the grueling War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He Daqing arrives in the world of the Siheyuan, becoming another He Daqing. When the invaders' iron hooves trample our land, the country is shattered and its people suffer. But the sons and daughters of China never surrender. They stand tall, composing one stirring anthem of resistance after another with their blood and the 1.7kReads6.5Score—14d adds
14. 64 四 Siheyuan: From the Steel Mill to the Pig Farm 四合院：从轧钢厂转战养猪厂 A Two-Hundred-Pound Cat两百斤的猫Male-Channel Fanfiction2.3M WordsCompleted Also known as: The System Is in The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, but I'm in the Courtyard Good news: I got a System. Bad news: It took me to the wrong set! Ye Xiaonan got a System that promised to take him to the world of the courtyard. But while he was away, the System accidentally ran off to the neighboring world of The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. The good news is that he can still connect to the System. The bad news is that these quests seem a little off. [Main Quest: In the martial world, stre 14.4kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
15. 65 四 Siheyuan: I Have Lots of Systems 四合院：我有很多系统 Dugu the Wanderer独孤行者Male-Channel Fanfiction566k WordsCompleted Traveling through multiple TV and film worlds, this is an overpowered, easygoing story with multiple heroines. In the courtyard world, the protagonist stays away from widows and doesn't cause trouble. The protagonist has a Tomato System, a Farm System, a Spirit Spring Dimension, a Traveling Frog, a Bragging System, a Proficiency System, a Simplification System, a Deadly Soldiers System, an Emotion System, ten thousandfold comprehension, heaven-defying comprehension, a lottery System... In a nove 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
16. 66 四 Siheyuan: A Cultivator's Soul Transmigrates Into Yan Jiecheng 四合院：修仙佬魂穿闫解成 Nan Nan Ting楠楠婷Male-Channel Fanfiction296k WordsOngoing [Strike back at your enemies on the spot] [Take the initiative to bully people] [Full of hostility] A rogue cultivator from a fantasy world transmigrates into Yan Jiecheng in the courtyard. To restore his cultivation, he has no choice but to torment the courtyard’s pests and absorb their resentment. 3Reads5.2Score—14d adds
17. 67 四 A New Life Begins in the Siheyuan 四合院开始新人生 Snow Flying over Mount Tai Bai太白飞雪Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted A modern-day antique shop owner and part-time collector buys a jade talisman on the black market, then dies in a car accident. The talisman is activated, and he transmigrates to the 1950s. Realizing that his misfortune has brought him an incredible opportunity, he is reborn into a new life. From then on, he becomes a man of many talents: by day, an ordinary government cadre; behind the scenes, a cultivator, collector, and major black-market dealer, among other identities. In the end, he breaks f 22.1kReads7.7Score1.4k14d adds
18. 68 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. 13.3kReads7.7Score48014d adds
19. 69 X Professor X: Silly Zhu! Accept My Gift! X教授：傻柱！接受我的馈赠吧！ Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Male-Channel Fanfiction810k WordsCompleted Professor X senses the Dark Phoenix taking over Jean Grey’s body and goes alone to reason with her, but the berserk Phoenix Force shatters his physical form. At death’s door, his mind rides a rift in space and time torn open by the Phoenix Force and plunges into the world of Love in the Courtyard. His consciousness enters He Yuzhu’s mindscape, only to run into the embodiment of fate entrenched within: “A Simp Gets No House.” Moved by He Yuzhu’s fate of hardship and mistreatment, the professor 1.9kReads7.3Score10514d adds
20. 70 神 God-Tier Bill Payer: I Spend, the Whole World Picks Up the Tab! 神级代付：我花钱，全世界买单！ Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Urban234k WordsOngoing Mei Youqian is a down-and-out young man betrayed by his girlfriend and publicly humiliated by a rich heir. At his lowest point, he awakens a god-tier Payment System. As a newly born source of the universe, the System is looked down on by the veteran Systems of the myriad heavens. It sets a date three years later for the Cosmic System Tournament, where it will livestream a showdown against the Hosts of the myriad heavens. From then on, Mei Youqian begins his path to turning his life around by s 8Reads—Score114d adds
21. 71 万 All Illusions Return to Truth: Whatever I Imagine Becomes Real! 万虚归真：我想即为真！ Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Urban369k WordsCompleted Xiao Shiyi’s life seems to hit rock bottom overnight. His girlfriend drains him with her endless demands, and he even takes out online loans to satisfy her, only to get dumped in the end. She can’t even get his name right. When debt collectors show up and beat him, he struggles on the brink of death, only to unexpectedly unlock the Divine Treasure and awaken the supernatural ability “Return All Illusions to Truth.” It can turn false things into real ones. By mistake, he transforms a dollar-store 229Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 72 我 I, He Daqing! Mount Fuji: A Mountain God? 我，何大清！富士山：山神？ Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Male-Channel Fanfiction354k WordsCompleted He Daqing, an archaeologist, pricks his finger on a bronze ring while cleaning a tomb. He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and activates the Mountain God Inheritance System, becoming the Mountain God of Mount Fuji! Determined to escape the fate laid out for him, He Daqing makes arrangements for his children, then resolutely joins the Volunteer Army and heads to the Korean War front, where he writes a legendary tale! 3.4kReads6.8Score14614d adds
23. 73 1 1940: I Have the Thousand-Blade Demon Saber for Killing the Japanese! 1940：杀鬼子我有魔刀千刃！ Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Urban605k WordsCompleted A modern college student transmigrates to 1940 and takes over the body of a child named Wu Liuqi, who was killed by the Japanese. He awakens the Enemy-Slaying, Nation-Strengthening System! With the template of the assassin Wu Liuqi and the Thousand Blades Demon Sword in hand, he throws his head back and shouts, “You Japanese devils, your grandpa is here!” 2kReads7.4Score10714d adds
24. 74 四 Siheyuan: I Can Issue Quests! 四合院：我能发布任务！ Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Male-Channel Fanfiction308k WordsCompleted Yu Xiaotian, from the twenty-first century, accidentally transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1960 and becomes the youngest son of Yu Zheng, a level-seven fitter at the steel mill. It’s a time of famine. His family isn’t well-off, but they get by. One older brother is a fitter at the steel mill, and the other works as a postal carrier. Yet Yi Zhonghai, who lives in the courtyard, is always trying to guilt the Yu family into helping the impoverished Jia family and Deaf Granny’s household. Just t 452Reads5.5Score—14d adds
25. 75 四 A Ten-Year-Old Prodigy in the Siheyuan 四合院之10岁逆天 Yue Wuwei月无为Male-Channel Fanfiction149k WordsOngoing With both parents dead and honored as the family of a fallen martyr, he faces off head-on against a pack of beasts in the courtyard. A modern soul transmigrates with Taobao and, with the System's help, lives a happy life. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 76 四 Cultivating Immortality in the Siheyuan 四合院开始修仙 Summer, the Snow夏天，的雪Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted This is my first attempt at writing a novel, so please forgive me if it's not very good. My new work is out now. You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 14.4kReads7.1Score63214d adds
27. 77 四 Siheyuan: The Primordial Chaos Gourd 四合院之混沌葫芦 Junzi the Flying飞翔的军子Male-Channel Fanfiction580k WordsOngoing A new story, a courtyard-compound novel. He Bing transmigrates and gets a golden finger. After cultivating to great success, he’s held down in the capital by the Heavenly Dao, which suppresses his cultivation. He can only sit back and watch the changing fortunes of the courtyard compound. 1.3kReads5.8Score10714d adds
28. 78 四 Siheyuan: The Money-Spending Douluo 四合院：氪金斗罗 The Clown in the Sun阳光下的小丑Male-Channel Fanfiction177k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the world of the Siheyuan, he became He Yuzhu. At the same time, he got a game set in the Douluo world and had to make a living in a world full of petty schemes. I'm not great at writing introductions, so I'll take my time. The story is mainly about working, living, and spending money on the game. 26Reads6.5Score—14d adds
29. 79 合 Three Years Sharing a Rental: The Three of Us Became Plain Noodle Soup 合租三年：我们三个活成了清汤面 Du Xiaobao Who Likes Mountain Grapes喜欢山葡萄的杜小宝Modern Romance157k WordsCompleted In our third year of sharing a rental, the landlord issued an ultimatum: three days, 1,500 yuan. Pay up or get out. We thought things would get better once we made it through this rough patch. Then I noticed a mark on Jiang Lan's medical file that shouldn't have been there. I'd seen that mark in a pit on the back hill, on the body of an eight-year-old girl. It turned out that the darkest thing in this city wasn't the night. It was the people in white coats. —Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 80 3 At 35, I Took My Son on a Blind Date 35岁，我带儿子去相亲 Du Xiaobao Who Likes Mountain Grapes喜欢山葡萄的杜小宝Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted Unflinchingly realistic. Realistic fiction / Single mother / Teen matchmaker / Healing and growth / Light and sweet / No angst / Family-focused I. Full Character Profiles (Eight New Supporting Characters Added to Carry the Long-Form Plot) [The Three Main Characters] Female lead: Su Qinghe, 35 • Occupation: Community clinic nurse / chronic disease management specialist • Divorced for six years. She and her ex-husband parted amicably, with no lingering entanglements. He pays no child support a 12Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 81 我 A Tough Guy in a Republican-Era Siheyuan 我在民国四合院当黑皮 Nothing Left to Read, I'll Write It Myself没书看了我自己来Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines + simple System + gradual development + goes on the run later] After criticizing a novel's spineless protagonist, I was banished by the You Think You Can Do Better System to a Republic-era courtyard house. Huh? There's also the TV dramas New World and The Glorious Era here? And a pocket dimension? Then let's spiral straight to the top. Since I've transmigrated, I want it all: beautiful women and money! I'll keep my head down at first, then enjoy the sweet life. 2.2kReads6.9Score10514d adds

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    The story begins in a courtyard house from the Republican era, where the protagonist escapes to Beiping (Beijing).

32. 82 年 Growing Up in a Bygone Era 年代中的成长 Ming Xu San Jia明旭三佳Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted A period drama, a piece of history! Step into that era and witness it together! Different lives, different stories! Ordinary days unfold with all kinds of joys and sorrows! Here I come, here I look! Growing alongside the times! 299Reads7.4Score3014d adds

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    The warmth and everyday life of a traditional courtyard house! [Explore][Explore][Explore]

33. 83 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Got a God-Tier Cooking Skill Through the Sign-In System 四合院：开局签到神级厨艺 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Male-Channel Fanfiction324k WordsCompleted Before Lin Fan transmigrated, he unexpectedly obtained an ancient jade pendant. The moment he transmigrated, the pendant merged into his body, bringing with it a mysterious “Life Script” System. The System notified him: [Hidden Main Quest activated: Defy fate, protect the goodness and beauty of the courtyard, and prevent tragedies from happening. Complete the quest to receive a mysterious grand prize and uncover the jade pendant’s true secret. Fail the quest, and your soul will be imprisoned in —Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 84 四 Siheyuan: Taming the Beasts! 四合院：调教众禽！ Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Male-Channel Fanfiction150k WordsCompleted Lin Jianguo is reborn and transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. He refuses to be anyone's simp or put up with being mistreated. Instead, he turns the courtyard's troublemakers around and builds a happy life of his own in a vibrant new era. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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