Siheyuan Stories Written by Engineers, So Reading Them Feels Guilt-Free 工程师写的四合院，看小说不愧疚
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- 101 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1958, I Just Want to Farm 四合院：开局五八，只想种田 [Transmigration + farming + courtyard drama + wish fulfillment + face-slapping + putting villains in their place] In the height of summer, Zhao Qingshan transmigrated and became a poor young man living in the suburbs in 1958. His family was dirt poor, his older brother had just died, and the whole family depended on him to hold things together. He thought he would have to survive on rough steamed buns and an empty stomach, but then the Divine Farming System awakened. With experiments in spatial —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Siheyuan: I Return from Studying Abroad to Fight the Eagles 四合院：抗鹰，我留学归来 [Transmigration + courtyard compound + military technology + System + power fantasy + taking down scumbags] Zhou Huaian, a top weapons designer, transmigrates to the early days of the Long Kingdom. The moment he steps off the train, he is assigned a home in a Beijing courtyard compound. Before he can even get comfortable, the courtyard's pests are already eyeing his house, his money, and his future. He thought they saw him as an easy target. Little did they know... “You only know how to fight ov 275Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 103 Siheyuan: Starting Out in 1949 with Heaven-Defying Comprehension 四合院：开局四九，悟性逆天 [10,000 words every day, with no breaks!] Li Mingyuan transmigrates to a parallel world, the Dragon Kingdom, and activates the Heaven-Defying Comprehension System. With just one look, he can master any technology! After returning from studying abroad, he stores precious technical materials in the System's space, easily evades inspection, and earns a Second-Class Merit as soon as he comes home with his Type 56 weapon design! The Ministry of Military Industry takes notice and arranges for him to l 21.8kReads7.1Score1.2kShelves
- 104 Siheyuan: A Research Genius from the Start at 61 四合院：开局61，科研大佬 Xu Zhiyuan inexplicably transmigrates into the body of a student at Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1961. He awakens the heaven-defying comprehension System. Ding! Continuous rolling mills unlocked. CNC machine tools unlocked. Ding! Computer technology unlocked. Mobile phone technology unlocked! Ding! Controlled nuclear fusion technology unlocked! But when he sees the name 1.8kReads5.8Score117Shelves
- 105 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1962, I Have Heaven-Defying Comprehension 四合院：开局62年，悟性逆天 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + period setting + technological powerhouse + putting bullies in their place + advancing science and technology + one heroine + developing the nation] Beat the bullies. If they wrong you, get even. A five-strike combo twists Jia Zhangshi’s mouth out of shape. Beat Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi until they’re singing love songs together. Use a parry, grab, and throw to break He Yuzhu’s hand. Teach Xu Damao a groin kick that smashes He Yuzhu’s balls. After scanning a QR 132Reads7.9Score125Shelves
- 106 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 [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 520Reads6.1Score177Shelves
- 107 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: On My Wedding Night, I'm Sent Next Door to Stay 穿书七零：新婚夜被送到隔壁借宿 [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + beloved by all + devoted couple + no golden finger] On the day of her wedding, Lin Jianchun is suspected of bringing bad luck to her mother-in-law, so her new husband sends her to spend the night at the Lu family’s house next door. Unexpectedly, the owner of the bed comes home in the middle of the night… That’s when she transmigrates into the story. Remembering that she was punished with transmigration just for cursing out the author, 21.8kReads8.9Score5.8kShelves
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Siheyuan: Earn Merit, Rise Through the Ranks, and Let Others Do Your Dirty Work 四合院：立功升官，擅长借刀杀人
Turning enemies against each other + planning before acting + a short temper + repeatedly earning extraordinary merit + enjoying life + courtyard life From the start, Silly Zhu wants to give half of the big fish from Zhao Hao’s home to Qin Huairu, then divide the rest among everyone in the courtyard. He cleverly resolves the problem. He has to get back at Silly Zhu, making sure he never finds a wife for the rest of his life. He also makes iron underwear for Xu Damao and teaches him martial arts,
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- 109 Siheyuan: In Less Than Six Months, I Gathered Enough for a Mahjong Table 四合院：不到半年，凑齐一桌麻将 2.2kReads5.9Score105Shelves
- 110 Starting in the 1950s: Hunting, Raising Kids, Wooing Women, and Fighting the Beastly Neighbors 五十年代开局：打猎养娃撩妹斗禽 Check out my profile for my new book. Thanks! Courtyard setting + fan fiction + transmigration + male-oriented spin-off Zhao Shisan helped his female friend fix her drain. As he climbed out the window to escape, his foot slipped and he wound up in the world of Love in the Courtyard. His previous life had been too ordinary. This time, he wanted to live gloriously, wielding power over the world by day and sleeping in the arms of beautiful women by night. First, he set himself a modest goal: own te 2.9kReads6.9Score101Shelves
- 111 Siheyuan: My Brother-in-Law Silly Zhu Wants to Borrow Grain? Give Him a Beating 四合院：大舅哥傻柱要借粮？揍他 Jiang Tai transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and saves He Yushui from drowning. After giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he becomes Silly Zhu’s brother-in-law! Now that things have come to this, the bewildered Jiang Tai can only go along with it! To keep his brother-in-law from freezing to death under a bridge, Jiang Tai reluctantly sets about correcting Silly Zhu’s pathetic doormat behavior! One word: “Do it.” Two words: “Beat him up.” Three words: “Knock them all down!” 352Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: Transmigrating as He Yuzhu, I Buy a House from the Start 四合院：穿越何雨柱，开局买房 He Yuzhu wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become the well-known protagonist, Silly Zhu. But as soon as he opens his eyes, he learns some bad news: his father, He Daqing, has run off to Baicheng with a widow, and has been gone for half a year. His family has suddenly lost its backbone. More importantly, the original He Yuzhu has not yet started working at the future Red Star Steelworks, so the pressures of life and the uncertainty of what lies 18.3kReads5.4Score328Shelves
- 113 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Why Does Your Brother Beat You Up Every Day? 四合院：傻柱你哥咋天天揍你？ [Moderate violence] [Turning Silly Zhu and Yushui’s lives around] [Rebuilding the family’s values] He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as Silly Zhu’s “short-lived” older brother! After returning from the battlefield, he turns his younger siblings’ lives around. His younger brother, He Yuzhu, is exploited by the whole courtyard and still acts like a pathetic simp. He Weiguo has just one word for him: “A beating!” He’ll beat some sense into him! His younger sister, He Yushui, has suffered 55.1kReads8.1Score3.6kShelves
- 114 Siheyuan: Sending Yi Zhonghai to the Great Northwest from the Start 四合院：：开局送易中海去大西北 Spring 1961, and it was once again the breeding season for those beasts. Zhang Anping transmigrated into a courtyard home and discovered that his parents were senior engineers sent to assist in the west. They had been mailing him 150 yuan every month, but he hadn't received a single cent in six years. Familiar with life in the courtyard, Zhang Anping immediately called the police. Yi Zhonghai finally panicked. 45.1kReads7.6Score1.9kShelves
- 115 I Transmigrated into Silly Zhu and Stole Lou Xiao’e from Him 穿越成傻柱，我截胡娄晓娥 A master chef gets an unexpected stroke of luck and is reborn as the young He Yuzhu. Watch him win people over, outsmart the courtyard's schemers, and enjoy the carefree, 'wonderful' life of the Siheyuan, while making them regret their actions every day. 13.9kReads6.3Score611Shelves
- 116 Siheyuan: From the Start as Liu Guangtian, I Beat Liu Guangqi to a Pulp 四合院：刘光天开局，暴打刘光奇 The hapless Liu Guangtian transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. His parents already favor Liu Guangqi, and to make matters worse, Liu Guangqi is a two-faced schemer. Most of the beatings Liu Guangfu and he took as kids were because they got blamed for that bastard Liu Guangqi’s misdeeds. To hell with this! I can’t stand another day of this miserable life! Liu Guangtian grabs his younger brother by the hand. “Guangfu, what are you afraid of? From now on, your big brother will show you a diffe 26.5kReads7.6Score1.4kShelves
- 117 Siheyuan: The Story She and I Had to Tell 四合院之我与她不得不说的故事 (The rating just came out, so it's a bit low. It'll go up.) He transmigrates to the world of the courtyard and gains a pocket world. He puts the beasts in their place, with no unnecessary drama, just one satisfying story after another. Of course, there'll be a little romance too. 1.2kReads5.5Score100Shelves
- 118 Siheyuan: Something's Off About He Yushui 四合院之这个何雨水不对劲 Zhang Feng fell silent as Yushui unleashed her full fury. The courtyard was still the same old courtyard, but if He Yushui was still the same old He Yushui, he'd write her name backwards! Heh, just sit back and enjoy the show. 3.1kReads6.2Score102Shelves
- 119 Siheyuan: My Mother-in-Law Chose My Happy Life 四合院：丈母娘选我的幸福生活 Lin Yang transmigrates into the frail, sickly character who never existed in the world of the Siheyuan. Orphaned at fifteen, he and his older sister, Lin Yue, have only each other. Fortunately, before transmigrating, he gained a golden finger that healed his body. While out hunting beyond the city, he rescues a girl from drowning by the river. After giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he and the girl walk down the aisle together, setting off a series of stories. 33.2kReads7.6Score1.9kShelves
- 120 Siheyuan: I Move Out from the Start, Leaving the Courtyard Animals Stunned 四合院：开局搬走，众禽麻了 Lin Hai, a young man from a later era, transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house. Knowing full well that this menagerie of a compound is no place to stay, he moves out from the start without a moment's hesitation. Yi Zhonghai: “Lin Hai, could you empty the old lady's chamber pot for me…” Jia Zhangshi: “Lin Hai, my family is having money troubles. Could you donate a few dozen yuan…” Qin Huairu: “These steamed buns just came out of the steamer and are still hot. How about letting Banggen 34.1kReads5.4Score935Shelves
- 121 Siheyuan: Seeing the Scheme Through to the End 四合院之将截胡进行到底 [Multiple female leads, not for everyone] [Protagonists from various TV dramas collide, each with their own protagonist aura] [Disinfecting with iodine while whipping] Siheyuan, Zhengyang Gate, People Are Like Iron, Glorious Times, The Great New Era, Golden Wedding, Hutong, The Qiao Family Children... In the Name of the People, Ordinary Years, The War Between Two Women] [System for stealing female leads, self-interest, do-gooders, stay away] [No original female leads, characters from other stori 195.9kReads9.0Score13.2kShelves
- 122 Siheyuan: Five Tiger Sons at Home, Keeping the Vermin in Check 四合院：家有五虎，镇压众禽 The Lin family's five tough guys moved into the courtyard house, and everyone had better behave, or the five Lin brothers wouldn't hold back. With the five Lin brothers around, Jia Zhangshi no longer dared to summon spirits, Yi Zhonghai no longer dared to control the courtyard, and Silly Zhu finally behaved himself. 8.5kReads5.6Score322Shelves
- 123 Siheyuan: Getting a Farm from the Start and Leaving the Steel Mill 四合院：开局获农场，离开轧钢厂 Zhao Qi transmigrated into the world of the courtyard-house drama and became a purchasing agent at Hongxing Steelworks. He completed his assignment perfectly and was about to be rewarded by the factory when Li Huaide and the other schemers stabbed him in the back, claiming that the goods he’d purchased had come from shady sources! The reward went to someone else. Just then, Zhao Qi awakened memories of his past life and received a spatial farm as a reward from the System! “Fine, so that’s how yo 22.1kReads5.4Score899Shelves
- 124 Siheyuan: Beautiful, Don’t Be Like That 四合院：美女别这样 [Courtyard Life + Multiple Female Leads + Decisive Actions + System] After transmigrating as a new resident in the courtyard who was being bullied to death by the old folks expecting him to support them, he reports them to the police and gets Jia Zhangshi sent to the firing squad, while Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui are thrown in jail. He blocks the entrance to Deaf Granny’s home and eats egg cakes, making the old hag shriek with envy. Can helping others really earn rewards? How does 66.9kReads7.3Score4.3kShelves
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Siheyuan: I'm He Yushui's Older Brother 四合院：我是何雨水哥哥
[Courtyard setting + Silly Zhu + He Yuzhu + He Yuzhu’s older brother + no System + one female lead + period setting + a little hot-tempered, but not too much + won’t take a loss or let others push him around] My name is He Gaoheng. I’ve never trained in martial arts and couldn’t even hurt a chicken with my bare hands!!! One day, I transmigrated and became He Gaoheng, the older brother of Silly Zhu from the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang! He Daqing, the He family’s pillar, ran off, leaving the
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- 126 Siheyuan: Zhuzi Marries Li Xiuzhi, a Girl from Sichuan and Chongqing 四合院：柱子娶川渝妹子李秀芝 [Reborn + revenge + feel-good fiction + settling scores + courtyard compound + period feel-good fiction + one heroine + devoted husband + fiercely protective husband] P.S. A Sichuan girl's gentleness is at 100%. Li Xiuzhi took 97% of it with her when she fled the famine. All that's left is: “I'll count to three.” I, He Yuzhu, have crawled back from hell! In my previous life, Yi Zhonghai schemed to make me support him in old age, Liu Haizhong abused his authority to bully me, Yan Bugui nickeled a 5.3kReads5.4Score199Shelves
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Siheyuan: Back to 1960, Starting in the Security Division 四合院：回到六零，从保卫科开始
A new work is out! You can read my story on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Siheyuan: World-Famous Doctors Vie to Hand Me Their Scalpels 四合院：世界名医争相递手术刀
The story takes time to set things up at first, then the thrills kick in after chapter 20. The protagonist travels all over the world, bringing new technology to his country... The everyday setting is mainly Love in the Courtyard, with some original characters added. Those who haven’t watched the TV series can still enjoy the story... There are multiple female leads. Later, the protagonist will experience three major ups and downs in life because of romantic troubles... Shen Yanqing woke up to d
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Reborn as He Yushui: Little Cop, Hurry Up and Wash My Feet 魂穿何雨水小警察快来给本宫洗脚
He Xiaoyu, a mechanical engineer, suddenly died after working late night after night to finish technical drawings. When she opened her eyes again, she had become an eight-year-old girl named He Yushui, a pitiful little character with barely any presence, swept along by fate in the story of Love in the Courtyard, which she'd stayed up late reading. Looking at the small, thin figure in the mirror, He Xiaoyu took a deep breath. Since heaven had given her another chance at life, she would never let
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- 130 A Writer's Soul Reincarnates as Silly Zhu, Living However He Pleases 写手魂穿傻柱之随心所欲 He Yuzhu woke up in the body of Silly Zhu from the Siheyuan, determined not to repeat his past mistakes. But when Qin Huairu came over looking pitiful to borrow some food, he lost his head for a moment and pulled her inside. As he was feeling refreshed and getting his memories straight, he suddenly realized it was 1958. Jia Dongxu was still alive, and Qin Huairu wasn’t a widow yet! Just then, Jia Dongxu’s anxious shouts came from outside the door: “Huairu! Huairu, where are you?” 32Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 131 Xu Damao, the First-Blood Champion 一血达人许大茂 Crossing Between Worlds: Xu Damao's Modern Comeback Xu Damao, a top literature student, couldn't find a job after graduation and became obsessed with the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He especially envied the womanizing, cunning “Xu Damao,” jokingly calling him a master of getting women into bed. Then one day, he transmigrated and became the very Xu Damao he “admired,” just as he was about to marry the wealthy Lou Xiao'e! Faced with a courtyard full of beastly neighbors, including the calc 2.2kReads5.7Score129Shelves
- 132 I’m Really Not a Scumbag Pillar 我真不是渣柱 Zhang Baoshi, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly finds his soul transported into the body of Silly Zhu, a sixteen-year-old character from Love in the Courtyard. Having read plenty of fanfiction, he immediately swoops in on Qin Huairu and activates a pocket-dimension System, hoping to live a quiet life. But fate has other plans: Qin Huairu ends up marrying Jia Dongxu, leaving him utterly disheartened. Remembering how the Jia family drained him dry in the original story, until he froz 31Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 133 Reincarnated as He Daqing, I Marry Huairu and Change My Foolish Son's Fate 魂穿何大清娶淮茹为傻儿子改命 “Seven-character Regulated Verse: Reflections on Transmigrating into He Daqing” Within the courtyard, schemes bring both warmth and woe; Reborn, one hand can turn grief to joy. With clever plans, grain and meat nourish a thousand heirs; Careful mending brings two phoenixes together beneath love’s sky. Hidden talents flourish amid the bustle of the streets; A home rich in virtue opens a new path. Looking back at the lights and kitchen smoke, The He family’s branches thrive, leaning on the railing 3.2kReads6.6Score108Shelves
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I Thought I Was the Protagonist, but Turns Out I’m Just an Extra 以为是主角，谁知是个打酱油的
Thought I was the protagonist, but it turns out I'm just a bit player
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- 135 Siheyuan: Our Damai Won’t Take This Lying Down 四合院：咱大茂绝不憋屈 Siheyuan: Our Da Mao refuses to be pushed around 211Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, We’ll Get Revenge for You 四合院：傻柱，这仇咱替你报了 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, we'll help you get your revenge 901Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Reborn in the 1960s, I Made the System My Godfather. Who’d Eat Rotten Meat Now? 重生60年代，拜系统为义父，谁还吃臭肉 Reborn in the 1960s, I take the System as my godfather. Who still eats rotten meat? 142Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The Apocalypse Doesn’t Exist, Because I’m Mentally Ill 末日，不存在的，因为我是精神病 The apocalypse doesn't exist, because I'm mentally ill 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 High Martial: System 250, My Qi and Blood Are Soaring 高武：系统250，气血嘎嘎涨 High Martial: System 250, my blood energy is surging 141Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 Is Cultivating Immortality Hard? You Can Do It with Just Your Hands 修仙难吗？还不是有手就行 Is cultivating immortality hard? You can do it as long as you have hands 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 Siheyuan: The Simp Killed the White Lotus, All in the Name of Harmony 四合院：舔狗杀了白莲花，主打一个和睦 Siheyuan: The simp kills the white lotus, all in the name of harmony 196Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 I Came Here to Fight for the Emperor’s Favor, So Why Are You Making Me Fight Zombies? 我是来宫斗的，你却让我打僵尸 I came here to fight palace intrigue, but you want me to fight zombies. 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 I Transmigrated with a Braised Egg and Became a Princess in the Continent of Hanyue 穿越，带着卤蛋当公主，大陆翰月 Transmigrate, bring a braised egg and become a princess, on the Hanyue Continent 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 After Seven Rebirths, I Was Spoiled Rotten, Yu Yutianmo 七次重生后我被宠上天雨宇天墨 After Being Reborn Seven Times, I Was Doted on by Everyone, by Yu Yutianmo 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 When the Game Descended, the Simp Awakened and Became Invincible 游戏降临，舔狗觉醒后无敌了 The game arrives, and after the simp awakens, he becomes invincible 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Rui Guan: The Void 瑞冠虚无 I was born in the central Hebei plain in 1922. Ever since I was little, demons and monsters had their eyes on me, but luckily an old woman secretly protected me. On my seventh birthday, a cat's piercing cry rang through the sky... From that day on, I embarked on a strange and dazzling path into the void! This is my true story. You can also read it as a novel, but don't connect it to reality, because this is a parallel world. 114Reads—Score—Shelves
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