Looking for a Cozy Courtyard Novel, Preferably Without an Over-the-Top Golden Finger 求四合院温馨一点，最好金手指不要太离谱
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Siheyuan: I Refused to Pay Back My Debts and Made Jia Zhangshi Cry 四合院：我欠钱不还，气哭贾张氏
Lin Yuan transmigrated to a courtyard compound, where everyone was said to be a villain and the whole place was full of beasts. But Yi Zhonghai offered to lend him money. Jia Zhangshi brought him shoes. Liu Haizhong gave him eggs. Even Yan Laokou went out of his way to bring him a hen. Something’s not right. Why isn’t there a single beast in this courtyard?
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Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生
This book is dedicated to my younger self, to the chaos of those days and the loneliness buried deep inside, and to everyone who can't help looking back on the past. It's also dedicated to you, if you'd like to learn about life in Beijing's crowded courtyard compounds. This place was once a little world of its own: the gray walls were mottled, the doorways stood side by side, and life was noisy and real. Neighbors schemed and quarreled, clashing over every inch of land and wall, and getting red
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- 3 Siheyuan: A Happy Life in the Red Era 四合院：火红年代的幸福生活 Pei Guang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in the late 1950s, and everything begins to change quietly. Qin Huairu: Where did this Liang the Widow come from? She actually stole my Silly Zhu away. Yi Zhonghai: Sigh! With Liang the Widow around, there's no counting on Silly Zhu anymore. Bang Geng: Sigh! My life is ruined! Golden finger: Hard work pays off + a pocket dimension (no farming) 19.4kReads8.5Score476Shelves
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Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty Is Back 四合院：大清回来了
A powerful survivor from the apocalypse is reborn as He Daqing. He first deals with his two ungrateful stepsons, then makes a triumphant return to the courtyard house, marries a lovely wife, and takes on his wicked neighbors, changing Silly Zhu’s life along the way. Read on to discover all the exciting details!
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- 5 Siheyuan: My Hunting Life 四合院：我的狩猎生涯 A hero who fought floods and rescued disaster victims returns to the world of Siheyuan. To survive, he takes up hunting and feeds his whole family through these turbulent times. Come see a different Siheyuan: no mindless characters, no hostility. The author pours care into every page, even staying up late to write! Thank you all for your support! 10.6kReads8.0Score350Shelves
- 6 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 16.5kReads7.8Score524Shelves
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Madness in 1960: The Street Punk Leads the Courtyard Astray 疯癫1960：街溜子带偏四合院
[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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Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangqi 四合院：我是刘光奇
A Love in the Courtyard fanfic. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became Liu Guangqi. Emmmm, not a bad identity. Unlike other transmigrators who start out as orphans, at least the courtyard's scoundrels can't bully me. As for everything else, I'll just sit back and watch!
10.8kReads9.1Score359Shelves
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Siheyuan: Silly Zhu 四合院之傻柱
On the day He Daqing runs off, Silly Zhu inherits memories from the future. There is no System. Although goods are scarce in this era, it has its own unique wonders. Watch the protagonist strive to build an extraordinary life of his own.
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- 10 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Ordinary Path 四合院之何雨柱的平凡之路 A realistic portrayal of life in the 1960s. Back then, people had only one day off a week. Primary school lasted five years, middle school three, and high school two. Travel was slow, and people were simple and honest. Of course, the birds in the courtyard were the exception: the whole place was a den of villains. The worst was Qin Huairu, who'd eat you alive without leaving a bone. Second was Xu Damao, who reported his own wife. Third was Liu Haizhong, a petty man made all the more arrogant by 25kReads9.2Score1kShelves
- 11 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. 31.5kReads8.9Score794Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: I’m Banggeng’s Seventh Great-Uncle 四合院：我是棒梗的七舅姥爷 In December 2023, Zhang Dabiao suddenly acquired a golden finger: a pocket dimension. He stole everything from his unscrupulous boss’s supermarket and warehouse, making preparations to transmigrate. After being hit by a car, he found himself in December 1959 as an injured officer. He was reassigned to the capital and given a house in Courtyard No. 95, where he discovered that Jia Dongxu was the son of his older female cousin Zhang Cuihua, making him Bang Geng’s great-uncle, seven times removed. 26kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 13 Siheyuan: Everyone on Your Feet, Salute Your Godfather 四合院：全体起立，给干爹敬礼 As the train of time sped along, Lu Yao arrived in a Beijing courtyard in the 1960s. He activated the Strongest Godfather System. Anyone who acknowledged him as their dad would earn him huge rewards. Facing a courtyard full of scoundrels, Lu Yao was always one step ahead. Yi Zhonghai: “Lu Yao, you shouldn't be so selfish.” Lu Yao: “I give meat to twelve courtyard residents who have no family to support them every week, and I help six struggling households here. You call that selfish?” Yi Zhongha 13.1kReads9.1Score510Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: Young Silly Zhu's Comeback 四合院：青年傻柱的逆袭人生 At twenty-five, he transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and becomes He Yuzhu! What? His father, He Daqing, ran off! Good riddance. Isn’t this a perfect start? His father’s gone and left behind a big house. The old man may not care about his foolish son, but plenty of other people do. Leech off the old man? Absolutely. Might as well get the money back early, since he’s going to be taking it anyway. Yi Zhonghai: “Zhuzi, here’s 200 yuan. Go buy yourself a bicycle.” He Yushui: “Brothe 15.3kReads8.8Score589Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate as Cai Quanwu and Pose as Silly Zhu's Uncle 四合院：穿越蔡全无，冒充傻柱叔 [Golden finger + peaceful daily life + no hostility + scheming + zany antics] After transmigrating into Cai Quanwu, the protagonist discovers that he is in the world of Birds Filling the Siheyuan. To play it safe, he blends into the Siheyuan, hoping to use his familiarity with the plot to make a name for himself, while also getting a taste of what it's like to be morally blackmailed by all those birds. Who knew that when he gave them a chance, they would prove useless? Now watch as our protagoni 28.5kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
- 16 Siheyuan: After Transmigrating as Silly Zhu, I Gave Up Trying! 四合院：穿越成傻柱以后摆烂了！ He Yuzhu, a banquet chef in Dongshan Province, was cooking for a feast when a hailstone the size of an egg suddenly knocked him out. After his apprentice Pangzi shook him awake, he discovered that he had a golden finger: a spiritual spring pocket dimension. Inside was a three-courtyard residence with a food-preserving function. Thinking about how bizarre the weather was, He Yuzhu suspected that the world might be coming to an end. When something strange happens, trouble can't be far behind. He Y 14.9kReads7.2Score523Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: The Third Aunt's Colorful Life 四合院：三大妈的精彩生活 After getting paid, Li Yujuan planned to go to the supermarket and buy a durian to make life a little better. But as she was choosing one, a chubby little boy nearby rammed her with a shopping cart. She lost her balance, plunged her head straight into the durian spikes, and passed out. When she woke up, she had become a gaunt, sallow-faced, thirty-five-year-old housewife. Her husband was so stingy he was practically an iron rooster: even walking past his door would scrape off two ounces of rust. 729Reads7.3Score102Shelves
- 18 The Siheyuan's Sweeping Monk, and Granny Deaf's Endless Antics 四合院扫地僧，聋老太花式整活 [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 3kReads7.5Score112Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: Lou Xiao'e Goes on a Rampage After Being Reborn 四合院：娄晓娥重生后杀疯了 [Siheyuan courtyard + Period drama + Pocket dimension + Business + Strong heroine] After Lou Xiao'e returns to Hong Kong heartbroken, she cuts off all contact with Beijing. She devotes herself to saving her family’s business, but the prevailing circumstances make little headway possible. With no other choice, she cuts her losses and holds on to only a few fixed assets. Then she suddenly gets a call from Bang Geng and hears the news that Silly Zhu has died. When she wakes up again, it is 1959. In 4.1kReads7.0Score225Shelves
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Siheyuan: One Smile from Him Leaves the Whole Courtyard Stunned 四合院：他一笑全院惊
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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- 21 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. 26kReads6.9Score1.4kShelves
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Siheyuan: Becoming a Security Office Clerk from the Start 四合院：开局成为保卫科干事！
[The rating just came out, so don't pay it any mind. It'll gradually go up.] [Courtyard + pocket space + farming + low angst] He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard. From the start, his parents are both dead, and he's stuck with a little sister who's a burden! Wait, no, it seems like I'm the burden here!!! Faced with the courtyard full of beasts, Hao Jianshe isn't the least bit afraid! I've got a super-sized supermarket. What have I got to fear? Qin Huairu, the pure-hearted white lotus
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- 23 Siheyuan: If You Frame Me and Send Me to Prison, You'll All Regret It 四合院：陷害我坐牢都别想好过 [Scheming + ruthless + no female lead + monster torment + cathartic + fusion powers + supernatural abilities + overlord] Zhang Meng was framed by a bunch of animals and sent to prison. Watch as he clears his name and tortures those beasts. As he takes them down, he grows stronger step by step, amasses a fortune, and serves his country, all while dealing with hostile nations looking to cause trouble. 17.7kReads8.0Score884Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: Why Can't I, Silly Zhu, Be the Villain? 四合院：我傻柱为啥不能是反派？ [Courtyard fan fiction, period drama fan fiction, villain protagonist, lighthearted, daily life, System, no bloodthirstiness, pocket dimension, multiple female leads] Take the villain's path and leave the villains nowhere to turn! Don't read this if you want a story about scraping by on coarse food. This book does not misrepresent or distort any of the characters from the dramas. Other stories full of hostility are just people venting personal grievances! Just after finishing the TV series, He Y 255Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Reborn in 1962: Slapping Qin Huairu in the Face from the Start 重生1962之开局怒扇禽淮茹 Siheyuan + rebirth in a bygone era + spatial dimension (the spatial dimension plays a minor role) Beneath a snow-swept bridge, He Yuzhu came to his senses. By a stroke of luck, he returned to the end of 1962 with his memories of his previous life! Looking at the familiar events unfolding before him after being reborn, He Yuzhu decided that since he’d been given another chance at life, he would live for himself this time, instead of throwing away his future for an old bachelor and a widowed leech 22kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
- 26 Siheyuan: Small but Cunning, Feared by Everyone! 四合院，人小鬼大谁见谁怕！ Li Anquan opens his eyes and realizes he has transmigrated, and landed in the year 1962. Even worse, he has transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard! His mother, Ma Xiaojuan, has just died in a factory accident alongside Jia Dongxu, but Qin Huairu is trying to pocket the compensation money meant for his family! He Yuzhu uses threats and intimidation, while Yi Zhonghai helps him behind the scenes! And he has a promise to keep to the original owner: protect and take good care of his younger si 1.6kReads5.7Score104Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: Picking a Fight with a Sickly Man? You'll Pay for It 四合院：对病秧子碰瓷？赔不死你 Siheyuan, one-on-one romance, with relatively little hostility. Wang Aiguo, who had bone cancer, transmigrated, only to end up in the body of another sickly person. Fortunately, he got a sign-in System. His body was so frail that the slightest touch could knock him over! From the start, he conned He Yuzhu in the siheyuan! Thanks to signing in every day, his health gradually improved, and his family's life got better and better. His sign-in rewards also gave him medical skills, and his beautiful, 434Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: Beating Xu Damao to a Pulp from the Start and Bringing the Whole Courtyard to Heel 四合院：开局暴打许大茂镇压全院 Siheyuan + Fan fiction + Male-oriented spin-off + Transmigration The System accidentally brought Wang Fugui into the fan-fiction world of Love in the Courtyard. He had two choices. Return to his original world and keep working as a security guard, unable to afford a wife. Or stay in this world, where he would get two rooms in a Beijing Siheyuan, along with compensation from the System. Even a fool would know what to choose! The System was pretty generous, and the compensation was quite good. He 317Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: I Marry Qin Huairu Before Jia Dongxu Does 四合院：我先贾东旭一步娶秦淮茹 Wang Yanbing transmigrates, and of all places, he ends up in Love in the Courtyard... But it seems he arrived a little too early. The young people in the courtyard are all still unmarried... Well, in that case, Qin Huairu, I'm marrying you first! 388Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 30 Cutting In Across the Myriad Worlds, Starting with Siheyuan 诸天从四合院开始截胡 My new work is out! You can 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! 116Reads5.6Score—Shelves
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Siheyuan: I Crush the Courtyard's Troublemakers 四合院：我对众禽降维打击
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.
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- 32 Siheyuan: How Is Your Hunger My Problem? 四合院：你们吃不饱关我什么事！ Living in a courtyard house, he had hoped to shut the door and enjoy a peaceful life. But reality won't let him, so he can only face it and accept it. Before he has grown strong enough: If no one messes with me, I won't mess with anyone! If someone messes with me, I'll give them some leeway! Once he's grown stronger: If no one messes with me, I won't mess with anyone! If someone messes with me, I'll hit back! If they do it again, I'll wipe them out root and branch! 372Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: I Get Rewards for Roasting People 四合院：我怼人就可以获得奖励 His predecessor was strangled to death by his desperate wife, who looked just like Yang Mi. After transmigrating, Su Jian activated the People-Insulting System. Insulting people earns him top-tier cooking skills. Insulting people earns him top-tier engineering skills. Of course, Su Jian does more than just insult people. He sends Silly Zhu back to the canteen as an apprentice. He drives Jia Dongxu to his impulsive death. He makes Banggeng pay a heavy price. In short, he makes life misera 176Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Siheyuan: The Civil Engineering Big Shot Has Arrived! 四合院：土木大佬驾到！
[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
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- 35 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, but I Won't Be Xu Damao 四合院：我许大茂，不做许大茂 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
- 36 Siheyuan: Hard Times, but I’m a Culinary God 四合院之艰苦岁月，我是厨神 In hard times, Zhao Zhao has a System space, various skills, and the blessing of a master chef. He thrives in the courtyard house. During a time of upheaval, watch as Zhao Zhao protects his family, lives a quiet life, and makes it through the years of famine. 344Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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Siheyuan: I'm the God of Cooking, and the Beasts Are Drooling! 四合院：我为厨神，馋哭众禽！
[One heroine, space, period setting, infrastructure development, growth, farmland and ranches, face-slapping, everyday life] After unexpectedly dying and transmigrating into He Yuzhu, he tears into the hypocritical Qin Huairu from the start, refuses to be her doormat, refuses to bring her lunchboxes, demands back all the donations, and stands up to Yi Zhonghai to reclaim his child support payments. As for supporting the wicked neighbors in the courtyard when they grow old, whoever wants to can t
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- 38 Siheyuan: You Really Think You Can Reason with Hooligans? 四合院，你确定跟混混讲道理？ What’s the best way to deal with scumbags? Become an even bigger scumbag! Wang Baoyu is no good guy. He’s a thug himself. Watch as one thug teaches the scumbags in the courtyard a lesson. The blurb’s too short, so click to read more. Just to be clear, the quest System is only there to help him get involved in events. Otherwise, he’d have to live by the sea to stick his nose into everyone’s business. 27Reads7.4Score—Shelves
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