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: The Legend of Lingxi 四合院之灵犀传奇
Low on hostility and rich in humanity, a fantastical stroke of fate changes the life of a minor character in a courtyard compound and sets him on the path to legend. The road to a powerful nation begins. When the young are strong, the nation is strong. If you don't like Piaomiao's changes to the original story, start reading from Volume Two. That's where Piaomiao follows the original story's progression.
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Siheyuan: Starting with a Sign-In System 四合院：从获得签到系统开始
Wang Jianguo is reborn into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Both his parents are alive, and he has a happy family. From the moment he is reborn, he finds himself at odds with all the shameless neighbors. Watch as he uses the knowledge and golden finger from his previous life to serve his country, while spending his free time outsmarting the neighbors.
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Siheyuan: I Can Hear People’s Thoughts 四合院：我能偷听心声
The mechanical dog Wu Yao transmigrated into the world of Birds in the Courtyard. As Wu Yao planned to use his mechanical expertise to help build the country, the scoundrels in the courtyard set their sights on him. Then Wu Yao suddenly discovered that he could hear their inner thoughts. Bloodsucker Qin Huairu: Wu Yao is so young and promising. If I could spend my life with him, there'd be hope for me and my three children. Necromancer Jia Zhangshi: Damn Wu Yao, living so well and not even givin
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Siheyuan: A Scrap Dealer’s Soul Travels Back to 1960 四合院：废品佬魂穿60年
"No pointless romantic subplots + Feiji has never been a saintly do-gooder + easygoing everyday life" Li Shizhen has a very medical-sounding name. A disillusioned and unrestrained man born in the 1980s, he has seen all walks of life and become a scrap collector who grabs junk for a living. He has a change of heart and saves a boy who was supposed to transmigrate, only to unexpectedly transmigrate himself. Well, if he has to transmigrate, so be it. He never started a family in his previous lif
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Siheyuan: A Wrong Turn into Nanluoguxiang 四合院：误闯南锣鼓巷
(Not brainless, not overpowered, no System, has a pocket dimension, one female lead, gentler in tone. Read with caution if that isn't your thing.) Due to a laboratory accident in the future, Liu Youqing unexpectedly arrives in 1959. The bad news: he has just one bowl from the start, and his circumstances rival those of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty. The good news: he has more than one bowl!
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Transmigrate to 1980: I Now Have Eight Children 穿越1980，我有了八个儿女
When Li Dingtao woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated to 1980. For a post-90s guy, this was nothing short of a disaster! Even worse, he had gone from being a twenty-year-old shut-in to a thirty-one-year-old man with eight children! That would be bad enough, but why did he also have four biological older brothers, four biological older sisters, and a whole crowd of cousins? Well, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. With this being an era when even pigs could take flight, Li Dingtao coul
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Siheyuan: What Could a Little Kid Like Me Possibly Do Wrong? 四合院：我一个小孩能有什么坏心
What bad intentions could a little kid like me possibly have? After finally transmigrating, both my parents were here and my family was happy. Why would I have bad intentions? He Yushui has it pretty rough. She's our neighbor and a year older than me, so looking out for her is only right. He Yuzhu is He Yushui's brother, so helping him out while I'm at it is only right too. So why are you upset, Yi Zhonghai? That doesn't make sense. What bad intentions could a little kid like me possibly have? T
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Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统
From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e
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Reborn in 1958: Three Years of Hardship, Yet We Have Food to Spare 重生58：三年困难，粮食吃不完
A Love in the Courtyard fan fiction. After transmigrating into Liu Guangtian, the second son of the Second Uncle’s family, he has no standing at home and gets bullied whenever he steps outside. Luckily, his Academic Prodigy System activates. As long as he studies, he can keep getting stronger. He beats up the school bully, gets into a technical secondary school, becomes childhood sweethearts with Yushui, and contributes what little he can to the country’s technological development! Through tirel
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Siheyuan: How I Was Forced to Become the Pillar of the Family 四合院之被迫成为顶梁柱的我
Zhang Xingwang transmigrates into the body of the only boy in a family where the men have been the sole heirs for three generations. Getting a job? Not a chance. He’d planned to lie flat, but then he runs into a severely nerfed system and a family on the verge of falling apart. In these years of scarce supplies, simply surviving is the biggest goal. Eating well and drinking your fill is a dream! Looking at the dilapidated home, Zhang Xingwang grumbles as he turns into a human tool and gets to wo
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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: From the Start, I Took My Little Sister in and Made a Life for Us 四合院：开局带妹妹过日子
[Siheyuan] [Period] [Technology to Strengthen the Nation] [One Heroine] [Putting the Yard's Troublemakers in Their Place] What? I've been reborn in a Siheyuan in 1950, and I'm a student at a top university, a genius in the top three of my year. As he recalls the fragmentary memories in his mind, Li Xiao breaks down completely. “I studied the humanities in my past life. What is this supposed to be? Is this some kind of joke?” From gas-cylinder cannons to Type 63 rocket launchers. From motorcycles
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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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Wang Jianjun's Happy Life in Siheyuan 四合院之王建军的幸福人生
New book: The Courtyard: Saving My Mother from the Start. If you're interested, check it out. (No System, no golden finger.) A young man from northern Shaanxi arrives in the capital with his childhood sweetheart from the start. Silly Zhu: “I'm not afraid of anyone in this courtyard, except that kid Wang Jianjun. That guy's a real bastard.” Xu Damao: “Wang Jianjun acts like we're sworn brothers during the day, then sneaks up and clubs me over the head at night. What a piece of work.” Yi Zhonghai:
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Siheyuan: Life After Returning 四合院之归来生活
In August 1955, Lin Zheng transmigrates into the world of the TV series Love in the Courtyard. Lin Zheng volunteers to join the young people from the capital heading to the countryside, determined to make a name for himself in the Great Northern Wilderness. In January 1959, he returns to the capital, to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, and begins a new life with his family.
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Siheyuan: Starting in 1951 四合院：从51年开始
A courtyard home in 1951. He Daqing never ran away, and Qin Huairu never married into the Jia family... A giant dragon is stirring. The curtain is rising on a great new age... A goofy young man, starting out as a nobody: Lin Zhiyuan has just arrived. Where will life take him? He grows through confusion and defiance, becoming more cautious along the way. Even a laid-back person can have dreams. There’s great promise in this vast world. Watch Lin Zhiyuan step into this great age, witness it, and c
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Siheyuan: My System Is Amazing 四合院：我的系统超给力
[Siheyuan + a life of comfort + no angst] [Jia Zhangshi dies later on] Liu Ping'an wakes up one day to find he has transmigrated into the world of Siheyuan and become a purchasing agent at a steel mill. But he has no grand ambitions. All he wants is to give his family a good life in these hard times. P.S. This follows the characters as portrayed in the TV series, not in fanfiction. Don't criticize this novel based on fanfiction you've read and treat it as the original.
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Back to 1970: From the Start, My Family Wants to Split Up 回到1970开局要分家
One day, Zhao Yi woke up and discovered he had returned to thirty years earlier. Everything that had happened seemed almost too real to be a dream. Remembering all he had done for his family, only to be met with disdain, Zhao Yi decisively proposed splitting up the household and getting away from those shameless leeches. My new work is here! Please enjoy reading it. I hope you like it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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In Siheyuan, I Got Chen Xueru into Bed While Drunk from the Start 人在四合院，开局酒后拿下陈雪茹
From the start, Cai Quanwu transmigrated into his new life as himself, but unexpectedly ended up with Chen Xueru after getting drunk. He awakened an apprentice-recruiting System, and soon everyone in the capital wanted to become his disciple. When he saw the crowd of would-be disciples nearly forcing their way through his front door, Cai Quanwu reluctantly changed the rules for becoming his apprentice: “Before, anyone who became my apprentice had to spend three years as an apprentice, serve for
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A Multiverse of Film and TV, Beginning in Siheyuan 从四合院开始的诸天影视
Li Qingshan, an orphan from the 21st century, is a web novelist whose books barely get noticed. To keep his web novel from going on hiatus, he stays up writing for a whole week, but eventually he can't hold on any longer and collapses asleep on his keyboard. By chance, he obtains the Myriad Realms Film and TV System. The System tells him that he died from staying up too late, his body has been cremated, and only a wisp of his consciousness remains in the System's space. If he wants to be reborn,
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Siheyuan: An Irresistible Attraction 四合院：无法拒绝的吸引力
[Authentic Courtyard House Story] [Multiple Heroines] [Everyday Family Life] [Ensemble Cast] [Low Conflict] [No Technology Tree or Supernatural Powers] Zhao Dapeng is reborn and transmigrates into a TV drama. He is tall, muscular, and handsome, and women adore him. When he enters the courtyard, the butterfly effect sets off one amusing and infuriating story after another for all the familiar courtyard residents. Silly Zhu, Xu Damao, Qin Huairu, Lou Xiao'e, Yu Li, the three Masters, and many othe
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Siheyuan: Activating the God-Tier Teleportation System from the Start 四合院：开局激活神级转移系统
My new novel is here! You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting in the Siheyuan 凡人修仙：从四合院开始
[Mortal’s Journey + Status Panel + Siheyuan] This book is also known as: Siheyuan: A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Wang Changsheng transmigrates to a cultivation continent and awakens a panel System. He had planned to keep his head down until the end of time and cultivate into an immortal. But when he opened the door, he saw a series of familiar faces: Deaf Granny, Xu Damao, Liu Haizhong, Silly Zhu, Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu. His mood immediately soured.
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Siheyuan: You Want to Retire Here? Did I Agree? 四合院：想养老，我同意了吗？
Warning: The protagonist is no saint and can be a little petty. Cross him, and you’ll have to watch your back every moment in case he gets revenge! Zhang Shaoan accidentally transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard after saving someone. He had planned to live a peaceful life and use his golden finger to make sure his family had plenty to eat and drink. He would lie low until the arrival of a new era, then make his move. But he never expected that people would keep assuming he was an
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Siheyuan: I Blow Up Bang Geng from the Start, Leaving the Jia Family Without an Heir 四合院：开局炸废棒梗，贾家绝户
The courtyard in "The House of the Beasts" was originally thriving, but then Li Weiguo arrived with a fishing System. From the start, he crippled Banggeng and left the Jia family without an heir. Putting the beasts of the courtyard in their place became part of everyday life. Banggeng: “Grandma, save me! The sparrows I raised are gone! Waaah!” Jia Zhangshi: “Silly Zhu, if you care about Banggeng, give him your sparrows.” Yi Zhonghai: “Granny Deaf, you were the one who gave me the sterilizing dru
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Siheyuan: My Superpowers Update Every Day 四合院：我的超能力每日更新
After transmigrating to the flourishing years of a new era, Li Chuang became an ordinary resident of a Siheyuan. His System activated, granting him a new superpower every day. With the System's help, Li Chuang gradually established himself in the city, and his life grew better and better. A loving wife, children, and a warm home, with meat and fine grains piled high in the storeroom. He experiences the surging tides of history, advancing in step with the wheels of the times. Of course, there are
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Siheyuan: Li Yang the Housekeeper 四合院之保姆李阳
A story about a man and the women he keeps, with multiple heroines. Low on angst. The protagonist, Li Yang, is lazy and just wants everything handed to him. To ensure a happy life in the future, he buys a group of girls and sends them to school, raising them all to become strong, independent women who can stand on their own.
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Siheyuan: The Proud Great Nation 四合院：大国凌然
(A mix of period dramas + Jia Dongxu + Qin Huairu + … + national revival + a rising great power. Not too much angst, a sly protagonist, and plenty of surprises.) Jia Dongxu transmigrates to the 1950s with a vast comprehensive library and a Heaven Rewards Hard Work buff. Armed with knowledge 70 years ahead of his time, he sets out to make the country strong through science and technology. Jia Dongxu: “First Uncle, do you want to get ahead?” Jia Dongxu: “Second Uncle, I think you’ve got what it ta
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Siheyuan: Cao Tan’s Unrestrained Life 四合院：曹叹的肆意人生
[Note: This is a fanfic based on the TV series. There won't be endless monsters that keep coming back no matter how many times they're beaten.] Cao Tan was accidentally bitten by a five-pace viper in a wardrobe and died, only to transmigrate to the world of Love in the Courtyard. After awakening his golden finger, he began living life exactly as he pleased.
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From the Start in 1949, I Do Whatever I Want Across All Worlds 开局49年，在万界为所欲为
From the start, he can’t die. The courtyard. He can do whatever he wants. He’s ruthless, nothing like a righteous protagonist. He refuses to level up by fighting monsters. World 1: Reality. World 2: The Courtyard. World 3: Black Myth: Wukong. World 4: Marvel. World 5: Panlong’s Infernal Realm. Song Yang somehow gets a mutated version of Minecraft. With each level-up, his abilities double. After level ten, every level-up also randomly unlocks a superpower. The absurdly demanding experience bar is
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Myriad Realms Siheyuan: From the Start, Sha Zhu Becomes a Dad 诸天四合院：开局傻柱喜当爹
A bombshell suddenly rocks the courtyard: Granny Deaf is pregnant! Everyone is trying to guess who the father is. Granny Deaf: “It’s either Yi Zhonghai or Silly Zhu!” Everyone: “What?!” Just as Silly Zhu is trying every which way to get rid of the baby, the protagonist says, “The baby can’t be aborted. Granny Deaf drank water from the Women’s Kingdom!”
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Siheyuan: Transmigrating to 1958 and Getting Rich Through Farming 四合院：穿越58年养殖发家致富
[Transmigration + System + Daily Life + Career + Power Fantasy] Su Lin transmigrates into a 1962 courtyard world and obtains a one-click learning System. After hunting a wild boar king, he earns a third-class merit award. All he wants is to live an ordinary life with his wife. But who could have guessed that the city residence assigned to him by the neighborhood office would be in the notorious Beast-Filled Courtyard? There’s Jia Zhangshi, who can summon spirits; Qin Huairu, who’s considerate an
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He Yuzhu's Transmigrated Life 何雨柱的穿越生活
Silly Zhu was abandoned by Banggeng beneath an overpass. On the brink of death, he prayed to the heavens that if he ever got the chance to be reborn, he would never again let himself be taken advantage of. Heaven played a cruel joke on him. He Yuzhu, a modern-day security guard, became an innocent victim and transmigrated into Silly Zhu, inheriting everything he had, including his soul. What should have been an easy task became complicated: he had to deal not only with the beasts in the courtyar
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Reborn in the Siheyuan: From the Start, I Save Lou Xiao'e from Danger 重生四合院，开局英雄救美娄晓娥
In the post-apocalyptic world, powerful ability user Cao Yu possesses both spatial and illusion abilities, and has made outstanding contributions to the development of the Dawn Base. Unfortunately, he is framed by a villain who wants to steal his abilities. Unwilling to let the villain get what he wants, Cao Yu exposes his ability core and dies with his attacker. To his utter surprise, Cao Yu’s soul transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan, where he becomes a discharged soldier named Cao Yu. F
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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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