Looking for Realistic Siheyuan Novels Without Malice or Villainization, True to Their Era 找没有戾气，不魔化的四合院小说。符合年代的

1. 1 四 Siheyuan: I’m the Courtyard’s Spiritual Mentor 四合院之我是院里的精神导师 Tuantuan Is Not a Kid团团不是个小孩Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and is rather low, but it’ll go up later.) Liu Yubin has always believed he was born to live in comfort. Now in his forties and shameless as ever, he transmigrates into the body of a fifteen-year-old boy from Lu Province who happens to share his surname. As the days go by, he discovers that not only are his strength, speed, and other abilities growing stronger every day, but he also has a Pinduoduo trading System that lets him buy and sell things, along with a three-bed 33.6kReads7.0Score2.4kShelves

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   Neither book is drastically altered, and both are unlike the style of most traditional courtyard houses. The first book opened up a new way of thinking about retirement for Yi Zhonghai, a style that Tomato (the author of the novel) has no parallels with. The second book is set after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and includes the original country, a total of five countries with Chinese as the main ethnic group have emerged.

2. 2 从 Starting with a Laugh at Siheyuan 从爆笑四合院开始 A Well-Fed Pig in the Wind风中有个吃饱的猪Male-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsOngoing There’s no pent-up resentment here. Since the protagonist suppresses the entire courtyard from the start, no resentment can build up. The story has now reached the point where he leads the courtyard residents overseas to found a country, and has already turned it into a military, economic, and technological powerhouse that ranks among the top three, or perhaps even number one. (Absurdist comedy: it’s all nonsense and surprises. One person spouts wild claims, and gradually leads the whole courtya 25.2kReads7.2Score907Shelves
3. 3 四 Siheyuan: Tenfold Returns, Too Many Supplies to Use Up 四合院：十倍返还物资太多用不完 Wild Phoenix 1983乱凤1983Male-Channel Fanfiction817k WordsOngoing [A Guaranteed Quality Read from a Siheyuan Specialist] Chen Zizai, a modern lifestyle blogger who creates his own content, transmigrates to 1959 and has his house seized from the start. With no other choice, he sets fire to it, determined to go down with it: if no one can play fair, then he’ll flip the table! His resolve to go down with the house activates the “Self-Reliance, Tenfold Returns” System. Make one serving of pork braised with vermicelli, and the System gives him ten. What’s he suppos 268.6kReads8.5Score26.1kShelves

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   The protagonist encounters a bunch of awful people right from the start. Before he can even settle down in the courtyard house, he is constantly schemed against and harassed by his neighbors. He refuses to let anyone take over his home, unlocks a work system, frantically stockpiles supplies, and lives a life free from mistreatment.

4. 4 四 Siheyuan: After I Transmigrated, I Married My Wife's Grandmother 四合院：穿越后娶了媳妇她外婆 Wild Phoenix 1983乱凤1983Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Sang Biao got drunk and transmigrated. His big reveal exposed the entire compound, and he went all-in with his cards face up from the start, leaving no room to play! Then the System ran off, so he basically has no cheats! And his father is a fake Daoist, a remnant of "feudal superstition"... Will that affect my chances, as the compound's third-generation leader, of riding a Phoenix 28-inch bicycle one-handed and hitting on women during the Great Leap Forward's tenth year? Help me figure this out 25.4kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
5. 5 四 Siheyuan: Dad Joined Chiang Kai-shek’s Side, Making Us Rich Peasants. How Am I Supposed to Live? 四合院：老爹投蒋成分富农我咋活 Wild Phoenix 1983乱凤1983Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted My family is classified as rich peasants. Dad backed Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, and my maternal grandfather's family fled to Hong Kong. I have cerebral palsy and keep waving my hands around. Now I've transmigrated to a courtyard house in 1960, right in the middle of the natural disaster years… How am I supposed to survive this disastrous start? The pocket dimension is useless, and the System only cares about settling old scores. It's got no ambition at all… Fang Ping'an, a rural resident with no r 16.1kReads7.3Score737Shelves
6. 6 四 Siheyuan: I'm Silly Zhu's Uncle, and This Cook Has a System 四合院：我傻柱他叔，厨子有系统 Fish Spitting OO鱼吐OOMale-Channel Fanfiction340k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Food + Everyday Life + Relaxed, No Petty Feuds] In 1961, He Qingfeng awakens the memories of his previous life and discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he is also He Yuzhu's younger uncle. He activates a System, gets a job at a state-owned restaurant near the steel mill, and becomes a chef. With He Qingfeng joining the family, He Yuzhu now has a younger uncle. The He family is no longer taken advantage of by others, and the 5.8kReads7.0Score266Shelves
7. 7 年 1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷， Just Got Nothing Better to Do就是闲的Urban4.1M WordsCompleted New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available. 202kReads9.4Score13.6kShelves

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   Look at these, they're all acceptable to me.

8. 8 四 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangqi 四合院：我是刘光奇 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Female-Channel Fanfiction467k WordsCompleted 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! 10.8kReads9.1Score367Shelves

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   There are quite a few books, of different genres, but they are all good books that I have read.

9. 9 重 Reborn in the Siheyuan: I’m the Tough Auntie 重生四合院之我是彪悍大妈 Qiu Mei秋妹Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Li Chunhua was reborn. She had witnessed the changing times and experienced the development of society. Reborn with the face-slapping System for dealing with scoundrels, she would seize the opportunities of the era and work hard, determined to lead her whole family to glory. As for the scoundrels in the courtyard, they were no big deal. She, Li Chunhua, was a famous neighborhood auntie in Nanluoguxiang. Even someone like Jia Zhangshi could only end up a loser. When Jia Zhangshi tried to summon t 235Reads6.8Score—Shelves
10. 10 当 When Yi Zhonghai Gets a Grandson 当易中海有了孙子 Yile Without Hesitation毫不迟疑的伊乐Male-Channel Fanfiction376k WordsCompleted He had been an inconspicuous old eunuch working in a service room in the Qing palace, named Yi Zhonghai. He never expected that after falling asleep, he would wake up in a courtyard house as its First Master. At his feet, a young woman was kneeling and weeping. She was the First Master's niece, and she had a child with her. It turned out the First Master had refused to let the girl care for him in his old age, thinking she couldn't be relied on. But he didn't care about that. Now he had a daught 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 四 Siheyuan: After Supporting Yi Zhonghai in His Old Age, I Take Off 四合院：养老易中海后，原地起飞 Drunk in a Dream of Three Lives三生醉梦中Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing The real “Love in the Courtyard”! If the vultures can give me emotional points, can they really be called vultures? “They’re all my dearest friends and family.” This is the story of Li Weiguo using emotional points to reach the peak, and of his loving relationship with his “dearest friends and family.” “Weiguo, this is the empire your Uncle Yi built for you!” Yi Zhonghai felt that he had reached a higher plane! 3.2kReads7.1Score129Shelves
12. 12 人 I'm Liu Dashao, Living in a Siheyuan 人在四合院，我是刘大少 Eastern Sea Flame Crow东海焱乌Male-Channel Fanfiction801k WordsCompleted He transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan, becoming Liu Guangqi, the eldest son of the Liu family. All he wanted was to shut the door and enjoy a peaceful life of his own, with a wife and children gathered around the warm kang. But too many people refused to behave. Liu Guangqi: “Let me make this clear: the Jia family’s lack of descendants has nothing to do with me!” 3.8kReads8.0Score118Shelves
13. 13 四 The Fishing Enthusiast of the Siheyuan 四合院的钓鱼佬 After the Wine, a Silken Drama酒阑牵丝戏Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a courtyard home in the 1950s, she has both her parents and activates a Fishing System, letting her happily go fishing! The story is cheerful and heartwarming, with a relatively peaceful tone. She lives a comfortable little life in a courtyard full of troublemakers. 38.3kReads7.8Score1.8kShelves
14. 14 四 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 Hu Xian胡贤Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing [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
15. 15 四 Siheyuan: Team Leader from the Start, Sign-In with Qin Huairu 四合院：开局组长，签到秦淮茹 Lilac丁香Male-Channel Fanfiction797k WordsCompleted Zhang Zhongyi transmigrates to the early 1950s, where his former superior brings him to the capital to serve as a team leader on the Military Control Commission. He also gets a sign-in System. His very first sign-in at home rewards him with a wife, and she is none other than Huairu, still a maiden. He is assigned a home in a courtyard compound. With his cadre connections, no one in the compound dares to take advantage of him. He originally hopes to keep the compound peaceful. Who could have gues 1.3kReads5.4Score101Shelves
16. 16 四 Siheyuan: I Just Woke Up and They Want Me to Transfer to Civilian Work 四合院：刚醒就让我转业 I Won't Eat a Single Piece of Fatty Meat一口肥肉都不吃Male-Channel Fanfiction458k WordsCompleted Luo Xingchen, a special forces king in the 21st century, is killed in an ambush while saving hostages. His soul travels back fifty years and enters the body of a 20-year-old veteran company commander in Beijing. After years of combat, his body is badly injured and his physical abilities have severely declined, so his superiors order him to leave the military. On his very first day after leaving the service, his former commander arranges a blind date for him. The house he's assigned turns out to 13.2kReads8.4Score384Shelves
17. 17 四 A Carefree Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之淡然生活 A Little Jiangshi Who Likes Maotai爱喝茅台的小僵尸Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted Zhang Haoran, an upstanding young man living in the 21st century, accidentally falls off a cliff and transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard in a parallel world. See how a modern young man makes a life for himself in a new family and a different era. First time writing, so go easy on me! Thanks so much~ 15.6kReads7.9Score587Shelves
18. 18 四 Siheyuan: Transmigrated as the Head Master's Nephew 四合院：穿成一大爷的亲外甥 Wool Socks毛袜Male-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + period setting + farming + portable dimension + one heroine] Li Anye transmigrates to an era of scarcity, with no parents and not a penny to his name, so he has no choice but to seek help from his maternal uncle, Uncle Yi. As the saying goes, a maternal uncle is worth more than the heavens. Surely no one can complain if he leans on his uncle for support? After graduating from vocational school, Li Anye gets a decent job at a steel mill thanks to his uncle. His uncle, Yi Zhonghai, is 21kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
19. 19 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Went on a Blind Date with Qin Huairu 四合院：开局相亲秦淮茹 Toad Slug蟾蝓Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted One is an invincibly lucky star who has never read a novel or watched a TV drama, and transmigrates to a siheyuan courtyard in 1951. The other is Qin Huairu, who gains two different sets of memories. The protagonist has no System? No problem. Against-all-odds luck is the greatest golden finger of all. Qin Huairu's memories are too fragmented? It doesn't matter. The energy in those memory fragments is the protagonist's second golden finger. What? Is there a third golden finger? Of course. Just wa 1.8kReads6.1Score108Shelves
20. 20 四 Siheyuan: My System Is Amazing 四合院：我的系统超给力 The South Wind Laughs at Me南风笑我Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsOngoing [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. 77Reads6.7Score—Shelves
21. 21 三 Third Uncle's Niece 三大爷的外甥女 Primordial Treasure Tree鸿蒙宝树Female-Channel Fanfiction803k WordsCompleted She transmigrates into a courtyard house in the 1950s and becomes the Third Master's niece. She changes the lives of the Third Master and his family, ensuring that he and his wife are cared for in their old age and no longer so miserly. They live happily ever after. 382Reads6.4Score115Shelves
22. 22 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Open a Shop in the Capital 四合院，开局就到四九城开店 Duke Zhou Ping周平公Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Dongqun transmigrates to 1950 and becomes Chen Ergou. He has always lived in the countryside, thinking he is in an ordinary period of history. Only when he comes to the capital with his mother does he discover that he has landed in the world of Love in the Courtyard. Hoping to watch the drama unfold up close, Chen Ergou begs his grandmother to buy a house in Courtyard No. 95. But once he moves in, he realizes things aren't nearly as simple as he imagined. Damn it, there are other transmigra 18.4kReads7.9Score682Shelves

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    [Both parents alive][System present][Single female lead] I woke up to find myself in courtyard number 93 of Nanluoguxiang in 1961. What? Shouldn't it be courtyard number 95? And are you kidding me? I'm just a lowly security guard! And now I've become a police officer! And I'm supposed to protect the peace of the entire area?!

23. 23 四 Siheyuan: My Name Is Yi Zhonghe 四合院：我叫易中河 Qing Yao's Little White Cat晴瑶的小白猫Male-Channel Fanfiction3.0M WordsOngoing A modern man transmigrates into the world of the courtyard drama, becoming Yi Zhonghe, Yi Zhonghai’s younger brother, a character who never appeared in the show. He moves into the courtyard and takes a job at the steel mill. See how a modern soul reforms the courtyard’s self-serving residents, turning the “courtyard full of miscreants” into a true Love in the Courtyard. 85.4kReads8.0Score4.8kShelves
24. 24 重 Reborn in 1959: Little Everyday Moments in Nanluoguxiang 重生59南锣鼓巷之小日常 Gluttonous Badger贪吃獾Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsOngoing He transmigrates to the capital and settles on Nanluoguxiang. He fishes and farms, living a carefree life, learning to cook, appraising antiques, occasionally trading barbs with Zhang Haixing, and picking on the courtyard busybodies now and then. 67.8kReads8.2Score3kShelves

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    These are all unbiased and not demonized. They're all good. 1. Policeman 2. Cook 3. Engineer 4. Hunter.

25. 25 四 Siheyuan: Old Liu Is a Daughter-Obsessed Dad 四合院：老刘是个女儿奴 Primordial Treasure Tree鸿蒙宝树Female-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [System] + [Period] + [Space] + [Other Transmigrators] + [Long-Term Laborer] After Hong Yue dies unexpectedly, she is supposed to take her System to the world of cultivation and become a pretty little immortal maiden. But while traveling through the turbulence of time and space with her System, she collides with another System in an encounter that happens once in a thousand years. The collision sends her off course. Her soul is too weak, so the System drops her into the neares 3.3kReads7.2Score128Shelves

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    The protagonist is the orphan of a martyr living in a courtyard house. Because he is still young, he sticks together with a simple-minded person to survive in the courtyard. [Eating melon][Eating melon][Eating melon] 2️⃣ The female protagonist transmigrates into the daughter of the Liu family. She has a sign-in system and only regains her memories of her past life at the age of eight. She makes Liu Haizhong a doting father and no longer beats his children. There is also another transmigrator in the courtyard, but he is not the male protagonist. 3️⃣ Heshen and the official transmigrated into He Yuzhu. The time is when He Daqing is about to leave. He has no cheat codes and survives in the courtyard with his own abilities. The female protagonist should be Lou Xiao'e. 4️⃣ A mutated pomegranate tree spirit that has lived for hundreds of years and has no moral values ​​transmigrates into He Yuzhu. The main character is reckless. He has a space and superpowers. The female protagonist is Yu Li. He will also transmigrate to other worlds later. 5️⃣ Transmigrating into He Yushui, the protagonist's first act is to hold an all-staff meeting to kick her out of the courtyard house and take her house. The protagonist goes directly to the Women's Federation, arrests Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu, and even brings down an old man. 6️⃣ Transmigrating into He Yushui's cousin, the protagonist has a space for planting and raising animals. His parents are orphaned at the start, and he's told to seek refuge with He Daqing. Upon arriving at the courtyard house, he witnesses the residents ganging up on He Yuzhu and his sister. The protagonist decisively buys a house and moves He Yuzhu and his sister out of the courtyard. 7️⃣ The female protagonist transmigrates to the courtyard house world, starting by marrying the simple-minded Zhu. What follows is a series of battles of wits against beasts. 8️⃣ Transmigrating into He Yuzhu's cousin, the protagonist has a system. Changing the plot earns points, which can be exchanged for skills and knowledge. Therefore, the protagonist changes the fates of many people. Original single-female protagonist story.

26. 26 我 I Solve Cases to Put Food on the Table 我靠破案养家糊口 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1958, I moved into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Did I transmigrate into a TV drama or transmigrate into a book? Good thing I have so many buffs stacked that I don't have to spend all day playing family power games in one little courtyard! 5.2kReads9.3Score571Shelves

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    You can check out these books; they're free of violence and demonization, and the "golden finger" (advantages/cheat codes) and themes are quite interesting!

27. 27 四 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 Spring Breeze Like a Blade春风如刀Male-Channel Fanfiction880k WordsCompleted 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? 19.4kReads8.3Score665Shelves
28. 28 四 The Old Sixth Doctor in the Siheyuan 四合院里的老六医生 Ah Dou Ah Ah Ah阿斗啊啊啊Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted A medical PhD from the 21st century arrives in the 1950s. His mother has just passed away, and his father has started a new family in the Northeast. He studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and is assigned to the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. He moves into the compound at No. 95 Hongxing Street. Just as he enters, he runs into a general meeting of the residents. Will he let them have their way? 42.6kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
29. 29 四 Easygoing Days in the Siheyuan 四合院里的悠哉日子 Fengjue风觉Male-Channel Fanfiction5.6M WordsOngoing Back in 1955, he begins a carefree life amid all the chaos of that legendary courtyard. See how a modern man gets by and lives his own modest life in that era! (A low on hostility, high on everyday life, and all about watching the drama kind of story.) 38.6kReads7.7Score1.9kShelves
30. 30 四 Siheyuan: I, Wang, Specialize in Stabbing People in the Back! 四合院：王某人独善背刺！ After the Wine, a Silken Drama酒阑牵丝戏Male-Channel Fanfiction746k WordsCompleted [System] [Street Office from the Start] [Both Parents Alive] [All About Being Sweet-Talking and Smooth!] Transmigrate to a Beijing courtyard in the 1950s, join the street office, and make your mark in both culture and sports as you deal with the troublemakers! 24.3kReads8.0Score793Shelves
31. 31 四 Siheyuan: Young Silly Zhu's Comeback 四合院：青年傻柱的逆袭人生 Threshing Glacier打谷冰川Male-Channel Fanfiction512k WordsCompleted 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 15.7kReads8.8Score607Shelves
32. 32 四 Siheyuan: The Old Man Who Collects Scrap 四合院：收废品的老汉 Take a Big Flight放个大飞机Male-Channel Fanfiction622k WordsCompleted "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 16.5kReads8.9Score641Shelves
33. 33 四 Siheyuan: I’m Banggeng’s Seventh Great-Uncle 四合院：我是棒梗的七舅姥爷 Winter Morning Sunshine冬天上午的阳光Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted 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. 25.8kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
34. 34 四 Siheyuan: I’ll Hold This Family Together! 四合院：我要扛起这个家！ Towering Mountains崇山峻岭Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted After watching the TV series about the courtyard house, Chen Zhixing opens his eyes in a courtyard in 1965. From the start, his father is gone, his mother is ill, and he has a younger sister in middle school. Chen Zhixing has to shoulder the burden of supporting the family. 7.1kReads7.6Score308Shelves
35. 35 四 Siheyuan: A Happy Life in the Red Era 四合院：火红年代的幸福生活 Not Sweet, Not Salty不甜不要咸Male-Channel Fanfiction616k WordsCompleted 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) 19.5kReads8.5Score471Shelves
36. 36 四 Siheyuan Culinary God: I, He Yuzhu, Got Married from the Start 四合院神厨：我何雨柱开局就结婚 Hardworking Little Bai费力的小白Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Heartwarming + everyday life + plot changes + one heroine] After transmigrating as He Yuzhu and awakening the Chef God System, how will he deal with the bunch of pests in the courtyard? He marries a wife from the start, so Qin Huairu and Uncle Yi can forget about guilt-tripping him! Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng, don’t cause trouble, or Brother Zhu will make you pay! 29.3kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
37. 37 四 Siheyuan: If You're So Tough, Why Don't You Do It? 四合院：你不是牛吗，你上 Dawlin Chen of Assateague Island阿萨蒂格岛的道林辰Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted I transmigrated as Silly Zhu. No, as He Yuzhu. No father, no mother, but I do have a younger sister. Not bad, not bad. I've got a pocket dimension and a spiritual spring, so I can just take it easy. What, someone's trying to bleed me dry? Let them. I'm a spend-it-all kind of guy! 25.7kReads7.7Score843Shelves
38. 38 渡 Struck by Lightning During My Nascent Soul Tribulation, I Landed in a Siheyuan 渡元婴天劫被雷劈到四合院 The Last Jujube on a Branch in Winter寒冬枝头最后一颗枣Male-Channel Fanfiction320k WordsCompleted 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. 27.8kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves

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    A very realistic courtyard house, without fighting, extreme tug-of-war, or letters of understanding; very authentic.

39. 39 四 Siheyuan: The Fool Wakes from His Dream 四合院之傻子的梦醒了 The Last Jujube on a Branch in Winter寒冬枝头最后一颗枣Male-Channel Fanfiction305k WordsCompleted 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? 4.9kReads8.1Score104Shelves
40. 40 四 Siheyuan: Getting By in the Era with a Game System 四合院，带着游戏系统混年代 Twenty Years Dumping Concrete on Construction Sites工地打灰二十年Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Li Qinghe accidentally transmigrates into a television drama world set in 1955. In this composite world, where many period dramas have been brought together, Li Qinghe uses a video game cheat and works hard alongside his family to build a better life. Moving into a siheyuan, watching the drama, enjoying the gossip: a laid-back slice of life. No angst, no angst, no angst. If that's not your thing, don't come in! 45.4kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

    Reader note

    The novel "Cao Wei" features only three female protagonists, who are not particularly violent. All of them are intelligent and not mindless shrewish women; they all have relatively peaceful endings.

41. 41 四 Siheyuan: My Name Is Cao Wei 四合院：我叫曹魏 A Plump Little Pig一只胖胖的猪Male-Channel Fanfiction971k WordsCompleted (Siheyuan, period drama, System, logical, low-conflict, slice of life) Question: What should you do if you transmigrate into the world of a siheyuan? Answer: Take it as it comes! Just get on with your life. Cao Wei has only three things he wants to do in this life: first, live up to his name; second, become a good chef; and third, enjoy a leisurely life. (Once again, this is a slice-of-life story. It’s simply about living an ordinary, everyday life. Even an ordinary life can be full of fun.) 25.5kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
42. 42 四 Siheyuan: I'll Live My Own Life, So Don't Bother Me! 四合院：我过我的日子，别烦我！ Old Monster Born in the Eighties八零后老妖怪Male-Channel Fanfiction3.3M WordsOngoing 49.2kReads7.2Score2kShelves
43. 43 四 Siheyuan: I've Got a Bad Temper and Know a Little Kung Fu 四合院：在下脾气不好，略懂拳脚 Ah Dou Ah Ah Ah阿斗啊啊啊Male-Channel Fanfiction859k WordsOngoing A doctor on an overseas aid mission is sent back to 1959 by a missile and transmigrates into Jia Youjin, an army doctor. Traumatized by a comrade's accidental death, Jia Youjin is wounded by a grenade while seeking revenge and has no choice but to leave the military and return home. He arrives at the compound at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang and discovers that someone has taken over his home. It turns out someone spread a rumor that he died on the battlefield, and Yi Zhonghai gave his house to someone el 59.5kReads8.4Score3.8kShelves
44. 44 四 Siheyuan: The Retirement Crew Is Completely Stunned 四合院：养老团全懵逼 Winter Morning Sunshine冬天上午的阳光Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted A wish-fulfillment story. Zhang Dajian, an emergency physician from the future, arrives in 1958 at Courtyard No. 95. He is only sixteen, his father has recently passed away, and he has no elders to protect him. The compensation for his father’s death at work draws the greedy neighbors’ attention. When Zhang Dajian first arrives, he is in poor health, so he keeps his head down and writes a story under Jia Dongxu’s name, ruining the reputations of Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi. Once his health reco 22.7kReads6.7Score1.3kShelves
45. 45 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Age of Empires 四合院：傻柱的帝国时代 Who Am I Wandering For为谁去流浪Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted In the 1950s, life in the capital was hard, and the winds of change stirred beneath the surface. A modern soul found himself in the body of a young man known as Silly Zhu. His father had run off, leaving only his little sister behind. The courtyard was rife with trouble, and hidden currents swirled through the streets. Fortunately, he had a world of his own: the Age of Empires game world. Starting in the primitive Stone Age, he reclaimed land, developed production, and smelted metal, steadily l 42kReads7.3Score3.8kShelves

    Reader note

    There were some minor changes, not exactly a demonization, but they deepened the characterization.

46. 46 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Siheyuan: Swift Reckoning, No More Coddling 快穿四合院：极速清算，绝不惯着 Nan Nan Ting楠楠婷Male-Channel Fanfiction698k WordsOngoing The courtyard isn't big, but it's packed with ruthless people. To punish these scoundrels, the System specifically selects short-tempered, sinister guys and sends them to be reborn in the courtyard. Not one of them understands reason, but they all know how to throw a punch. First story, reborn as Silly Zhu: Throw a punch first, then ask all the questions afterward. Second story, an ordinary guy framed and sent to prison: Now that I've got a cheat, why clear my name with words? Wouldn't a knife b 15.2kReads8.2Score482Shelves
47. 47 穿 Transmigrate as He Yushui: From the Start, I'm in Baocheng 穿越何雨水，开局竟然在保城 Second-Stage Curse Mark二阶段咒印Male-Channel Fanfiction308k WordsCompleted In early May 1951, six-year-old He Yushui is possessed by the soul of a modern person. The transmigrator, who has read all kinds of fan fiction and hundreds of transmigration novels, is instantly dumbfounded. “Wait, why is He Yushui in Baocheng? Shouldn't she be in the courtyard house on Nanluoguxiang?” After absorbing the original owner's memories, they discover that Silly Zhu brought her here. No need to ask: Silly Zhu has either been reborn or transmigrated too. Anyone who understands the law 27.6kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves
48. 48 四 Siheyuan: Is There Any Future in Being a Factory Doctor? 四合院：当厂医有搞头吗？ Lao San Loves Baby Mandarins老三爱吃耙耙柑Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing While delivering food, delivery rider Li Huaishui is sent back to 1944 by a truck, into the womb of a family in Shandong. As he slowly grows up, he learns that his brother, who is more than twenty years older and rarely comes home, is named Li Huaide. Then he discovers that his eldest brother works at the Red Star Steel Mill in the capital… 16.7kReads5.5Score858Shelves

    Reader note

    The female lead is He Yushui. The story begins in 1965 and doesn't really follow the plot. The rating isn't high, but it's worth checking out if you're looking for something to read.

49. 49 祖 Homelander in Siheyuan 祖国人在四合院 Director Li of the Red Star Steelworks红星轧钢厂李主任Male-Channel Fanfiction849k WordsOngoing The ratings have only just come in. They'll slowly go up, everyone says so, and so do I... The cover was slapped together by AI. This is my first time writing a book, so I have no experience. After transmigrating to the capital in 1962, Huang Jinbu falls into the notorious Courtyard of Beasts. Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, Silly Zhu, and a whole host of other top-tier troublemakers are all gathered there. Just as he thinks he'll have to scrape by, the Motherland 13.8kReads8.0Score1kShelves
50. 50 七 I'm Seven and Raising a Child, and Everyone in Siheyuan Has Gone Crazy 七岁带娃的我，四合院全疯了 White Tea, Mildly Sweet白茶微甘Male-Channel Fanfiction729k WordsOngoing Only when I stepped through the courtyard gate did I realize I’d arrived in the world of the beastly residents of a Beijing courtyard. And you expect a seven-year-old kid like me to look after children? System, are you messing with me? You even ran off! At least my parents are both alive and well. Well, since I’m here, your great demon king has arrived! You beasts! Heh heh heh! Yi Zhonghai wants to make the rules? I’ll rant you into the ground. The old deaf lady is throwing her weight around? I’ 32.7kReads6.5Score1.8kShelves

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