Looking for Courtyard Novels, but Not About Steel Mill Workers, and Without an Idiot Plot 求四合院小说，不要轧钢厂工人的，不要降智太厉害

1. 151 两 Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九年 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban232k WordsOngoing No morals + a little cruelty to beasts + everyday life at the heart of it Su Tianci transmigrates to Beiping in 1948, where his daily life revolves around tormenting beasts. Our protagonist has no manners and often does things without playing fair. The main idea is simple: if I have no morals, you can't morally blackmail me... [Putting the facts aside, is the author wrong to want to earn a little more tuition money? We shouldn't think only of ourselves; we need to consider the author too. I've m 3.4kReads—Score21114d adds
2. 152 在 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.9kReads5.8Score33814d adds
3. 153 双 Double Crossing to the Sixties, Hauling in 2026 双穿六零，搬运2026 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban127k WordsOngoing Set aside your personal standards and enjoy a life without scruples. Refuse to wear yourself down with overthinking; when something happens, just lose it. Better to inconvenience others than make yourself miserable. Su Tianci from 2026 unexpectedly transmigrates to the materially deprived 1960s. Two vast eras now lie before him. 591Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 154 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and Now I'm a Refugee? 穿越六零，我成难民了？ Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Male-Channel Fanfiction114k WordsOngoing Drop your personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Reject pointless self-torment and go completely off the rails when something happens. Better to make trouble for others than suffer in silence. That was Su Tianci in 2026. He’d only joined a cycling club and wanted to talk about cycling technique. Who could have guessed he’d somehow fall off a cliff? When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the materially deprived 1960s. 1kReads—Score—14d adds
5. 155 两 Crossing Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban361k WordsOngoing Drop the pretense of being a decent person and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to waste your energy on inner turmoil; if something’s wrong, just lose it. Rather than make yourself suffer, make life difficult for someone else. That’s Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrates to Beiping on the eve of liberation. The booming economy of 2026 and the war-torn year of 1949: two vastly different eras lie before him. 5kReads5.8Score21614d adds
6. 156 我 I'm the Living King of Hell in the Siheyuan 我在四合院当活阎王 Sky-Splitting Gang Security Captain炸天帮保安队长Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted After transmigrating as a hotheaded soldier, I transfer to the capital, take a job at a steel mill, marry Liu Tianxian, and move into Courtyard No. 95. When trouble comes, I don’t waste time talking. I just get things done. In my domain, my rules are the rules. (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡) I crush everyone in my path and charge ahead without hesitation. Anyone who dares bully my wife, just you wait... 397Reads6.7Score10014d adds

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7. 157 四 Siheyuan: With Heaven-Defying Comprehension, I Carpet-Bomb the Place with Fuel-Air Explosives 四合院：悟性逆天，云爆弹洗地 A Mangosteen Durian一只山竹榴莲Male-Channel Fanfiction3.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + military industry System + wish-fulfillment story + siheyuan courtyard house + no self-righteous do-gooder + clean up the White Elephant with fuel-air bombs + beat up the scoundrels] After an accident, Lin Zhou is incredibly lucky to have his soul transmigrate to the 1960s. Bound to the strongest System of heaven-defying comprehension, he returns from studying in the Bear's territory with the entire arsenal of military technology at his fingertips. Taking on the mission of nation 520Reads6.1Score17714d adds

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   A time-traveling fantasy novel set in a courtyard house, featuring characters with extraordinary comprehension and high intelligence.

8. 158 四 Siheyuan: Cao Mengde of Nanluoguxiang 四合院：南锣鼓巷之【曹孟德】 Xuan Zhi宣之Male-Channel Fanfiction180k WordsOngoing [System] [Leads from period dramas set in the same era] [Multiple heroines, don’t read if you dislike that] Qi Yuan brings his memories from his previous life and transmigrates into this war-torn era as a newborn. From the time he can remember, he follows his old revolutionary grandmother as she travels from place to place. Only when he grows up and meets someone familiar does he realize that he has transmigrated into a parallel world set in that era. The war is over, and his grandmother is assi 22Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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