These Siheyuan Stories Are Classics 这几部四合院，非常经典

1. 51 四 Siheyuan: Li Tianyou, the Brilliant Detective 四合院：妙笔神探李天佑 Mo Yiquan墨一圈Male-Channel Fanfiction948k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 140Reads7.9Score111Shelves
2. 52 四 Siheyuan: I Use the Law to Crush All Defiance 四合院：我用国法镇压一切不服 The Mighty Northern Emperor坚强的北冥大帝Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted One heroine + smart protagonist + real-life cases + industrial powerhouse + grand vision By chance, Song Yuan arrives at that famous courtyard. Armed with a copy of the "Public Security Administration Punishments Regulations", he easily puts the courtyard's vermin in their place! Having lived another life, of course he wants to contribute to his country. He'll make sure to have a presence at the Canton Fair! A story about a modern person using the rule of law to navigate life in a courtyard. He 36.7kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
3. 53 四 Siheyuan: From Popcorn Machines to 10,000-Ton Hydraulic Presses 四合院：从爆米花机到万吨水压机 I’m Not an Ugly Ghost我不是丑鬼Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Li Qingshan transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compound. Taken in after fleeing a famine, he meets Silly Zhu and Yushui, both abandoned by He Daqing. Sharing the same hardships and finding comfort in one another, they become caught up in the turmoil of the compound. Though Li Qingshan has no System, his education in the 21st century and his theoretical knowledge and experience in electromechanical engineering help him make a better and better life. He also helps Silly Zhu change his t 1.9kReads6.5Score104Shelves
4. 54 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
5. 55 四 Siheyuan: A Twist of Fate 四合院之阴差阳错 55712Male-Channel Fanfiction372k WordsOngoing Lately, I've gotten hooked on novels about the Siheyuan. The main reason is that Silly Zhu's story is just too heartbreaking: he was unlucky by nature and fate was against him. His mother died young, his father abandoned him, and somehow not a single person around him was any good. I've read a lot of fanfiction, but it always feels like something is missing, so I decided to write my own and see where it goes. No System, no cheats, just the protagonist making a different choice at a key moment an 157Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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   In the first book, Sha Zhu marries Mu Chunhua, and the entire courtyard is reborn. In the second book, Sha Zhu marries He Minmin, who came from a famine (actually a transmigrator with a system).

6. 56 四 Siheyuan: Widow Qin, Let Go of My Zhu! 四合院：秦寡妇，放开我家柱子！ Luoshenghui落生辉Female-Channel Fanfiction585k WordsCompleted They say He Minmin, who fled famine to the capital, collapsed from hunger! They say Director Wang arranged for He Minmin to marry Silly Zhu, a cook who would never go hungry! Qin Huairu: Don't, Zhu! How can you go and get married? He Minmin: Qin Huairu, let go! Keep your hands off my Zhu! 9.9kReads8.8Score717Shelves
7. 57 年 Period: Three Years of Hardship, I Made My Fortune Hunting! 年代：三年困难，我靠打猎发家！ North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Urban493k WordsCompleted He transmigrates, and finds himself with a crippled older brother and a younger sister who has dropped out of school. They face the earth and turn their backs to the sky, toiling in the fields. It’s 1958. People may not have much to eat, but their spirits are rich. Everyone has faith and hope for the future. As long as they work hard, they can create a better tomorrow! … A country kid transmigrates. He makes a living off the land, then eventually moves to the city. He has a space that can grow. 2.6kReads7.0Score110Shelves
8. 58 1 1958: My Days as an Electrician 1958年，我当电工的那些日子 North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Male-Channel Fanfiction265k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to 1958, the year the country's power industry was developing at its fastest, he becomes an orphan in Nanluoguxiang. The whole courtyard is pressuring him to give up his house, so Xu Fu pulls out a huge cleaver. “Anyone who tries to force me out, I'll chop them to death!” What can he do when there's no food? He turns around and takes the electrician exam, joining the power bureau and being assigned to work at the steel mill. He travels far and wide to install wires and repai 4.3kReads8.1Score137Shelves
9. 59 四 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai's Own Son! 四合院：我是易中海的亲儿子！ North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Male-Channel Fanfiction234k WordsCompleted After Yi Xiaoyong dies, he unexpectedly finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He discovers that he is actually Yi Zhonghai's long-lost biological son. After his adoptive father passes away, he returns to the capital to reunite with his family. In the original story, Yi Zhonghai wants someone to support him in his old age, so he manipulates He Yuzhu and helps the Jia family. This indirectly leads to He Yuzhu being tied down by Qin Huairu for the rest of his life and raising Banggen 5.6kReads6.2Score227Shelves
10. 60 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn and Wants to Get Married Early! 四合院傻柱重生：我要早点结婚！ North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing He Yuzhu was driven out of his home by Banggeng on a snowy night and froze to death. Reborn, he was determined never again to be a widow's live-in helper. He resolved to marry early, become a man of many charms, and enjoy his own life! 46.8kReads7.1Score3.3kShelves
11. 61 5 1959: The Three Years of Hardship, and How I Made My Fortune Hunting 59年，三年困难，我靠打猎发家 North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Male-Channel Fanfiction148k WordsCompleted After Wang Fugui dies in a car accident, he is reborn in 1959 and finds himself in the world of the TV series Love in the Courtyard, living next door to the Jia family. It is the year of the Great Famine, and Wang Fugui awakens a System. He heads to the countryside to hunt, sells his game, and trades it for antiques, making sure his stepmother and younger siblings have enough to eat as he embraces life in this era. 324Reads—Score106Shelves
12. 62 四 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Settle Every Score 四合院：重生后，我一一清算 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Male-Channel Fanfiction307k WordsCompleted Synopsis of "Siheyuan: After Being Reborn, I Settle Every Score" In 1958, in a Beijing siheyuan on Longxugou, Chen Feng goes from a vengeful ghost in a freezing prison to a young man in his prime after being reborn. In his previous life, he watched his parents get framed through the collusion of the Third Master, Niu Degui, the Second Master, Li Mengcang, and the First Master, Yan Daomao. Their property was seized, and they died with their names unjustly stained. The Jia and Xu families took adv 5Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    Courtyard houses – countless stories to tell!

13. 63 四 Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Courtyard’s Troublemakers 四合院：从供销社开始，横推众禽 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Male-Channel Fanfiction290k WordsOngoing Synopsis of "Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Whole Courtyard" Business whiz Lin Xiangyang transmigrates to 1962 by chance, taking over his father’s job as a procurement officer at the Red Star Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He also activates the Super Supply and Marketing Cooperative System, gaining abilities such as spatial storage, accelerated production, and trade with the future. These powers help him carefully navigate an era of scarcity. As soon a —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
14. 64 四 In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Stops Being a Doormat 四合院傻柱不在做冤大头 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Snow blanketed the world. As he lay dying beneath a bridge, He Yuzhu watched his archrival, Xu Damao, summon the last of his strength to carry him back to the courtyard, and regret tore at his heart. Reborn as a young man, he awakens a mysterious pocket dimension and gains the skills of a culinary god. He immediately cuts ties with the Jia family. He will repay the deaf old lady's kindness, ease his younger sister's suffering, and rekindle his bond with Lou Xiao'e. As for those bloodsucking para 918Reads8.6Score101Shelves
15. 65 四 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Is My Mother-in-Law 四合院：秦淮如是我岳母 Tian Heli天禾利Male-Channel Fanfiction420k WordsCompleted Courtyard setting + period drama + System + pocket dimension + transmigration, with a focus on “System-powered advantages and overwhelming superiority through supplies.” Fourteen-year-old Wang Ergou, whose real name was Wang Zixuan, lay curled up in the dead grass of a mass grave, covered in blood. In the final moments before losing consciousness, his mind replayed the tragedy that had destroyed his family: His father had been persecuted to death by Red Guards after his own younger brothers, his 1.1kReads8.8Score—Shelves
16. 66 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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    Check out this book. Don't worry about the rating; it's not mindless, brainless, or aggressive. The logic is sound, and it's definitely worth reading.

17. 67 四 Siheyuan: I Carry a Supermarket System 四合院之随身带着超市系统 Red Beans Cooked in Autumn Waters秋水煮红豆Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Wang San, a corporate drone from the 21st century, transmigrates into another world for the third time. He opens his eyes to find a home with nothing but four bare walls. He overhears his parents talking: the Japanese haven't left yet? But he looks at his little body and realizes there's nothing he can do. He studies hard for years, finally graduating from high school at sixteen and preparing to start work, when the supermarket System arrives. Wang San breaks down in tears. “System, why did you 18.6kReads6.9Score867Shelves
18. 68 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
19. 69 四 Siheyuan: I Called the Police to Arrest Silly Zhu from the Start 四合院：开局报警抓傻柱 Xu Qiyue许七月Male-Channel Fanfiction4.3M WordsOngoing [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the Sign-In Skill Simplification System] [Host: Zhou Weimin] [Occupation: Grade Three Fitter at a Steel Rolling Mill] [Skills: Basic Fitter Skill (10), Cooking (unranked), Swimming (unranked), Fishing (unranked)] [Congratulations, Host. You have received the System's welcome gift for binding: 30 reunion coupons, 20 grain coupons (30 jin), and 15 meat coupons (5 jin)] [The Host can sign in every day to receive rewards of daily necessities, as well a 6.4kReads5.4Score342Shelves
20. 70 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Use Conceptual Skills to Open Up a New Space 四合院：开局概念技能开辟空间 Youthful Twilight暮气青青Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Xiao He is reborn in a Beijing courtyard and draws three concept-level skills from the start. In the days that follow, Xiao He thrives with the help of these three concept-level skills and discovers even more ways to use them. 24.5kReads7.4Score1.4kShelves
21. 71 四 Siheyuan: I Arrive in 1959 with a Warehouse 四合院：带着仓库来到1959 Ding Ding Has Something on Her Mind叮叮有心事Male-Channel Fanfiction3.2M WordsCompleted [Low-conflict, everyday life, spatial powers, lighthearted; not for readers who enjoy stories about hardship and nostalgia] Niu Wangcai transmigrates to No. 95, Nanluoguxiang. Normal enough. Niu Wangcai lives opposite Yan Fugui’s home in the front courtyard. Also normal. Niu Wangcai has both parents alive... and a childhood betrothal... Wait... aren’t the protagonists in these novels all orphans? From the start, he gets a whole family and a wife... 25.1kReads7.3Score1.5kShelves
22. 72 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Move Next Door to Courtyard No. 95 四合院：开局开到95号院隔壁 Little Bai, At Leisure小白闲来Male-Channel Fanfiction999k WordsCompleted Li Xuewu initially thought he had transmigrated into the world of the courtyard houses. But as time went by and more and more characters appeared, he realized this was a world where multiple universes had merged. There were many more people and events for him to explore. 13.7kReads7.5Score425Shelves
23. 73 都 The Urban Supreme: Starting by Tearing Up the Marriage Contract 都市至尊，从撕毁婚书开始 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Urban492k WordsCompleted A mysterious marriage contract was drawn up twenty years ago. Twenty years later, Lin Jiuxiao descended from the mountains with the contract, only for his wealthy fiancée to tear it up in front of everyone. “A country bumpkin from the mountains thinks he’s worthy of marrying me?” Amid the laughter, Lin Jiuxiao calmly gathered the scraps. “The contract can be destroyed. But the Su family has enjoyed three generations of wealth thanks to my master’s sect. Today, it’s time to pay it back.” The mome 778Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    A courtyard house novel that I like more and more as I read it.

24. 74 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
25. 75 四 Siheyuan: A Beijing Beauty in Red 四合院：京韵红颜 Dianshu, Who Loves Green Plum Meidan爱吃青梅梅丹的殿淑Male-Channel Fanfiction607k WordsCompleted This is a slow-burn courtyard-house story! I just want to write a courtyard-house novel true to its era! No murders, no superpowers! Ordinary people facing ordinary problems! When all the coincidences come together, things stop being ordinary! Multiple heroines are perfectly normal in a male-oriented novel. If you have a problem with that, keep it to yourself. If you’re looking for someone who can casually summon the strength of a pillar, beat Yi Zhonghai to a pulp, and kick Jia Zhangshi, please 3.4kReads—Score103Shelves
26. 76 四 Siheyuan: Keeping the Whole Courtyard's Troublemakers in Line 四合院：拿捏全院极品 Koi Leaping Toward the Future锦鲤跃起看向往Male-Channel Fanfiction3.2M WordsOngoing Lin Ye transmigrates into the world of a courtyard house while asleep. After he moves into the courtyard, things gradually take a turn. The once-peaceful courtyard descends into chaos. The once-kind old folks grow hideous and sinister. The once-good-natured residents become fiercely hostile to evil. The once-adorable children turn into little troublemakers. Silly Zhu, I’ve brought you a wife. Don’t cry, okay? Jia Zhangshi, you keep summoning Old Jia. Are you missing your husband? I’ll find you s 24.2kReads5.5Score1.4kShelves
27. 77 四 Siheyuan: I'm Just a Doctor 四合院之我只是个医生 Inkstone Scholar青砚墨客Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted A mild-mannered story with multiple heroines, a sign-in System, and a doctor. Lin Qingyan transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. After getting a sign-in System, he thinks he can work as a factory doctor and live a peaceful life. But the animals in the courtyard can’t stand seeing him do well… While putting those troublemakers in their place, he helps the country develop nuclear weapons and establish itself on the world stage. 34.7kReads6.9Score1.9kShelves
28. 78 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 181.8kReads9.3Score11kShelves
29. 79 年 In Those Days, This Job Was Different 年代，这个编制不一样 Hu the Number One Scholar探花胡Urban2.3M WordsOngoing Ye Qiu nearly worked himself to death before finally landing a secure government job in 2025. The celebratory drinks hadn't even worn off when he opened his eyes again... Winter, 1949. The north wind whipped through his threadbare padded jacket. He had a new body and a new name: Feng Shijie. An illiterate man from the outskirts, with no food in his pockets. Luckily, fate had not abandoned him. His third uncle returned covered in blood and kicked him straight into the Subdistrict Office: “ 59.3kReads8.5Score5.2kShelves
30. 80 四 Siheyuan: The Whole Courtyard Is Asking for Trouble, So I Wipe Them All Out 四合院：全院作死，我直接杀光 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted After his Nascent Soul perishes, he returns to the courtyard in 1953 as a security chief, carrying on the legacy of a Celestial Master. But he discovers that his elder sister is dead and his nephew is on the brink of death. Those who seized the He family home and bullied the orphan will face karmic justice through a series of “accidents.” 594Reads8.6Score100Shelves
31. 81 热 Legend of Mir: The Dragon Era 热血传奇：天龙纪元 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Sports2.0M WordsCompleted Lin Xiao was an ordinary person from an ordinary world. After an accident, he transmigrated into a thrilling, legendary world full of danger. Unknown threats and challenges lurked everywhere. New to this strange world, Lin Xiao struggled to find his footing. But fate can turn in an instant. He met like-minded companions, including Su Li and Nuoxue. Fighting side by side and growing stronger together, they gradually conceived a bold idea: to establish the Longyuan Star Alliance. Through everyon 236Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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    Let me take you on a different kind of courtyard novel experience

32. 82 四 Siheyuan: The Old Man Who Collects Scrap 四合院：收废品的老汉 Take a Big Flight放个大飞机Male-Channel Fanfiction622k WordsCompleted "No pointless romantic subplots + Feiji has never been a saintly do-gooder + easygoing everyday life" Li Shizhen has a very medical-sounding name. A disillusioned and unrestrained man born in the 1980s, he has seen all walks of life and become a scrap collector who grabs junk for a living. He has a change of heart and saves a boy who was supposed to transmigrate, only to unexpectedly transmigrate himself. Well, if he has to transmigrate, so be it. He never started a family in his previous lif 16.5kReads8.9Score641Shelves

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    Other main characters are all addressed as "Uncle." The main character in this book is simply called "Little Yi."

33. 83 四 Siheyuan: I Bring Three Hundred Clansmen to Nanluoguxiang 四合院我带三百族人闯入南锣鼓巷 Hunan Uncle湘派大叔Male-Channel Fanfiction882k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a year of famine, Zhang Changshun found himself in a hopeless situation from the start. Just as he was about to seek refuge with his second uncle, who worked at a steel mill, he received another devastating blow. Fortunately, before his uncle died, he left all his property to Zhang Changshun in his will. But when Zhang Changshun arrived at the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, he discovered that the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai, and the others had seized everything hi 96.1kReads6.2Score5.5kShelves

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    Currently updating to 500,000 words, the most ruthless and wildly popular courtyard novel is here! With just over 100,000 words, it's already surging to over 300,000 readers. The story begins with the protagonist leading 300 members of his clan into Nanluoguxiang, taking down Director Wang and Chief Zhang, launching a full-scale attack on the Yang faction, and even managing to bring back 200,000 jin of grain for the entire village during a famine. A violent and relentless attack, leaving no stone unturned!

34. 84 靠 Damn, How Did a Couple of Complaints Turn Me into Silly Zhu? 靠，吐槽两句怎就成傻柱了 Stars and River Drift into Dreams in the Courtyard小院星河入梦Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing Modern chef Wu Mingfu had merely grumbled before bed about his “awful” neighbors in the courtyard, lamenting that Silly Zhu had superb cooking skills but lived such a miserable life. He mused that if he transmigrated there, he would marry the virtuous Yu Li, have a bunch of chubby kids, and build a prosperous, peaceful life. Who would have thought that when he woke up, he really had transmigrated into the Red Star Steelworks of 1958, becoming the famous “older brother of He Yushui,” who was alwa 106Reads5.5Score100Shelves

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35. 85 隔 The Fool Next Door 隔壁傻柱 Having Seen It All, Enjoying the Cool阅尽清凉Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9.9kReads5.6Score475Shelves
36. 86 魂 A Scumbag's Life After Reincarnating as Sha Zhu 魂穿傻柱的渣男人生 Pine Shadows and Moonlight in the Courtyard半庭松月Male-Channel Fanfiction467k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9.1kReads—Score454Shelves
37. 87 魂 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 User88002538用户88002538Urban1.2M WordsCompleted “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
38. 88 穿 Transmigrated to the Siheyuan, Where I Married Huaihua 穿越四合院之我娶了槐花 User88002538用户88002538Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Modern young man Tian Xuyang is betrayed by his girlfriend and humiliated by his rival, but in his darkest hour he fights back and makes his enemies pay dearly. Just as he is sinking into a luxurious life supported by a rich woman, he suddenly discovers that his "sugar mommy" is actually Yu Li, the restaurant owner from Love in the Courtyard. He has accidentally transmigrated into a book and landed in a Beijing courtyard in the early 1980s! Among the gray tiles and brick walls, the sounds of Sil 3.6kReads—Score130Shelves
39. 89 魂 Reborn as Qin Huairu: A Woman Must Stand on Her Own 魂穿秦淮茹之女人当自强 Having Seen It All, Enjoying the Cool阅尽清凉Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted After waking up, Qin Ru, a business queen worth billions, found herself turned into Qin Huairu, the timid, tragic heroine of Love in the Courtyard! Fresh from tearing into a cheating jerk and his mistress, she faced the whole courtyard full of shameless parasites and sneered, “Let's see how you like playing with me.” In the technical workshop, she modernized the production process and quickly rose to become a senior-grade worker. In management, she led sweeping reforms with an iron fist, stampin 700Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 90 一 Xu Damao, the First-Blood Champion 一血达人许大茂 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction823k WordsCompleted 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
41. 91 傻 Silly Zhu Is Reborn and Takes Down the Whole Flock of Beasts 傻住重生虐众禽 A Gentle Continuation of the Years浅续流年Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing Reborn Silly Zhu: No Longer a Parasite, He Turns the Courtyard Upside Down Silly Zhu gave the Qin Huairu family his whole heart and everything he had, only to meet a miserable end. Once age and frailty left him with nothing more to offer, Qin Huairu's three children ruthlessly abandoned him, leaving him beneath a bridge to die of cold and hunger. As he lay dying, consumed by despair and hatred, he made a solemn vow: if he ever got another life, he would never again be a parasite for others to e 3.6kReads—Score128Shelves
42. 92 魂 A Carefree Life After Soul-Transmigrating as Silly Zhu 魂穿傻柱的恣意人生 Pine Shadows and Moonlight in the Courtyard半庭松月Male-Channel Fanfiction320k WordsCompleted He Zhipeng, a minor government office clerk in the modern era, has spent his whole life being cautious and conscientious. For years, his section chief has ordered him around at will, and he has lived timidly, swallowing his grievances. He thought he would spend his whole life putting up with it, but a cancer diagnosis shattered all his restraint. Knowing he didn’t have long to live, He Zhipeng finally cast off his shackles. He stopped trying to please everyone, openly stood up to his section chi 2.5kReads—Score112Shelves
43. 93 魂 Reborn in Silly Zhu's Four-Sided Courtyard 魂穿傻柱之烟火四合院 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction529k WordsCompleted Siheyuan: A Tech Giant Is Reborn as Silly Zhu and Learns to Enjoy the Simple Pleasures of Life Li Jiaqiang devoted his life to scientific research and serving his country. He poured his life's work into China's drive to become a technological powerhouse. Constantly on the move and racking his brains, he never once took the time to enjoy life. At last, exhaustion took its toll, and he passed away, carrying with him a lifetime of toil and regret. When he opened his eyes again, he had unexpectedly 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 魂 Reborn in Silly Zhu’s Body: A Good Life Is What Really Matters 魂穿傻柱之过好日子才是真 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing He Yuzhu, a modern man who never married, devoted his life to raising his stepson, He Xiao. Wanting him to “be a real man for once,” He Xiao dragged him to a nightclub. Amid the glittering lights and revelry, a hostess who looked just like Qin Huairu in her youth sat down beside him... When he awoke, He Yuzhu was shocked to discover that he had transmigrated into Silly Zhu in 1965! And the woman beneath him, whom he had mistaken for a nightclub hostess, was none other than twenty-three-year-old 4.3kReads—Score158Shelves
45. 95 百 Centenarian National Treasure: Cutting Ties and Leaving the Courtyard Full of Beasts to Starve from the Start 百岁国士：开局断亲饿禽满院 My Heart Soars吾心飞翔Male-Channel Fanfiction554k WordsCompleted A centenarian national scholar transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. Kicked out by his own father from the start, he rises through the ranks from his family to the neighborhood and then the factory, face-slapping everyone along the way. Science and technology strengthen the nation; devotion to family and country; punishing scum, rising to the top, and living life to the fullest. 293Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beautiful courtyard house

46. 96 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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    Different lives, leading you to experience different courtyard houses [Admiration]

47. 97 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
48. 98 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
49. 99 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
50. 100 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

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