Looking for a Siheyuan Novel Focused on Everyday Life, Without Qin Huairu or the Jia Family, and Without Idiotic Characters 求四合院，偏生活风，不想看秦怀茹、贾家，不降智

1. 101 四 Siheyuan: The Good Life 四合院之美好人生 Huang Quan, Who Loves Spicy Vegetarian Beef爱吃香辣素牛肉的黄筌Male-Channel Fanfiction720k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhang Zhifei becomes an ordinary resident of a Beijing courtyard compound. At first, all he wants is to shut the door, live a quiet life with his younger siblings, and leave his mark on the era. Unfortunately, a small temple attracts big demons, and a shallow pond is full of turtles! In this little three-courtyard compound, there’s Yi Zhonghai, the “Virtue Venerable” known as the “perfect man”; Liu Haizhong, a power-hungry “official wannabe” and domestic abuser 27kReads8.4Score834Shelves
2. 102 四 Siheyuan: Reborn as Yi Zhonghai's Only Son 四合院：穿成易中海的亲儿子 Clouds at Night夜里云Male-Channel Fanfiction7.4M WordsOngoing [Period novel + witty and humorous + chosen-by-heaven System + no saintly heroine + face-slapping + slice of life] Yi Tianci is reborn as Yi Zhonghai's biological son in Love in the Courtyard, making him a bona fide rich second-generation heir. With the System at his side, Silly Zhu can no longer rely on protection, and Old Deaf Granny is no longer the revered matriarch. No one can escape. While dealing with the courtyard's troublemakers, he also catches the tide of the times and writes a remark 33kReads8.1Score2.5kShelves
3. 103 四 Siheyuan: I Picked Up Qin Jingru, and the Whole Courtyard Is Green with Envy 四合院：捡到秦京茹，全院羡慕哭 Meow, What a Cat瞄了个喵Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan Courtyard + Lighthearted + No Hostility] Jia Dongyang unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a siheyuan courtyard in 1959. Following Xu Damao's example, he intercepts Qin Jingru in an alley and wins her over. The young couple's life just keeps getting better. From then on, the courtyard has a new good man, a “heartless scoundrel,” a matchmaker, and the head of the Women's Association. Xu Damao: “Thanks, little brother Dongyang!” Silly Zhu: “You really are heartless, making me mar 12.4kReads8.4Score503Shelves
4. 104 四 A Different Life for Qin Huairu in the Siheyuan 四合院之秦淮如的另类人生 Huge Doraemon Fan超爱小叮当Female-Channel Fanfiction678k WordsCompleted [A slow-burn story, with groundwork laid early and explosive twists later. If you have a strong heart, come on in.] Hold fast to Silly Zhu, never let go, Put down roots in Nanluoguxiang. The beasts may envy you, but stay firm, Strike back with strength and resolve. Qin Ru, a modern-day orphan from 2024, was a 24-year-old woman from Northeast China. After graduating from college, she moved to the capital to make a living. She worked herself to the bone for a chance to buy a home there, until she 2kReads8.9Score104Shelves
5. 105 太 So Bored! I’m Building Nuclear Weapons for My Country in the Siheyuan 太无聊！我在四合院为国造核弹 It's Chengcheng是城城啊Male-Channel Fanfiction510k WordsCompleted [Courtyard drama + System + reborn + patriotism] Lin Hao transmigrates into the period drama Love in the Courtyard. From the start, Lin Hao gets a System and happens to save a beautiful woman, Qin Huairu. Although Qin Huairu is a bit of a green tea, Lin Hao thinks she can still be turned around. When Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum, Lin Hao gives her a slap right across the face! When Xu Damao starts causing trouble, Lin Hao gives him a slap too! When Liu Haizhong acts like a thug, Lin Hao sends h 745Reads8.4Score—Shelves
6. 106 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
7. 107 重 Reborn in 1958: My Home on Nanluogu Lane 重生1958：我家在南锣鼓巷 Fat Orange Wants to Slim Down肥橘要减肥Male-Channel Fanfiction803k WordsCompleted A world where film and TV settings merge, with modern urban martial arts and technology. There is no System or pocket dimension, no such golden finger, only a superhuman intellect. The protagonist is from a parallel world and knows nothing about the plot. 11.6kReads7.5Score395Shelves
8. 108 四 Siheyuan: Good Grief, My Brother Is Li Huaide 四合院：夭寿，我哥竟是李怀德 Little Bai, At Leisure小白闲来Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted From the start, Li Ershan transmigrates to Beiping in 1949. A militia member helping the front, he brings food to the troops, only to be assigned to meet someone in the city who turns out to be a character from a TV drama. Later, that character marries a woman named Qin Huairu. Only then does Li Ershan realize he has transmigrated into a mash-up of stories set across different eras. Siheyuan, Zhengyang Gate, Family Portrait... The more characters from those stories appear, the more entangled Li 27.2kReads7.6Score1kShelves
9. 109 四 Siheyuan: I Can't Believe I'm Silly Zhu 四合院，我居然是傻柱 Autumn Comes with Falling Leaves zmy13落叶知秋zmy13Male-Channel Fanfiction535k WordsCompleted A retired soldier transmigrates into the world of a courtyard-house drama. When he wakes up, he discovers he is Silly Zhu at the age of twelve. After sorting out his thoughts, he decides to live a different kind of life. With a pocket dimension to help him, he will rise above the rest and stop being a drudge. 23.4kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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10. 110 四 Siheyuan: A Master Chef from the Start, Awakening Heaven-Defying Comprehension 四合院：厨神开局，觉醒悟性逆天 Can't Bear to Amuse the Heart娱心不忍Male-Channel Fanfiction606k WordsCompleted [Everyday Life + Not Much Anger or Conflict] Cao Ao, an ordinary nobody who originally lived in the Siheyuan, was reborn in 1954. He works in the kitchen of Hongfeng Restaurant, one of the Eight Great Restaurants, alongside He Yuzhu. After activating the Opportunity System, he received a ten-jin gold brick. It couldn't be traded, but it had a hidden property: a hit to the head could make someone lose some of their memories. And so... 10.1kReads8.1Score322Shelves
11. 111 四 The Siheyuan's One-Yuan System 四合院之一元系统 Ailuo, Who Loves Cat King Sandwiches爱吃猫王三明治的爱罗Male-Channel Fanfiction141k WordsOngoing After accidentally transmigrating to the Four-Courtyard compound, the protagonist binds to a System. While putting the courtyard’s troublemakers in their place, he leads the Dragon Kingdom toward becoming a technological powerhouse and reaching for the stars... 44Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 火 Machinist in the Red-Hot Era: Helping the Pioneers Forge Great Weapons 火红年代机械师：我助先辈铸重器 Eggs and Tomatoes, Stir-Fried in Turns鸡蛋番茄轮番炒Male-Channel Fanfiction3.9M WordsOngoing It was a fiery, passionate age, but also one of scarcity and backward technology. Jiang Xia transmigrates into this era. He sees the giant bending machine in the workshop break down and grind to a halt. He sees the older generation laboring for the nation’s industry and defense, eating rough cornbread and working late by lamplight as they chart a path to national strength on sheet after sheet of paper. He can’t bear it, and he can’t accept it. The System he has is barely useful; only the fault a 41kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
13. 113 四 Siheyuan: Starting as the Head of the Security Department 四合院：从成为保卫科长开始 HAZARDMale-Channel Fanfiction74k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + multiple female leads]: If you dislike multiple female leads or Qin Huairu, don’t read. The story has a moderate amount of angst and the scoundrels will get what they deserve, but the pace won’t be too fast. If all those beasts were sent away at once, this dumb author wouldn’t know what to write next. —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 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
15. 115 年 The 1950s: Making a Happy, Prosperous Life 年代五零：红红火火过日子 Nanjing Cigarettes南京香烟Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted 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 38.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
16. 116 四 Siheyuan: Back to 1960 as a Teacher, I Crush Bang Geng 四合院：回60当老师，虐飞棒梗 232贰叁贰Male-Channel Fanfiction839k WordsCompleted Lin Feng was so enraged while helping his son with homework that he nearly burst a blood vessel. He transmigrated back to 1960, became a teacher, and obtained the Super Teacher System, which bound him to Bang Geng, the notorious thief who was still in elementary school. As long as he improved Bang Geng’s grades, he would receive a hundredfold points rebate. Bang Geng was awful in every way, but his studies were the worst! Luckily, corporal punishment was still allowed! And Bang Geng was the sort 1.2kReads7.9Score123Shelves
17. 117 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
18. 118 南 He Lai, the Kid from Nanluoguxiang 南锣鼓巷贺来小子 Dawlin Chen of Assateague Island阿萨蒂格岛的道林辰Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration]+ [Siheyuan]+ [No System]+ [Period]+ [Lighthearted Comedy] The story follows He Lai's life in the Siheyuan. He spends the rest of his life with the heroine Yushui, outwits the courtyard's old-timers, changes their values, and leads them toward a true Love in the Courtyard. 6.3kReads8.2Score241Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A brand new, non-system-based fanfiction about courtyard houses: ① The protagonist, Wang Shanhe, transmigrates from the 21st century to 1960, living in courtyard number 96 on Tongluo Lane in Beijing. His cheat ability is "a 1000-cubic-meter space." His father is a level-five worker at a steel rolling mill, and Wang Shanhe is hired as a purchasing agent. He's allocated housing in courtyard number 95, and only after meeting a deaf old lady and three middle-aged women does he realize he's in a courtyard house world. Watch as the protagonist witnesses the historical developments of that era...

19. 119 四 Siheyuan: The Orange-Red Era Begins in 1960 四合院：从1960开始橙红年代 Rabbit Gets Grass兔得草Male-Channel Fanfiction671k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan Courtyard + Transmigration + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Period Piece + One Female Lead + Comedy] (If you want to read about scraping by on coarse food and plain clothes, don't come in.) Zhang Shaowu, the head of the Three Wolves and an e-commerce company owner, transmigrates to 1960 and lands in the infamous Courtyard of Beasts. He remains true to his role model, Mr. Mengde, as he makes his way through the wolf-and-tiger-filled Orange-Red Era. Inside the courtyard is a little world o 1.4kReads6.7Score—Shelves

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    These two books are so good, I could read them over and over again! [Smirk][smirk][smirk]

20. 120 四 Siheyuan: The Story of an Ordinary Man 四合院之小人物的故事 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted This book doesn't demonize anyone; it gives everyone something to hope for. The protagonist won't spend the whole story cooped up in the Siheyuan. The main focus is on what happens later, as things develop and change. Follow Wang Yong's perspective as he returns to that era. 503Reads8.6Score104Shelves
21. 121 四 Starting as a Deputy Section Chief in Siheyuan 四合院从副科长开始 Plantain Weed Traveling in Dongguan车前草在东莞旅游Male-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsCompleted [Security Department Deputy Chief from the Start] [Sign-In Rewards] [Well-Connected] [All I Want Is to Be a Lazy Fish] After transmigrating into the chaotic world of the Four-Nine City courtyard compound, he starts out as the deputy chief of the steel mill's security department! Zhang Jianjun arrives in the central courtyard with his own pocket space, where he witnesses Jia Zhangshi whining about being poor and leeching off others, Silly Zhu using moral blackmail, and Yi Zhonghai plotting behi 55.2kReads6.4Score3.2kShelves

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    A courtyard house, a touch of grievance, a collection of antiques, a simple, everyday life.

22. 122 四 Siheyuan: My Relatives Come from the Modern Era 四合院，我家亲戚来自现代 The Kindergarten's Number One Warrior幼儿园第一战士Male-Channel Fanfiction522k WordsCompleted (A little aggression, Fourth Calamity, no forgiveness, everyday-life story.) The day Han Yang transmigrates, he runs straight into one of the Beijing courtyard’s most famous scenes. At the moment of crisis, his Summoning Game System activates. It can summon viewers from the future into the courtyard world, where they can join the protagonist in disciplining the courtyard’s miscreants. From then on, the courtyard’s troublemakers are in for it. Jia Zhangshi is sent to a reeducation camp, Yi Zhongh 1.6kReads8.1Score104Shelves

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    Novel setting, intelligent gameplay, inviting modern players to enter the courtyard house.

23. 123 四 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Reborn from the 21st Century 四合院：何雨柱从二十一世纪重生 Fellow Daoists, Let's Party道友一起嗨Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing [He Yuzhu himself is reborn + moderate angst + slice of life + changing history + career development] [There are multiple female characters in this novel. If that’s not your thing, please be kind and move along~] He Yuzhu lived into the twenty-first century! But he never expected that Xu Damao would trick him into putting up as collateral the restaurant Lou Xiao'e had left him, and that the bank would eventually seize it! That left him “betrayed by everyone”! He Yuzhu: “Huairu, we’ve been marrie 4.7kReads7.0Score153Shelves

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    It fits perfectly; He Yuzhu is reborn, and has many women.

24. 124 八 The Eight Great Clans: More Children, More Blessings, He Daqing Takes Everything 八离世家，多子多福何大清吃绝户 Drunk Moon, Clear Breeze醉月清风Urban466k WordsOngoing [Bright Sword] + [Romance in a Bloody Age] + [Snow Leopard] + [The Great Dye House] + [A Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Under Zhengyang Gate] + [The Mansion Gate] + [The Galloping Years] + [Artillery God] + [Glory Days] He Daqing spent months playing through a Steam game called War of Resistance 14, only to die from exhaustion. He awakens in the Republican era, in the central courtyard of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, in the 16th year of the Republic. He begins his resistance against Ja 7.9kReads—Score397Shelves

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    More everyday enemy killing

25. 125 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
26. 126 从 A Siheyuan Story Beginning on the Eve of Liberation 从解放前夕开始的四合院 Qing Yao's Little White Cat晴瑶的小白猫Male-Channel Fanfiction3.8M WordsOngoing 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, 64.6kReads7.7Score2.5kShelves
27. 127 重 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Starting in 1953 重生四合院：从1953年开始 Xu Xiaoshuai Isn't Handsome徐小帅不帅Male-Channel Fanfiction757k WordsCompleted After a night of drinking, he is reborn on a snowy night as a young man named Ling Yun. He lands in 1953, in Love in the Courtyard. Fortunately, he awakens an assistant System. While everyone else schemes over food coupons, I hide in my pocket space to farm, raise cattle, and conduct experiments. While everyone else fights for influence in the courtyard, I quietly finish college and casually take the top spot in the imperial examination. Wasn’t this supposed to be all about social ties and petty 7.2kReads6.9Score177Shelves

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    No dragging things out; the story starts with college entrance exams, industrial development, and incidentally dealing with perverts. Single female lead, stable updates, feel free to check it out! ^_^

28. 128 新 A New Siheyuan, Starting with Never Bringing a Lunchbox 新四合院从不带饭盒开始 Lu Mangxiu卤莽休Male-Channel Fanfiction483k WordsCompleted A modern chef transmigrates into Silly Zhu from the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, arriving the day before the story begins. They still want to pin the stolen-chicken scandal on me? No way. I can use the courtyard meeting to cut ties with Qin Huairu’s family. I have a trade that earns me a living, a large five-room house, and all I need is a wife so I can settle down and live in peace. If Qin Huairu’s family can’t afford meat, what’s that got to do with me? The protagonist has a golden finger, 11.5kReads6.7Score348Shelves

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    This book has a reasonable plot and sound logic; it's neither mindless nor ridiculous. If you like stories about courtyard houses, you definitely should check it out.

29. 129 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, 1959, A Gentle World 四合院：开局五九，人间温柔 Dionysus狄俄尼索斯Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines] [No angst] [Teasing scumbags] In 1959, Gu Qing awakened memories from a past life and arrived at courtyard number 95 on Nanluoguxiang, a sacred site for transmigrators. At the same time, he awakened a cheat that let him fish for treasures from across the heavens. “Fishing reward: [World Tree]” “Fishing reward: [Conch Girl]” “Fishing reward: [Attack Speed Boots]” “Fishing reward: [Owl Sentry]” “Fishing reward: [Overlord’s Armor]” With such a comprehensive cheat, Gu Qing 127.6kReads7.5Score10.2kShelves

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    I recommend this book, *Siheyuan*.

30. 130 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as He Daqing and Was Blackmailed from the Start 四合院：穿越何大清，开局被要挟 Di Shu地术Male-Channel Fanfiction334k WordsCompleted Main character: He Daqing [Feel-good story + no saintly self-sacrifice + spiritual spring space + taking the initiative] A mercenary from the future transmigrates into He Daqing, Silly Zhu’s biological father! From the start, he faces a deadly trap laid for him by Deaf Granny, Yi Zhonghai, and White Widow working together... A honey trap? You all want to force me to leave the capital? Sorry, buddy. In my previous life, I was willing to risk my life on the battlefield for money. Do you really thi 10.8kReads6.4Score270Shelves

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    If you're looking for something to read, come and take a look!

31. 131 四 Siheyuan: The Cruelest He Yuzhu in History! 四合院：史上最狠何雨柱！ Di Shu地术Male-Channel Fanfiction489k WordsCompleted His soul transmigrates to 1952, where he rewrites the story of the animal-infested courtyard. He Yuzhu, who has come from another world, combines a pocket dimension with ruthless decisiveness and a calculating nature... The courtyard beasts: “Zhuzi, how can you hit an old person?” He Yuzhu: “You must be seeing things. Where’s the old person? Lord Zhu is clearly hitting a beast.” 491Reads7.1Score161Shelves
32. 132 四 Siheyuan: I Became the Patriarch from 1951! 四合院：从1951年开始当爷！ Di Shu地术Male-Channel Fanfiction205k WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + No humiliation + The whole courtyard is full of villains + Pocket-space golden finger + Founding a country overseas] After transmigrating as He Yuzhu, he immediately finds himself facing his father, He Daqing, who plans to run off with the family’s assets! Awakening an [Extreme Physique + Stasis Space], Silly Zhu turns on him at once: Leave the house deed! Leave the recipes! Split the money in half! Want to abandon your family and children? Not a chance! 13.9kReads8.0Score403Shelves
33. 133 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s with a Pocket Dimension to Become a Security Guard 穿越60带着空间当保安 No Good People in the Six Realms六界无好人Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Who am I? Where am I? Other people transmigrate, and so do I. They can crush the heavens, the earth, and everything in between. One burst of their kingly aura, and they get whatever they want. I transmigrated here and have nothing. I can’t even get enough to eat. I’m sixteen, but built like a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old. A gust of wind could blow me away. Where’s my System? Aren’t Systems standard issue for transmigrators? ... 86.2kReads8.5Score5.9kShelves
34. 134 四 Whether the Siheyuan Is in Chaos Is Up to Me, Xu Damao! 四合院乱不乱，我许大茂说了算！ Suisui the Bricklayer搬砖的碎碎Male-Channel Fanfiction395k WordsCompleted Whose family doesn’t have a few famous ancestors? Would the ancestors of my Xu family really stand by and let their descendants die out? Blessed by my ancestor’s favor, Xu Damao gets to live again. Give back what you took from me, and spit out what you ate! I’m going to make sure this whole Siheyuan doesn’t know a moment’s peace! If you want strength, I’ve got brains; if you want brains, I’ll play dirty! So, are you convinced or not? 3.5kReads6.4Score101Shelves

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35. 135 四 Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty Is Back 四合院：大清回来了 Suisui the Bricklayer搬砖的碎碎Male-Channel Fanfiction744k WordsCompleted 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! 17.1kReads8.5Score535Shelves
36. 136 傻 The Wonderful Life of Silly Zhu 傻柱的精彩人生 Suisui the Bricklayer搬砖的碎碎Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted “A sick mother, a gambling-addict father, a younger brother still in school, and a divorced woman.” Who wouldn’t feel sympathy for a young woman like that? I was just feeling a little sympathetic and trying to help her out of a difficult situation. Why did I have to transmigrate into this courtyard full of beasts? And into the body of one of the beasts, Silly Zhu, no less! Heaven is so unfair! 23.6kReads7.5Score923Shelves
37. 137 四 Siheyuan: My Hunting Life 四合院：我的狩猎生涯 Suisui the Bricklayer搬砖的碎碎Male-Channel Fanfiction783k WordsCompleted 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! 10.9kReads8.0Score364Shelves
38. 138 在 Life in the Siheyuan 在四合院里过日子 Suisui the Bricklayer搬砖的碎碎Male-Channel Fanfiction621k WordsCompleted 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 16.6kReads7.8Score535Shelves
39. 139 四 Siheyuan: Yan Jiecheng's Story Begins in 1947 四合院：闫解成从1947年开始 Forty Years Until I Reach the Station还有四十年到站Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing The protagonist transmigrates into Yan Jiecheng's body in 1947. These are chaotic times, and everyone is just trying to scrape by and stay alive. What? My dad is Yan the Skinflint? What? I froze to death? What? I have a golden finger? Then we're all set, boys. The good times are coming. 2.5kReads7.1Score9.8kShelves

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    A completely different courtyard house, but with a high IQ.

40. 140 从 Starting in 1948: The Sixth Brother’s Life of Adventure 从1948开始，老六的纵横人生 Forty Years Until I Reach the Station还有四十年到站Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Yu was once a top investment adviser who could move markets on Wall Street. After a car accident, he finds himself inhabiting the body of the eldest son of the Lin family in the Forty-Nine City of 1948. The moment he opens his eyes, he witnesses his entire family being slaughtered by rogue soldiers, and is himself run through the heart with a bayonet. At the brink of death, the Infinite Space System activates, granting him not only the abilities of a top special forces soldier from 2026, but 14.3kReads6.5Score912Shelves
41. 141 四 An Outsider in the Siheyuan 四合院局外人 Gao Fu高夫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Genius + Technology + Watching the Drama] Xiao Zhen, version 50, was forced back to the 1950s by the will of the cosmic singularity. But he arrived a little too early. His uncle, Xiao Zheng, had not yet died in action, and Xiao Zhen was still in his second year at Bashu Middle School. If nothing changed, Xiao Zhen knew that in 1953 he would get mixed up with the attention-seeking oddballs from the Siheyuan again. All Xiao Zhen wanted now was to save his uncle. He never wanted t 2.8kReads7.1Score101Shelves

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    Wow, 1.7 Million!

42. 142 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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    In this book, the Jia family of the Siheyuan (courtyard house) appears, but not extensively. The novel is well-written and the plot is very engaging.

43. 143 四 Siheyuan: I Have a Production Base 四合院我有个生产基地 Killer Instinct of the Recluse隐者杀机Male-Channel Fanfiction533k WordsCompleted After arriving in the world of the courtyard, Zhao Zhenhua realizes that not fighting over a house from the start is the sensible choice. The Deaf Old Lady’s background makes it unlikely she’s really a recipient of state support. Yi Zhonghai seems benevolent on the surface, but there’s no end to the dirty tricks he hides inside. As for Jia Zhangshi, it turns out she became so domineering because Yi Zhonghai pushed her to it. What should he do when the Deaf Old Lady starts scheming? Send her away 1.4kReads6.4Score105Shelves

    Reader note

    He doesn't steal houses or lend meat; he's not a family member of a martyr or a war hero living in a courtyard house; he doesn't fawn over the old deaf man, nor does he covet the Qinhuai River.

44. 144 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: From Raising Hell in Beijing to Hong Kong 穿越年代60：从京城癫到香港 Autumn of Heaven天之秋Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Ye Zhiqiu transmigrates to 1958. His dad is a useless second-generation rich kid and a total daughter-doting fool, while the shock of it all has turned his mom into a money-grubber! He also has a little brother who gets great grades but wants to be the boss. His youngest sister is only five, yet she's already vowed to freeload off her brother, not her parents, for the rest of her life! From a village to the capital, from working hard at a brewery to Hong Kong: life isn't all poetry and faraway p 2.1kReads7.3Score179Shelves

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    The pacing is well-controlled, the emotional details are well-developed, and the story is neither exaggerated, nor a harem story, nor mindless. It's worth careful reading; if you're looking for something to read, check it out—it's all been thoroughly reviewed by me.

45. 145 四 Siheyuan: The Electrician's Eventful Years 四合院：电工的峥嵘岁月 A Thread of Tenderness一丝一缕的温情Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing He transmigrates to a courtyard compound in 1960 and becomes an electrician for the neighborhood office. With a technology-focused System to boot, things get interesting from the start! Watch as the protagonist tries to live like a normal person in a courtyard compound that online readers have demonized beyond recognition. Low-key and cautious, with a focus on technology and everyday life, realistic paths to prosperity, family drama and petty squabbles, changing times, a warm family, and just th 49Reads6.7Score—Shelves
46. 146 来 Since I'm Here, I Might as Well Live It Up in the Sixties 来到来了，60年代也要浪一浪 Fallen Leaves in the South南方的落叶Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Song Yuwen transmigrated to 1959 and became Song Dabao, who had fallen into the water. He now had a big family, and every one of them was talented. Thanks to them, he avoided many detours in life. To make money, he started out fishing, then sold popsicles. After landing a job as a purchasing agent, he spent his days thinking about how to profit from black-market trading. By a stroke of luck, he even became a train security officer. And so Song Dabao began shuttling between the Northeast, Beijing 12.5kReads7.5Score885Shelves
47. 147 四 Learning Foreign Languages in the Siheyuan 四合院从学外语开始 Fang Qianshan放千山Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Fang Qingyun arrives in a Beijing courtyard in 1953. His enhanced physical strength from transmigrating and his gift for remembering everything he sees give him a head start in this era. Watch as Fang Qingyun improves his family’s living conditions and steadily rises through the ranks... 2.7kReads7.6Score179Shelves
48. 148 四 A Life of Formulas in the Siheyuan 四合院里的公式人生 Bitter Bamboo Shoots苦竹笋Male-Channel Fanfiction735k WordsCompleted A little man is born during the Republican era and lives through the Republic, the founding of the nation, and all the periods that follow. See how he makes his way from turbulent times into the new century. 16.2kReads6.7Score485Shelves
49. 149 四 Siheyuan: The Third Grandpa Is My Real Father 四合院：三大爷是我亲爹 Of the Xianghuang Family镶黄家的Male-Channel Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted A modern-day salesman transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and becomes Yan Bugui's biological son. In an era when food and clothing are scarce, he struggles to survive and make a better life. This is a story of everyday family life, with no pent-up hatred or deadly conflicts, just an ordinary man's hard work and perseverance. 18.7kReads9.1Score693Shelves

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    I recommend the latest book on courtyard houses; it's free of hostility and doesn't lower your intelligence.

50. 150 四 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai's Biological Son 四合院：我是易中海的亲儿子 Of the Xianghuang Family镶黄家的Male-Channel Fanfiction356k WordsCompleted A modern mechanical engineer transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and becomes Yi Zhonghai's biological son. With a son of his own, will Yi Zhonghai still scheme against others? Will Silly Zhu still become their meal ticket? Will Love in the Courtyard still turn into a courtyard full of beasts? Ordinary people just want enough to eat and warm clothes. There's no need for so much resentment or sinister scheming, just everyday family squabbles. In this backward era, do your best to help de 37.1kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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