The Best Courtyard House and Bygone-Era Novels for the Year of the Dragon's Mid-Autumn Festival 龙🐉年中秋节最好看的四合院和年代
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Siheyuan: Making Peace from the Start, Then Turning Around and Taking Down Yi Zhonghai 四合院之开局和解反手砍翻易中海
P.S. This is a slow-burn story with plenty of conflict. In the early and middle parts, the villains are crippled; from the middle to the end, they're all finished off. Being forced into reconciliation pushes the protagonist to snap. He's just an ordinary person, not the sort of wish-fulfillment hero who starts by slaughtering his way through everyone. If you're in a hurry, this book isn't for you. This is the struggle of an ordinary person trying to survive in that era. Even kitchen knives can f
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Siheyuan: Beijing’s Meat Grinder, Sending Every Invader to Hell 四合院：北平绞肉机，鬼子全归西
On the eve of Beiping’s fall, Zhang Lei was abducted by Lin Wan’er, the Black Wind Stronghold’s boss and the dual-pistol-wielding Red Whirlwind, to become her husband. After transmigrating, he obtained a vast arsenal of advanced weapons through the System. Barrett rifles, RPG launchers, Katyusha rocket launchers, Tiger tanks... With all this equipment, why stay holed up in a ravine playing bandit? So he united the Black Wind Stronghold’s forces, swallowed up six nearby bands of bandits, and beca
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Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Wild Days 四合院之浪荡的许大茂
On some day in 2024, at a certain studio, Director Liu was chatting with a young screenwriter he'd just recruited from university, nicknamed Xu Big Bird. "Big Bird! What do you think of this script, Foolish Dad? Give me your thoughts, then we'll start shooting!" said Director Liu. "Heh, Director Liu, I'm actually a huge fan of yours. I love all your shows, from Full Courtyard to Foolish Spring and Under Zhengyang Gate." Hearing Xu Big Bird's flattery, Director Liu was delighted. "Of course. I sp
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Braving Siheyuan in 1946 46年勇闯四合院
Zhang Qilong was living in the capital in 1946. When he learned in a dream that he was living in the world of the Courtyard House, he was completely stunned. “Qin Huairu is still just a little girl. Isn’t it a bit too early to steal her away from someone...?” “Where did the System go...?” “Ding... Host, the System may be late, but it will never be absent. Please wait patiently...”
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Siheyuan: The New Resident in the East Courtyard 四合院，东跨院的新住户
After Shao Jianfeng of the Spirit Realm failed his tribulation, a remnant wisp of his soul drifted through parallel timelines alongside the small world he had crafted before attempting the tribulation. He happened upon a System in a technological timeline, and the two collided and merged. The Soul-Nurturing Jade that sustained his soul shattered, leaving him on the brink of complete annihilation. With no other choice, he seized a body and was reborn. As fate would have it, the youth whose body h
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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!
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Siheyuan: Lou Xiao'e's Joyful Life 四合院，娄小娥的快意人生
On the second day of her marriage in 1957, Lou Xiaoe has a battle of souls with Lou Xiao'e, an antiterrorism agent from the 21st century. Their souls merge, giving rise to all kinds of hilarious mishaps. See how Lou Xiaoe deals with her scumbag husband, navigates the Siheyuan, and bravely faces the challenges of sweeping social change, avoiding a complete wipeout. After the fusion, she learns how badly the beasts of the Siheyuan have harmed her and resolves to live according to her own wishes. S
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Everyday Life in the Siheyuan 四合院里的烟火日常
The protagonist is reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard, but he doesn't live in the Siheyuan. Instead, he lives in Courtyard No. 93. He has a mysterious space in his mind: time moves faster in one half, while the other half is frozen. The story follows the protagonist through every stage of life, from high school and university to work and family, as he witnesses the changing times.
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Siheyuan: From the Start, I Stand Between Good and Evil 四合院：开局正邪两立
Shen Yaodong transmigrated into the world of Siheyuan and successfully bound himself to a System called "Good and Evil Stand Apart." When the First Master made an unreasonable request to swap homes, Shen might have reluctantly agreed in the past and let himself be wronged. But now, with the System's support, he decided to firmly reject the unfair demand. This premise shows how gaining a special ability or System can help a character break free from the passive role they once played and start ta
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Love in the Courtyard: The Jia Family Won't Be Leeches 情满四合院：贾家不做吸血鬼
He transmigrates to a courtyard in 1950 and becomes Jia Dongxu. Luckily, there’s still time to change everything! Jia Zhangshi’s harsh, overbearing personality hasn’t fully developed yet; Qin Huairu is still a gentle, warm-hearted young woman; He doesn’t go apprentice himself to Yi Zhonghai. Instead, he takes down Liu Haizhong, drives Yan Bugui away, and brings all three of the courtyard elders down one after another! Silly Zhu won’t become everyone’s doormat, either, and Yushui is well cared fo
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Siheyuan: The System Forces Me to Become a Master of Men's Health 四合院：系统逼我做男科圣手
[Xu Damao's younger brother, one female lead, a touch of a ruthless streak, mostly everyday life, if no one crosses me, I won't cross them. The Divine Doctor System only provides support, while the protagonist is highly capable] Xu Mao unexpectedly became Xu Ermao, Xu Damao's twin brother. Because he was frail, a wandering physician took him away at the age of seven. At twenty-seven, he returned to the courtyard house... First, he would find his cheap older brother and ask him to help him get a
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Siheyuan: Mi Guo 四合院之米果
Mi Guo was a member of a mercenary group in her previous life. One day, she transmigrated into a Siheyuan, the infamous courtyard from that hugely popular story. As always, the novel’s opening setup hit her with the full package: both parents dead, her older brother sacrificed in the same way, and only a young niece left behind. See how Mi Guo survives in this turbulent era.
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Siheyuan: The Wolf King Kneels at My Feet 四合院：狼王臣服于我脚下
When Chu Tian opened his eyes, he discovered that he had transmigrated to 1960. It was the height of the three years of hardship... But what troubled him most was that he had transmigrated into that beastly courtyard where people would eat you alive and spit out the bones!!! To make sure his family had enough to eat, Chu Tian decided to follow in his predecessor's footsteps and go hunting. Fortunately, he was bound to a God-Tier Hunting System and received rewards along the way. He also had the
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Siheyuan: The Gossip System Exposes the Beasts’ Scandals 四合院：吃瓜系统，曝光禽兽丑事
[Siheyuan] [Putting the Courtyard's Vile Residents in Their Place] [No Saintly Doormat] [A Little Scheming] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead] After being abused by his unscrupulous boss in his previous life, Ouyang Jian transmigrates into a Siheyuan world full of vile residents. He gets a job in the publicity department of the Red Star Steel Mill and awakens a gossip System. As long as he gets his little exposés published on the mill's bulletin board or in its newspaper, letting everyone
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Siheyuan: Stealing Qin Huairu Away While She's Young, What a Catch 四合院：截胡少女秦淮如，可香了
When he heard that Chen An had a partner, Lou Bancheng glared angrily. “If he already has someone, why do you keep going on about him every day? I'm telling you, Xiaoe, don't do anything underhanded.”
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Siheyuan: A Fateful Encounter on the Train 四合院：列车上的奇缘
On this fantastical journey after transmigrating to the 1960s, Chen Yang is not only a railway police officer who punishes evil and upholds justice, but also a weaver of fate. With his astonishing medical skills, he prevents one human tragedy after another and unexpectedly forges deep connections with key figures swept up in the currents of history. From an obscure police officer to a close friend of legendary figures, Chen Yang’s life is transformed by these extraordinary encounters. His chance
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Reborn in Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Am Not to Be Messed With 重生四合院：我许大茂不是好惹的
He dodged the enemy’s bullets, but not his teammate’s knife. In a battle against drug traffickers in the primeval forest, he was killed by a stab in the back from his teammate. As his mind sank into endless darkness, he knew he was going to die. He died full of resentment. When he opened his eyes again, he could hardly believe what he was seeing…
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Siheyuan: I Turned 18 Before My Golden Finger Finally Activated 四合院：18岁了，才激活金手指
Li Anran transmigrates into the world of "The House of Birds in the Courtyard", but he doesn't care. As long as nobody messes with him, everyone else can do as they please. All he wants is to quietly live his own life, so why doesn't his golden finger activate until he turns eighteen? Being sent to the countryside might be a hard life for other people, but to him, it's a rare opportunity. After all, he has a golden finger, and he believes a person should have ambition! It's exhausting to spend e
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I Transmigrated to the Siheyuan: Anyone Who Messes with Me Gets What They Deserve 穿越四合院：谁惹我我干谁
[Siheyuan courtyard + space + System + lighthearted] The System doesn't make much of a difference. Its main purpose is to exchange advanced technology for the country. The space is more like a habitat for the animals that will become increasingly scarce in the future. Zhao Yuan, a modern-day office worker, transmigrated to the 1960s after an accident and became one of the residents of a siheyuan courtyard. For a transmigrator, having a System is standard, and a portable space is a must. Short on
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Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Do You Want a Wife? 四合院：傻柱你要老婆不？
[Two female leads] [No System] If you're used to rich, hearty meals, why not try this pickled cabbage dish? After being reborn, He Yuzhu uses the golden finger brought by a wooden box to rise from an ordinary man, one step at a time.
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Siheyuan: The 1960s Supply and Marketing Cooperative Can Be Upgraded 四合院：60年代供销社能升级
He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and gets an upgrade System. It's 1960 in China. When He Tianhu walks through the supply and marketing cooperative's gate and enters Texas in the United States, he sees wild boars stretching as far as the eye can see...
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Siheyuan: I Transmigrated, and I Have Two Systems 四合院：我穿越了，有两个系统
In 1958, an eighteen-year-old arrived in the courtyard, kicking Yuzhu and slapping Zhonghai! The little System talked a big game, claiming it could do anything. The System is somewhat useful, but it can't do everything. What a braggart! What a chuunibyou! I spent half a month's wages at a foot massage parlor, then fell asleep while waiting for Technician No. 99. No idea why! When I opened my eyes, the technician was gone, and I had become a child! The System told me to go to Love in the Cou
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Siheyuan: My One-Cent Instant-Kill System 四合院之我有一分钱秒杀系统
A new work is here! I hope you’ll come read it on Tomato Novel and enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Siheyuan: The Beasts Will Get What's Coming to Them 四合院之禽兽自有天收
My new novel is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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The Little Taoist Goes Down the Mountain 四合院之小道士下山
A little old man past the age of fifty has his soul transported into the body of Yulin, a young Taoist priest in the mid-1940s. He brings along a jade ornament he was handling before the transmigration, as well as a fragment of an incomplete ancient spirit treasure. The young Taoist Yulin descends the mountain to experience the mortal world, killing a few Japanese invaders and clearing out several trading houses...
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Siheyuan: Emotional Blackmail? I Don't Do That 四合院：道德绑架？我没这个东西
Li Lianjiang, an overworked office drone used to the 996 grind of the 21st century, unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1960s, into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang, a place teeming with scoundrels. With a heart set on building the nation, he resolutely joins the courtyard's labor force. Thanks to his second uncle, Li Huaide, he becomes deputy head of the security department, rising step by step to the pinnacle of life.
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Siheyuan: Orphan of War 四合院：战争遗孤
Chen Mu, a modern man and the only child for three generations, came from a family with a modest fortune. He got drunk while drinking on the rooftop, then accidentally fell off... What a shame about all the savings he had, and the person he'd only just met... What a shame about his young, twenty-nine-year-old body... He ended up in an era where everyone seemed to despise him... But this place didn't seem anything like the novels he'd read! But
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Siheyuan: What Do You Have to Fight Me With? 四合院：你们拿什么跟我斗？
The protagonist, Li Hao, transmigrates into the world of the Beastly Courtyard. Whenever the courtyard’s beasts bully him, he gets a reward. Wahahahaha! Well, then, unless you’re dead, you’ll just have to keep playing with me! First Uncle: “The boy has no father or mother. He’s the perfect person to take care of me in my old age without costing me a cent!” “Ding! Reward: a ten-cubic-meter storage space!” Second Uncle: “The boy has no one to rely on. He should hand his good job over to my eldest
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Siheyuan: I Became the Only Son of Capitalist Lou Bancheng 四合院之我成了资本家娄半城独子
A young man from a later era unexpectedly transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as the only son of the tycoon Lou Bancheng and the younger brother of Lou Xiao'e. He thought he would enjoy a comfortable life as a capitalist in Hong Kong, but various circumstances force him to return to the mainland. Watch how Lou Lin carefully navigates his way through mainland China in the 1960s.
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The Siheyuan's Third-Generation Rich Kid 四合院资三代
If I had to transmigrate, then why couldn’t I be the child of a revolutionary family or a military family in this era? At the very least, I could have been from one of those families, or the child of a farmer. How did I end up the third generation of a capitalist family? In this Courtyard, where everything goes wrong from the start, watch how Zhou Wen survives and builds a life for himself amid a compound full of scoundrels.
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Siheyuan: A Life of Romance 四合院之风流人生
Yang Xingguo transmigrates into the world of the courtyard. After an accident brings him into a relationship with Qin Huairu, he somehow obtains a damaged magical treasure and begins an entirely different, flirtatious life. Family squabbles + Qin Huairu + multiple female leads + a place to park your brain…
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Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Reborn in 1953 with a System 四合院：53年傻柱子重生有系统
Old Silly Zhu huddles beneath a bridge, looking back on his life and realizing he'd been a complete fool. The heavens can't bear to see it, so they give him another chance. Reborn for a second time, he plans to watch everyone who wronged him bring about their own downfall. The bloodsucking white lotus Qin Huairu The moralizing Yi Zhonghai The selfish, deaf old lady The office-obsessed Liu Haizhong Jia Zhangshi, summoner of the dead... And so on. Just wait. With his System and his own hard work,
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A Loser Storms the Siheyuan 四合院屌丝来袭
(System + tormenting scumbags + stirring up trouble + play the pig to eat the tiger) After an accident in the modern world, he transmigrates into a TV drama and wins the System’s favor! Watching you people act like fools is downright hilarious! Beasts will be beasts, after all. No wonder this place is called the Full Yard of Beasts! Look at this crowd of ridiculous, pitiful people! Let’s see how Li Yue deals with every beast in the courtyard!!!
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The Siheyuan: Xu Damao, War Hero 四合院，战斗英雄许大茂
Damou had been bullied and down on his luck his whole life, but now he’s reborn! First, he enlists in the army and beats the division commander at his own game: the meat in the bowl is Damou’s first! He heads off to fight in the war to resist American aggression and aid Korea. At first, the sight of killing enemies and cutting off their heads scares him so badly he wets himself. Before long, he becomes the nightmare of the enemy, a god of death. A battlefield rose claims him, and while defending
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Siheyuan: I Take Silly Zhu to the Battlefield 四合院：我带傻柱上战场
[Military Service + Medicine + Fast-Paced + Plot-Driven + No Saintly Hero] After returning from the battlefield, Zhang Mingshuo studies medicine and rises through the ranks. After the country opens up, he goes on to establish pharmaceutical companies, real estate firms, schools, supermarkets, and more. Back then, every wage earner had just one dream: to join the Zhang Group. Zhang Mingshuo himself had just one hobby: standing outside the group headquarters and handing out money~
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Siheyuan: The System Demands Both Grinding and Spending 四合院，系统又肝又氪
A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! I’m a new author, so the plot may move slowly at first, but things will pick up later. Stay tuned!
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A Siheyuan Story Beginning on the Eve of Liberation 从解放前夕开始的四合院
A modern chef’s soul travels back to 1948, on the eve of Liberation. He moves into a courtyard residence with no System, no talismans, and no superpowers. All he has is a family heirloom storage ring, and he lives a leisurely life in a harsh era. He goes to work, cooks, and occasionally teases the misfits in the courtyard. The story isn’t too angsty: no toilet humor, and no wishing people would hurry up and die. A tranquil life in a bygone age,
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Siheyuan: From the Start, Flirting with Qin Huairu 四合院：开局调情秦淮茹
He Yuzhu is reborn and goes on a rampage through the courtyard, determined to reclaim, piece by piece, every humiliation he suffered in his previous life. But he never expected the world to be so cold, and the events that follow seem to have taken him completely off course.
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Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn to Take Revenge on the Ungrateful 四合院：傻柱重生复仇白眼狼
I, He Yuzhu, have returned reborn with a Tycoon System. Qin Huairu, Bang Geng, Xiao Dang, Huai Hua: not one of you is getting away. Just wait for your punishment! I, He Yuzhu, have lived this life once before. Now you’ll get to experience what I went through in my past life!
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Siheyuan: A Professional Retirement Companion 四合院，职业养老人
He Yuzhu is reborn in the body of his namesake, Silly Zhu. In this life, he won't get involved with widows or support anyone in their old age. But fate gives He Yuzhu a System that rewards him for supporting others in their old age. Let's see how he takes down the beasts.
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Transmigrate to a Siheyuan and Become a Dad, Making Second Uncle and Huairu Furious 四合院穿越喜当爹气死二大爷淮茹
Wang Youcai from 2018 transmigrates into He Yuzhu, also known as Silly Zhu, in 1981. Faced with an unfamiliar world and identity, he doesn't know what to make of it. He learns that his fiancée, Jiaojiao, is two months pregnant. At the same time, he is caught in a trap set by the widow Qin Huairu, who claims she is carrying his child, when the real father is Second Master. If the truth comes out, Second Master will face dire consequences. With his built-in Chef God System and golden finger activa
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Siheyuan: Reborn as Xu Damao, Living Life Differently 四合院之重生许大茂后别样人生
Han Feng transmigrates into the courtyard house world as Xu Damao. The story takes place in a lively courtyard full of everyday bustle, where people of all kinds live together and their lives intertwine to form a complex, colorful tapestry.
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Siheyuan: The Reborn Silly Zhu's Tranquil Life 四合院之重生傻柱的淡然人生
The story takes place in the capital in 1950. The protagonist, Lin Sheng, transmigrates and becomes the young He Yuzhu from Love in the Courtyard. Determined to escape the miserable fate he had in the original story, he cuts ties with the courtyard’s unsavory residents and creates a remarkable life of his own.
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Siheyuan: Moral Blackmail? I'm an Expert at That! 四合院：道德绑架？这事我熟啊！
[Period] + [Rejecting Moral Blackmail] + [Multiple Female Leads] Qin Feng woke up back in the 1960s and even awakened a Doormat System. He thought that was how his life would go from then on. But who could have guessed… “You have been subjected to moral blackmail by ‘Elder Yi.’ Please choose…”
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Siheyuan: I Have a Saintly System 四合院之我有一个圣母系统
This is the author's very first novel. Please forgive the rough writing, and don't flame or insult me! One rainy day, Jing Ming was lost in thought when a speeding car struck him and sent him flying. When he woke up, he was in Beiping in 1965, and discovered he had transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan...
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Siheyuan: How to Become a Good Person 四合院之好人是怎样炼成的
If someone wants to be a good person, then let them be a good person for their whole life! If someone doesn't want to be a good person, then influence them and reform them until they are a good person for their whole life! (This novel does not contain exaggerated scenes of abusing the courtyard's so-called beasts.)
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My Career in Siheyuan’s Security Department 四合院之我的保卫科生涯
My new story is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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Siheyuan: Using Modern Technology to Build a Large-Scale Pig Farm 四合院：用现代技术开大型养猪场
The modern male protagonist accidentally transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard house in the 1960s and becomes the chef He Yuzhu. Armed with modern knowledge and technology, he decides to make his mark in this special era. Facing the schemes of selfish antagonists like Xu Damao, as well as the troubles brought on by Qin Huairu’s complicated family, Silly Zhu draws on his straightforward nature and kind heart to start a large pig farm. What will happen next?
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Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Leisurely Life 四合院：许大茂的悠闲生活
He woke up to find himself transmigrated as Xu Damao from the Siheyuan. Fortunately, he came with a cheat System! From putting awful neighbors in their place to wooing sweet, naive goddesses, and then watching his film career flourish, Xu Damao puts on a daily show of turning his life around. But in an era of sudden upheaval, can he keep playing the fool while outsmarting everyone and build his fortune? Xu Damao grinned. “This transmigrated life is even more thrilling than I imagined!”
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Siheyuan: A Hellish Start, a Life Turnaround 四合院：地狱开局，逆袭人生
[This is a slow-burn story. The protagonist keeps a low profile and builds up his strength early on, then dominates everyone later. Entirely fictional, so please don't take it too seriously.] Zhao Shifeng, an academician at the Academy of Engineering who devoted his life to his country and was renowned around the world as a food expert, died with one regret: he had never managed to solve the global food crisis. When he awoke again, he was in a parallel world, a low-ranking agricultural research
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