A Warm and Funny Siheyuan Story Without All the Hostility 不要戾气的四合院，温情搞笑的就行

1. 1 四 I Can Pick Up Attributes in the Siheyuan 四合院我能捡属性 Crab Chat蟹蟹侃Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted With Chen Ping'an's arrival, the 95 Courtyard gets a new name. Reporting, shenanigans, stealing someone’s girl, the supernatural, spies, and the courtyard Chen Ping'an: Old Yi, to this day you still refuse to call me Third Uncle. Second Uncle: The roc rises on a mighty wind, soaring nine kilometers into the clouds. Xu Damao: Ping'an, help me keep Sha Zhu off my back. When I went to the countryside the day before yesterday, a villager even gave me two old hens. Granny Jia: Ping'an, do you think t 22.4kReads6.8Score1kShelves

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   These are all courtyard-themed novels without any violence. Ultimately, everyone in that era was just trying to make a living. Some of the calculations were far less brutal than the murderous depictions in fanfiction. These few are less violent and more normal.

2. 2 四 Siheyuan: Wang Dapeng the Jester's Happy Life 四合院，乐子人王大鹏的快乐人生 Number One Water Fish水鱼一号Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted A hilarious, low-conflict period piece set in a Beijing courtyard, with a scheming protagonist, a professional troublemaker, and a real scoundrel's way of doing things. Wang Dapeng transmigrates into a courtyard full of villains, where he goes head-to-head with the residents and discovers that his reputation is taking a hit. His motto is: if you can't adapt to your surroundings, make them adapt to you. If you get soaked, don't let your opponents have umbrellas. So Wang Dapeng decides to make sur 59.4kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
3. 3 四 Siheyuan: I Won't Put Up with the Slightest Grievance 四合院：受不得一点委屈 Quiet Crab安静的螃蟹Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing [Divine Doctor] [Trickster] [Humorous] [Laid-Back] [System Lottery] [Leisurely] All he wanted was to keep a low profile and coast through life in the Siheyuan neighborhood. But when the troublesome neighbors refuse to behave, he won’t hold back! 22.7kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
4. 4 四 Siheyuan: Good Fortune Shines on Me, Liu Guanghong 四合院洪福齐天我是刘光洪 Have a Bowl of Water, Then We'll Talk喝碗告水再说Male-Channel Fanfiction108k WordsOngoing No pent-up rage, just a troublemaker quietly building strength and stirring things up. Everyone is a friend. He can’t stand leaving the courtyard bullies unpunished, and he’s determined to lead the whole courtyard astray. After suddenly transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Liu Guanghong, Liu Haizhong’s previously nonexistent youngest son, isn’t out for blood. As he grows up, everyone in the courtyard is a good person, thanks to his awakening the Favor Rewards System for Residents of No. 95 69Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 四 Siheyuan: Round Them All Up and Take Them to the Security Office 四合院：全都抓进保卫科 Lingran7泠然7Male-Channel Fanfiction576k WordsCompleted After taking off his military uniform, Zhou Zhenhua returns to civilian life and settles in an ordinary Beijing courtyard house. He wants neither great wealth nor fame, only a peaceful life. Unfortunately, everyone around him is calculating and insatiably greedy, repeatedly showing up to bully him and demand favors. But when enough is enough, enough is enough. This tough-as-nails veteran stops taking things in stride and strikes back at every scheme with thunderous force. He takes on one opponen 31.3kReads6.2Score1.4kShelves
6. 6 四 Siheyuan: You Abandoned Your Father? I’ll Send Him Straight to the Military Administration Committee 四合院：弃养？反手送父上军管会 Lingran7泠然7Male-Channel Fanfiction667k WordsCompleted The moment He Yuze transmigrated into He Yuzhu, he had no time to experience life as the whole courtyard's punching bag. He took the proof of abandonment and hauled He Daqing straight to the Military Control Commission. His own father wanted to shirk responsibility? Not a chance! Then the System dropped a learning buff on him, and his cooking, appraisal, medical, and other skills skyrocketed. Now look at the courtyard's scheming residents: Yi Zhonghai tried to guilt-trip him with moral lectures? 35kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
7. 7 开 From the Start, a Mute Files a Petition to the Emperor, His Fists Subdue the Beasts of the Courtyard 开局哑巴告御状，拳压四合众禽伏 Lingran7泠然7Male-Channel Fanfiction447k WordsCompleted The silent are the loudest of all. Modern young man Zhou Jin transmigrates into a mute in a Siheyuan. From the start, he puts up a big-character poster and takes his grievance straight to the top! He cannot speak, but his pen is as sharp as a blade. On his very first day, he sends “Virtue Incarnate” Yi Zhonghai, “Necromancer” Jia Zhangshi, “Siheyuan War God” Silly Zhu, “White Lotus” Qin Huairu, “Power-Hungry Fathead Fish” Liu Haizhong, and “Human Abacus” Yan Bugui to prison, leaving the whol 15.4kReads6.4Score546Shelves
8. 8 四 Siheyuan: Returning from a Mass Grave, I Slaughter the Entire Courtyard 四合院：从乱葬岗归来，血洗全院 Lingran7泠然7Male-Channel Fanfiction524k WordsCompleted A truck sends Zhou Han into the animal-infested courtyard house. The moment he opens his eyes, Silly Zhu frames him for stealing a chicken. The courtyard’s beasts beat him up and dump him in a mass grave to fend for himself. At death’s door, the System activates and forcibly keeps him alive, bringing him back from the brink. From then on, Zhou Han is no more. In his place is a vengeful ghost who crawled back from the underworld to claim lives. Granny Deaf, Silly Zhu, the Qin Huairu family, Jia Z 14.6kReads6.4Score424Shelves
9. 9 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Sent Jia's Mother and Son to Prison 四合院：开局送贾家母子入狱 Lingran7泠然7Male-Channel Fanfiction297k WordsOngoing After Zhao Genshuo is beaten and has his home stolen from him, he awakens a Spirit Spring Space. He turns the tables on Yi Zhonghai, extorts 700 yuan in compensation, and sends Jia Zhangshi and her son Jia Dongxu to prison. He keeps a record of every scheme pulled by the vicious people in the courtyard, who would devour you without even spitting out the bones. Relying on the Spirit Spring, he steadily builds up his wealth and proceeds one careful step at a time, settling every old score as he li 8.3kReads—Score451Shelves
10. 10 四 Siheyuan: My Cousin Is a Charlatan 四合院：我表哥是神棍 Alloy Bar Head合金杠头Male-Channel Fanfiction516k WordsCompleted A pretty ordinary book, just something to cheer you up and chase away the boredom in your spare time. If it makes you laugh, then it was worth writing. If it leaves you fuming, let me apologize in advance. I'm really sorry to have offended your eyes. Thank you. 181kReads8.6Score14.9kShelves

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    I dare say this book surpasses all the books in this post. It's devoid of hostility, the writing is superb, and the tens of thousands of hours of reading time are absolutely worthwhile.

11. 11 开 From the Start, I Brought My Seven Younger Siblings to Seek Help from Yi Zhonghai 开局带七个弟弟妹妹投奔易中海 Amateur Trader业余盘手Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing The rating is out, and it is sure to rise over time. This is a period novel, with absolutely no cultivation. The golden finger is just for show. A name from his uncle's household was dragged from the depths of Yi Zhongding's memory. At the center of countless worlds and transmigrators stood Love in the Courtyard, home to a Daoist sage of morality, an eighth-grade fitter, and a master of elder care. Yi Zhonghai was the eldest son of Yi Zhongding's uncle, Yi Shidan! As Yi Zhongding thought about t 5.8kReads7.8Score301Shelves

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    It has to be this lighthearted, heartwarming, and non-aggressive book.

12. 12 四 Siheyuan: They Call Me Ma the King of Hell 四合院：大家叫我马阎王 Spring on the Branches春在枝头Male-Channel Fanfiction316k WordsCompleted Ma Dajun transmigrates into the world of the siheyuan and becomes the steel mill’s doctor, embarking on an extraordinary life. A brilliant doctor outside the courtyard, a shameless rascal inside it. Silly Zhu: “First Uncle, why would you go provoking that living King of Hell? You must have too much time on your hands!!!” Jia Zhangshi: “Old Jia! Get up here and take that short-lived, rotten scoundrel away! The one with bad karma coming out of every pore!” Xu Damao: “Dajun’s my good buddy. We’re a 2.7kReads5.5Score101Shelves

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    This story is devoid of violence; the protagonist simply enjoys playing pranks, but never goes too far, and there are no bloody scenes.

13. 13 四 Siheyuan: Seeing the Scheme Through to the End 四合院之将截胡进行到底 Little Mo of South City南城小陌Male-Channel Fanfiction6.0M WordsOngoing [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

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    The best courtyard house fanfiction ever! I've read it three times. It's practically another chaotic battleground of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms. Those with short lives wouldn't survive three days in Courtyard No. 95! It truly is Courtyard No. 95—Come if you're lucky!

14. 14 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

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    I read all of these books in their entirety myself. The writing is excellent, with very little harshness, perfectly capturing the spirit of the era and leaning towards a warm and gentle tone. There might be minor conflicts, but none of them involve any truly agonizing or cruel plots. All of these books are light and enjoyable to read. Highly recommended!

15. 15 四 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of an Eighth-Grade Worker 四合院之八级工的幸福生活 Divine Words Yu101神言羽101Male-Channel Fanfiction937k WordsCompleted This novel has no System and no over-the-top melodrama, and things are relatively harmonious. Synopsis: Lin Yu transmigrates into a courtyard in the 1950s and gets a terrible start. Through his own hard work, he gradually becomes an eighth-grade worker and gives his family a happy life. 47.9kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves
16. 16 四 After Graduating from College, I Started Working as a Technician at a Factory in the Siheyuan 四合院大学毕业进厂当了技术员 Loves Watermelon Milk Tea爱吃西瓜奶茶Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Liu Qingshan, a young man of the new era, transmigrates to the fiery-red years. The fusion of his two lives gives him an extraordinary brain, but how is he supposed to get by without a System? This courtyard is full of people who are anything but decent. Luckily, his parents are alive, and he has an older brother and sister. 31.8kReads7.7Score990Shelves
17. 17 四 Siheyuan: Li Xiuyu's Era 四合院：李修禹的年代史 Jujube Tree on the Cliff崖上的酸枣树Male-Channel Fanfiction760k WordsCompleted One heroine + everyday life + security department + cozy courtyard + no angst A courtyard house, carved windows, drooping green willows, and red begonias. Inside the imperial city, grand mansions with flying dragons carved in stone and phoenixes winding around pillars, jade-green tiles adorned with auspicious beasts gazing up at the sky. The story begins in a courtyard house in 1959. 21.5kReads8.2Score566Shelves
18. 18 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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    Two masterpieces, though their ratings aren't high, are somewhat like the legendary sweeping monk—super awesome.

19. 19 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
20. 20 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

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    The first book features He Yushui as the female lead, and the second features Qin Huairu. Both have extremely low ratings; you can check them out if you can tolerate that.

21. 21 四 Siheyuan: Good Fortune Brings Me a New Life 四合院：大运送我新生 Lao San Loves Baby Mandarins老三爱吃耙耙柑Male-Channel Fanfiction446k WordsCompleted A long-haul truck driver transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard compound in 1949, where he experiences the everyday ups and downs of family life in that era. This is a story about trying to fit into the times and witnessing them firsthand. 10.1kReads8.1Score288Shelves
22. 22 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
23. 23 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Ruined the White Lotus's Face 四合院：开局毁了白莲花脸 Baling Loves Sour Plum Tea爱吃乌梅茶的霸凌Male-Channel Fanfiction336k WordsOngoing [Mindless wish-fulfillment + intense hostility + tormenting the vermin + scheming + everyone is evil + not one gets away] In 1961, Sun Dazhuang transmigrates into a new resident of a Beijing courtyard, a man beaten to death by the neighborhood’s old-age-care clique. He hits back by beating Silly Zhu into having no heirs and disfiguring Qin’s face, and that’s just the beginning! Watch him take revenge to the extreme, strip the vermin of what they care about most, and then slaughter them! 3.7kReads5.8Score102Shelves
24. 24 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Castrate Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局阉了贾东旭 Quiet Night Thoughts a静静静夜思aMale-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing Zhang Feng, an outstanding young man of the twenty-first century, is sent to the 1950s by more than a dozen tractor-trailers. He doesn't realize that this is the legendary world of Birds Fill the Courtyard until he arrives in the capital in 1959. On his very first day after moving in, he castrates Jia Dongxu. At the residents' meeting, he even publicly calls on everyone to leave Yi Zhonghai without an heir. 43kReads6.6Score2.3kShelves
25. 25 四 Siheyuan: I Built My Fortune by Breaking People’s Legs 四合院：我靠打断别人腿发家致富 Pudding Bunny Bunny Bunny布丁兔兔兔Male-Channel Fanfiction697k WordsCompleted Zhang Yifan transmigrates into the original host, whose legs were broken by Silly Zhu for refusing to lend Qin Huairu some meat, and merges with the host's soul. Zhang Yifan becomes a leg-breaking maniac, repeatedly staging leg-breaking incidents in the courtyard compound. From then on, everyone there lives in fear. Zhang Yifan not only avenges the original host, but also acquires supplies and skills, making his life more and more comfortable. 9.3kReads6.4Score466Shelves
26. 26 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

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    Ordinary daily life, quite heartwarming.

27. 27 四 Siheyuan: The Short-Tempered Big Brother Slaughters the Entire Courtyard 四合院：暴躁老哥，杀穿全院 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 14.4kReads8.2Score458Shelves
28. 28 四 Siheyuan: A Tough Guy Moves In 四合院：狠人进院 Seven-Inch Light-Year 112七寸光年112Male-Channel Fanfiction218k WordsCompleted Old Wang, who lived in a Beijing courtyard house, died suddenly of a heart attack. When the steel mill looked into his affairs, they discovered he had a nephew, Wang Tiezheng, living in the Northeast. And so, completely bewildered, Wang Tiezheng crossed through time and space, then somehow blundered into life in a courtyard full of vile characters! 44.7kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves
29. 29 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
30. 30 四 Siheyuan: Lock Down Yi Zhonghai and the Jia Family from the Start 四合院：开局锁死易中海和贾家 Citong2016刺桐2016Male-Channel Fanfiction358k WordsCompleted Take the initiative and put those courtyard pests in their place; Drop all pretense of personal virtue and enjoy a shameless life; Refuse to waste energy worrying, and go absolutely wild when trouble comes; Rather than make yourself suffer, make things difficult for others; When faced with a courtyard full of pests, the only answer is to strike first... 22.4kReads6.6Score991Shelves
31. 31 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
32. 32 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
33. 33 四 Siheyuan: A Veterinarian from the Start, Giving Everyone in the Courtyard a Vasectomy 四合院：兽医开局，帮全院净身 Great Grandpa Daoist Venerable道德天尊一大爷Male-Channel Fanfiction463k WordsOngoing I transmigrated into the world of "The Birds Fill the Courtyard" and became a veterinarian who goes to the countryside to castrate pigs. Others rely on their skills after transmigrating. I rely on a pig-castrating knife. Bound to the Great Love of Humanity System, my mission is to change the fates of all the birds and beasts. So I castrated Silly Zhu with one swipe. Zhu, don't hate me. I'm saving your life! The System rewards came through, and the whole courtyard of beasts trembled in fear. From 72kReads8.1Score5.3kShelves
34. 34 四 Siheyuan Veteran: From the Start, I Travel a Thousand Miles to Find My Uncle? 四合院老司机：开局千里寻舅？ Laughing at Heaven in the Mortal World红尘向天笑Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [A story of social change and an ensemble cast wearing the trappings of a courtyard-house novel... Not a fast-paced power fantasy] A down-and-out young man from modern times has his soul transported to 1955. What? I've become a penniless drifter fleeing famine, and I'm blind? I've got a System... Nice! What? To activate it, I have to survive in the wilderness for a thousand miles... WTF? The activation reward is a driver's job... I can do that! What? The setting is Love in the Courtyard... Good 20.3kReads6.8Score807Shelves

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35. 35 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
36. 36 八 The Splendor of the Eighties: A Procurement Officer’s Treasure-Hunting Adventures 八零锦绣：采购员空间寻宝路 That Mountain's Space Dinosaur Zetton那山的宇宙恐龙杰顿Male-Channel Fanfiction87k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 四 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, the Ultimate Schemer 四合院：重生傻柱，终极老六 Peng Xiaotao彭小涛Male-Channel Fanfiction2.5M WordsOngoing "Bang, bang, bang!" "Silly Zhu, get up! It's time for the meeting! Why is your door still shut?" "All right!" Half asleep, He Yuzhu heard Yi Zhonghai banging on his door. He answered irritably and sat up in bed. He rubbed his tired eyes and looked at the sunlight outside the window, only then realizing that it was already evening. He had slept through quite a long nap. He washed his face, gulped down a glass of cold water to stave off his hunger, then carried a small stool out of the house. He t 32.5kReads6.9Score1.9kShelves
38. 38 四 Siheyuan: A Delivery Rider Transmigrates and Lives Happily Ever After 四合院：骑手穿越，快乐一生 Today's Wind Is Calm Too今天的风也很平静Male-Channel Fanfiction306k WordsCompleted A solemn promise: 1. No demonizing characters. 2. Characters act in their own self-interest. 3. No letters of forgiveness. Food delivery rider Wang Ping transmigrates into the world of a 1951 courtyard drama, becoming Wang Ping, a second-grade fitter at a steelworks whose parents are both dead. He lives in the east wing of the front courtyard of the Red Star compound. His uncle is a workshop director at the Shijingshan Steel Plant. With a portable space and a golden finger that gives him immense 4.9kReads—Score120Shelves

    Reader note

    A new book released in September, focusing on everyday family life, devoid of hostility, without letters of forgiveness, and without demonizing the original characters in the courtyard house. Everyone in the novel acts out of self-interest. Interested readers may want to check it out.

39. 39 四 Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian's Carefree Life 四合院：刘光天的逍遥人生 Not Sweet, Not Salty不甜不要咸Male-Channel Fanfiction536k WordsCompleted Liu Guangtian transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house, just after the end of public-private partnerships. He is still in eighth grade, and his old man is Fat Liu. No need to say more: first, pass the technical college entrance exam and land a secure job, then take charge of his own life. As for the nasty residents...their fates are bound to be grim. 7.9kReads8.0Score276Shelves

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    These are all novels about courtyard houses that I've read. They're quite exciting.

40. 40 四 Siheyuan: I, Yan Jiefang, Dominate the Southeast 四合院：我闫解放称霸东南 Young Master Duobao多宝大少Male-Channel Fanfiction479k WordsCompleted Reborn in a Siheyuan, he starts by battling the courtyard's nasty neighbors, sweeps up antiques from the Four Olds, and experiences the Down to the Countryside Movement, with Blood Romance woven in along the way. Seizing his chance, he sweeps through the old villages and becomes the richest hegemon in Southeast Asia in the twentieth century. 5.3kReads8.3Score233Shelves
41. 41 四 Siheyuan: A Cheat-Fueled Life in a Fiery Era After Transmigrating 四合院：穿越火热年代的开挂人生 Huang Quan, Who Loves Spicy Vegetarian Beef爱吃香辣素牛肉的黄筌Male-Channel Fanfiction523k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + fighting the courtyard scoundrels + light System elements + feel-good story + chief designer of the Nantianmen project (the story still needs to make sense. The Nantianmen project can't get underway right from the start. If you expect everything to happen all at once, don't click in; consider yourself warned) + using technology to change the nation's destiny] In 1958, Zhang Jianhua transmigrates and awakens to the mysteries of his time in the womb, discovering that he is in the 5.2kReads8.2Score175Shelves
42. 42 四 The Daily Life of a Movie Projectionist Who Likes to Stroll Around the Siheyuan 四合院逛街型放映员的日常 Eating Chili Peppers and Drinking Hot Water吃辣椒喝热水Male-Channel Fanfiction2.3M WordsOngoing After a dream lasting nineteen years, Zhang Wushi has only recently fully awakened the memories of his previous life, thanks to the mystery of his prenatal memories. In 1950, he happens to encounter Qin Huairu, a character from the story, and realizes that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. A bold idea comes to him. What if, and he means what if, he disrupts the story at its very roots? What would happen? Using the special ability he has in this life, he lands a job 31.6kReads7.1Score2.1kShelves
43. 43 四 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1949, Starting with a Street Stall 四合院：重生1949从摆摊开始 Hehe, God of the Wind风之神呵呵Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted An exceptionally lighthearted, harmonious courtyard story focused entirely on everyday family life. The plot has been extensively rewritten, with none of the original series’ storyline. Jia Dongxu is a major supporting character. Wu Ergou is reborn in 1949 in Wujia Village, near the city of Sijiu. The peaceful liberation of Sijiu has only just taken place. Wu Ergou seizes the opportunity and heads into the city. To his surprise, he ends up right at Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Business is 17.9kReads6.5Score675Shelves
44. 44 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
45. 45 四 Siheyuan: 1958, Starting Out as a Factory Doctor 四合院：1958，从厂医开始 Kumquat Lemon Tea Tea Tea金橘柠檬茶茶茶Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsOngoing [Period setting, reborn, hard-core traditional Chinese medicine, martial arts] This book is also known as If You Can't Read the Prescription, I'm Pretty Handy with My Fists Too. [Some say that no matter how good one person's medical skills are, they are but a speck of dust in the tide of history. But what if I bring out the sacred book, The Barefoot Doctor's Manual?] Fang Bie was an intern in traditional Chinese medicine who, after working himself to exhaustion with overtime, transmigrated into 40.1kReads7.6Score2.4kShelves
46. 46 四 Siheyuan: In a Year of Great Calamity, This Is Going Too Far! 四合院：大灾之年，过分了啊！ Phoenix from the Clouds凤从云Male-Channel Fanfiction953k WordsOngoing [A hard-hitting period medical novel about traditional Chinese medicine. Come enjoy the feeling of knowledge flowing through your brain. Note: All the cases are based on real medical records.] An accident sends Li Yan back to Beijing on the eve of the Great Famine. Though he bears the title of an intern, he possesses the National Master of Medicine System. With a flick of his fingers, he masters acupuncture; a brief read of a medical text, and he has learned it inside out! At the hospital, he tr 15.1kReads7.4Score629Shelves
47. 47 四 Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生 Beneath the Stars, Just for You披星戴月只为你Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted This book is dedicated to my younger self, to the chaos of those days and the loneliness buried deep inside, and to everyone who can't help looking back on the past. It's also dedicated to you, if you'd like to learn about life in Beijing's crowded courtyard compounds. This place was once a little world of its own: the gray walls were mottled, the doorways stood side by side, and life was noisy and real. Neighbors schemed and quarreled, clashing over every inch of land and wall, and getting red 35.5kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves

    Reader note

    For a heartwarming and humorous story, this is it. There's not a trace of hostility, the writing is decent, the characters are intelligent, the logic is rigorous, and the historical sources are comprehensive. The protagonist is a high-ranking scoundrel; you'll get the upper hand in the first few dozen chapters, but we'll take it slow later... For seasoned bookworms.

48. 48 四 Siheyuan: I Get by on My Dog's Reputation 四合院之我人仗狗势 Liu Mingqing, Who Loves Little Biscuits爱吃小西饼的柳明轻Male-Channel Fanfiction250k WordsCompleted Li Jianguo's soul transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan, where he possessed a divine art for controlling beasts. Using his beast-taming skills, he takes on the courtyard's residents, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Fugui, and the rest. He saves Lou Xiao'e, He Yushui, Yu Li, Yu Haitang, and Qin Huairu. 555Reads8.0Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Several of the novels about courtyard houses are quite good.

49. 49 四 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Won't Leave Me Alone 四合院：秦淮茹赖上我 Champagne Before the Game Is Over半场开香槟Male-Channel Fanfiction5.3M WordsOngoing Zhao Xiyan was an ordinary small-town exam grinder. He had little ambition, but his family's comfortable means let him live a pretty decent life. But just as a speeding dump truck was about to hit one of his students, he rushed forward on instinct. He saved the student, but also had an intimate and decidedly unpleasant encounter with the truck. When he woke again, he was already riding in a donkey cart. Across from him, a young woman with bright eyes, pearly teeth, and two long braids was watchi 189.2kReads8.1Score9kShelves
50. 50 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, You Dare Take My Sister to a Cheap Hotel 四合院：傻柱你敢带我妹去小旅馆 Yi Ye Er一也儿Male-Channel Fanfiction445k WordsCompleted After enjoying twenty years of offerings from Xu Damao's younger sister, Silly Zhu is reborn. Now that he’s back at eighteen, isn’t Xu Xiaoyun the perfect choice? A fishing-the-heavens System, an island in a pocket space, and a ruthless approach. In fewer than ten chapters, Yi Zhonghai’s legs will be broken, Bang Geng will be crippled, and the White Widow’s whole family will be taken down. After drifting around for twenty years, he’s come back with just a tiny bit more spite than before. 17kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

    Reader note

    The first book begins with He Yuzhu tricking Xu Damao's sister into going to a small hotel. This reborn He Yuzhu is absolutely ruthless, decisive, and also quite funny.

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