Novels like Siheyuan: The Carefree Life
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- 1 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became a Secret Agent 四合院之开局成了特务 [Original, One Female Lead] [No System] [No Pocket Dimension] [A Story of Hard Work] I transmigrated and immediately received an appointment as a secret agent? My own father was a counterrevolutionary? And he was executed by firing squad? My own brother was a secret agent too? See how Ren Sheng escapes these heavy shackles and lives a wonderful life of his own. As for the courtyard house? I dealt with the secret agents. You think I can't handle you lot? I've got work to do, and I have to date my 6.2kReads—Score24614d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: Don't Mess with Me, You Can't Afford the Consequences 四合院：别惹我，你们受不起 Zhang Haobai opened his eyes and discovered that he had transmigrated into the Beastly Courtyard. What’s more, he had a beautiful wife and a sweet, well-behaved daughter. The people in this courtyard are all sanctimonious beasts? So what? That’s none of my business! I’ll just keep my head down and live peacefully with my wife and daughter. But who would have thought that all those troubles and messes would insist on dragging him in? As the saying goes, if you don’t mess with me, I won’t mess wit 2.3kReads8.4Score10614d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1965, I Rely on the System 四合院：重生1965，我靠系统 In the 1960s, a courtyard beside a steel mill is full of chaos and scheming. Chen Weiguo is reborn with memories of his past life, and sees through everyone in the courtyard from the start. Sweet and naive? A bleeding heart? Not a chance! This time, he has a god-tier self-interest System: he won't cause trouble, won't back down from it, and won't take the fall for anyone. He takes on the worst people, protects his family, builds his career, and makes money. Anyone who tries to scheme against him 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: Heading to Lake Changjin from the Start and Earning Great Merit 四合院：开局奔赴长津湖，立大功 After mercenary Li Weidong dies in action, he transmigrates to the year 1950 with a space filled with weapons, becoming the sickly Li Weidong of Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. From the start, the scheming devils in the courtyard want to seize his home. They plot to trick Li Weidong into joining the army and getting himself killed, but instead send him off to earn extraordinary military honors. See how Li Weidong, after distinguishing himself in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, returns to the 26.8kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Am a Mover in the Movie World 四合院：我许大茂电影世界搬运工 UN General Assembly: “How did you build this Gemini Towers in Xia Country? Why is it exactly the same as the one in my country?” the Beautiful Country representative asked in confusion. “What’s there to ask about some lousy building? First, tell us where you got that new Shinkansen,” Little Japan shrieked hysterically. “Oh, give me a break. Why don’t we first ask whether all the math teachers in your Xia Country are illiterate? How did you calculate that your territory is only 9.6 million square 6.4kReads8.7Score43214d adds
- 6 He Daqing's Happy Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之何大清的幸福生活 Transmigrate into He Daqing, Silly Zhu's father! Sure, I'm a seasoned widow-chaser and a classic scumbag, but a man still loves his own son! My boy was bullied to death by the beasts in the courtyard. As his real father, how could I just stand by? My boy! Your dad is back! 16kReads8.5Score57214d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Made the Neighbor’s Kid Bang Geng Drool 四合院：开局馋哭隔壁小孩棒梗 Jiang Chen accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard home and gets a sign-in System from the start. What? Signing in directly rewards me with twins, making me a dad overnight! What? Signing in instantly makes me a millionaire, leaving everyone in the courtyard in the dust! What? Signing in grants me the skills of a Level Eight fitter! What? Signing in grants me god-tier cooking skills! What? Signing in rewards me with a bicycle voucher! ...Then I can just sit back and win, right? 6.9kReads7.9Score29314d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: The Jia Family Throws a Feast, and I Turn Their World Upside Down 四合院：贾家开席，搅它天翻地覆 One night, Zhao Xuecheng wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of The Courtyard Is Full of Beasts. The Jia family is throwing a banquet? I'll turn the place upside down. Silly Zhu wants to sell his house? Zhao Xuecheng: “Uncle Daqing, Silly Zhu is an ungrateful bastard. Take Aunt Bai and get out of here, quick!” Liu Haizhong wants to become a team leader? Beat him up and send him off to clean the toilets! Bang Geng, I hear your nickname is the Thieving Saint? I'll break your 9.4kReads7.8Score28114d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: I’m Yushui’s Uncle 四合院之我是雨水舅父 [Set in 1951 from the start.] [Based on popular TV dramas, this is unlike 99% of fan fiction set in the Courtyard Siheyuan universe.] [System novel, feel-good novel.] [Overpowered in the later stages, with a more slice-of-life feel early on.] [One female lead] [Featuring stories from A Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate and Men Are Iron, Rice Is Steel.] The day He Daqing left for Baoding with a widow, Qi An arrived at Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. A warm, peaceful life began to unfold... 35.4kReads7.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: Tenfold Returns, Too Many Supplies to Use Up 四合院：十倍返还物资太多用不完 [A Guaranteed Quality Read from a Siheyuan Specialist] Chen Zizai, a modern lifestyle blogger who creates his own content, transmigrates to 1959 and has his house seized from the start. With no other choice, he sets fire to it, determined to go down with it: if no one can play fair, then he’ll flip the table! His resolve to go down with the house activates the “Self-Reliance, Tenfold Returns” System. Make one serving of pork braised with vermicelli, and the System gives him ten. What’s he suppos 272.6kReads8.5Score26k14d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: A Young Hunter’s Arrival in the City 四合院：小猎户进城记 Su San grew up roaming the jianghu, but unexpectedly found himself in the 1960s. In this life, he doesn't want to stir up trouble. All he wants is a warm home with a wife and children. A little wine and meat every day would make it even better. 2.1kReads8.7Score10014d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: After I Transmigrated, I Married My Wife's Grandmother 四合院：穿越后娶了媳妇她外婆 Sang Biao got drunk and transmigrated. His big reveal exposed the entire compound, and he went all-in with his cards face up from the start, leaving no room to play! Then the System ran off, so he basically has no cheats! And his father is a fake Daoist, a remnant of "feudal superstition"... Will that affect my chances, as the compound's third-generation leader, of riding a Phoenix 28-inch bicycle one-handed and hitting on women during the Great Leap Forward's tenth year? Help me figure this out 25.2kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Had Every Neighbor's Weakness 四合院：开局拿捏众禽把柄 He transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes Lin Yang, a boy on the verge of adulthood. From the start, his father is dead and his mother is gravely ill. Before his mother can even breathe her last, the courtyard's vermin scheme together to divide up his family's property. Yi Zhonghai: "Let me borrow your wheelchair. I'm not taking it, just borrowing it, got it? Though I might not return it." Liu Haizhong: "My family has a lot of people. I want one of your rooms. Don't worry, I'll give yo 14.7kReads8.6Score87014d adds
- 14 In the 1970s, I Won't Be Anyone's Fool: I Head to the Countryside, Hunt the Hills, and Marry the Village Beauty 七零不做冤大头，下乡赶山娶村花 [One Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Creatures + Hunting in the Mountains + Playing the Fool] His own mother and older brother schemed to get Xiao Zhendong fired. He raised a bastard child and spent his whole life giving everything to his family, only for that same son to pull out his oxygen tube when he was on his deathbed. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1972. Xiao Zhendong sold his job and set his whole family up. He kicked his scumbag father and slapped his vile mothe 26.8kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: The Glorious Years of Xiangdong 四合院：向东的火红岁月 In the late 1950s, Xiang Dong unexpectedly received news that his second uncle had died in the line of duty. On the way to the capital, Xiang Dong, a college student from a later era who was used to being worked to the bone, took over his body. It was only after moving into the lucky No. 95 courtyard on Nanguluo Lane that Xiang Dong awakened his spatial ability. See how Xiang Dong grows step by step in this vibrant era, and how he gradually beats Yi Zhonghai until his old back gives out... (P.S. 31.2kReads6.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: Dad Joined Chiang Kai-shek’s Side, Making Us Rich Peasants. How Am I Supposed to Live? 四合院：老爹投蒋成分富农我咋活 My family is classified as rich peasants. Dad backed Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, and my maternal grandfather's family fled to Hong Kong. I have cerebral palsy and keep waving my hands around. Now I've transmigrated to a courtyard house in 1960, right in the middle of the natural disaster years… How am I supposed to survive this disastrous start? The pocket dimension is useless, and the System only cares about settling old scores. It's got no ambition at all… Fang Ping'an, a rural resident with no r 16.1kReads7.3Score74214d adds
- 17 Period: From the Start, I Chose the Great Northern Wilderness in 1955 年代：开局1955选择北大荒 Easygoing + a little overpowered + farming + no harem + a pocket dimension + a courtyard house for the first 30 chapters + the Great Northern Wilderness later on The story begins in 1955. The protagonist leaves Beijing and heads to the Great Northern Wilderness to farm. There's a pocket dimension, farming, animal husbandry, good times and hard times, cruelty and warmth. The story has just been released. You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support m 24.1kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
- 18 Reborn in 1958: One Refusal, Explosive Rewards 重生58：拒绝一下，奖励爆炸 (Updated with ten thousand words a day + funny daily life + fishing and hunting + mountain and sea foraging + business development. No tragic misery, and no scraping by on coarse grain.) Qin Shouye was reborn in 1958 and gained a Refusal System. Girl: “Big brother, marry me.” Qin Shouye: “No.” System: “Ding! Refusal successful. Reward: 100 romantic encounters.” Rich heir: “Get on your knees.” Qin Shouye: “I refuse.” System: “Ding! Refusal successful. The other party's assets have been transferre 65.8kReads8.7Score5.3k14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Damou's Brother-in-Law Has an Iron Body, What a Scammer 四合院：大茂妹夫铁身躯，坑人啊 [The hottest Siheyuan story of 2025] [Sneaky schemer] [Funny] [Prankster] [Lots of conflict] [Feel-good power fantasy] He befriends Xu Damao and Li Huaide. Xu Damao is the brother-in-law of Sha Zhu. He sets traps for all the other troublemakers. This book is all about pranks: first, he swindles them out of their pocket money, then he makes them suffer miserably. Don't read if that's not your thing! 22.4kReads6.0Score53314d adds
- 20 Lao Mo, Eating Fish in the Siheyuan, Dominating Hong Kong 老默，四合院吃鱼，香江称霸 [Decisive and ruthless] [No dragging things out] [Kills them all] [Unexpected twists] To find his daughter, he kills his way from a Beijing courtyard house all the way to Xiangjiang. The protagonist is Lao Mo, Jinghai’s top assassin: arrogant, cold, ruthless, and a man of few words who kills without batting an eye. He terrifies every lowlife around, and even the mention of his name makes them quake. Everyone who’s read it says it’s an absolute thrill. If you don’t believe them, check out the rev 43.2kReads7.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生 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 35.9kReads7.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: Asking Qin Huairu for 500 Yuan from the Start 四合院：开局和秦淮茹要五百块 A directionless young man transmigrates into He Yuzhu, the man from "The Bustling Courtyard". But he has a System, and completing missions lets him travel back to the modern era. By moving goods between the two eras, he can become a tycoon without lifting a finger. He planned to live a quiet, peaceful life, but the crafty residents of the courtyard all want to take advantage of He Yuzhu. Well, too bad for them. Come see how he takes the courtyard by storm! The three uncles, Jia Zhangshi, and Xu 22.9kReads8.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: My Wife Was Snatched Away After I Returned from the Battlefield 四合院：战场归来媳妇被截胡 Lin Ping transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. After Yi Zhonghai schemes against him, Lin Ping has no choice but to join the army and head to the battlefield. When he returns to the capital, he never expects Jia Dongxu to steal the woman who was supposed to be his wife. But not marrying Qin Huairu suits him just fine. Using the golden finger he brought from his previous life, he goes on to live a happy life that everyone envies. 37.2kReads7.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan Culinary God: I, He Yuzhu, Got Married from the Start 四合院神厨：我何雨柱开局就结婚 [Heartwarming + everyday life + plot changes + one heroine] After transmigrating as He Yuzhu and awakening the Chef God System, how will he deal with the bunch of pests in the courtyard? He marries a wife from the start, so Qin Huairu and Uncle Yi can forget about guilt-tripping him! Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng, don’t cause trouble, or Brother Zhu will make you pay! 30.2kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Settle Every Score 四合院：重生后，我一一清算 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—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: I Use the Law to Crush All Defiance 四合院：我用国法镇压一切不服 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 36.6kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 27 The Junkyard Monkey of the Siheyuan 四合院之破烂猴儿 After transmigrating into the world of Republican-era film and television, he becomes a young Hou the Junk Dealer. Here are Seventh Master from The Grand Mansion Gate, Tian Zao from the hutongs, Wu Jingzhong from Lurk, the colorful residents of the courtyard house on Nanluoguxiang, and characters from many other period dramas. See how Hou Tianlai makes his way through the world of film and television and toys with all those colorful characters… 5.4kReads8.5Score19514d adds
- 28 Reborn in 1960 with a Pocket Dimension 重生60带空间 After saving someone, Lin Hao unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s and is reborn in the body of a martyr's orphan with the same name and gender. Fortunately, a pocket dimension comes with him as a golden finger. Follow Lin Hao as he enjoys a carefree life during the three years of natural disasters. As he explores the pocket dimension, he gradually unlocks many of its functions, learns martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, hunts, and enjoys life freely. 175.9kReads8.8Score15.6k14d adds
- 29 Starting as a Deputy Section Chief in Siheyuan 四合院从副科长开始 [Security Department Deputy Chief from the Start] [Sign-In Rewards] [Well-Connected] [All I Want Is to Be a Lazy Fish] After transmigrating into the chaotic world of the Four-Nine City courtyard compound, he starts out as the deputy chief of the steel mill's security department! Zhang Jianjun arrives in the central courtyard with his own pocket space, where he witnesses Jia Zhangshi whining about being poor and leeching off others, Silly Zhu using moral blackmail, and Yi Zhonghai plotting behi 56.8kReads6.4Score3.3k14d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: A Carpenter Moves into the Courtyard 四合院：院里来了个木匠 He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a level-two carpenter, one of the Eight Great Tradesmen. Faced with the whole courtyard full of scheming neighbors, Jiang Chen just wants to live in peace. You can plot your schemes, and I'll live my life. When Qin Huairu comes over to borrow something, he makes her write an IOU. When Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum and refuses to take no for an answer, he reports her to the authorities. When Xu Damao tries to sow discord, Jiang Chen shuts 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: Getting Rich Quietly 四合院：闷声发大财 Courtyard Life #Period Fiction #Comedy #Feel-Good Fiction #Old Fox #Harem #Farming Fiction He transmigrated to 1952 and became Chen Yuanshan, an apprentice at Fengzeyuan. His father was a martyr and left him 13 million in old currency and two main rooms. He thought he could lie flat, but the courtyard was full of beasts. Jia Zhangshi sat on the ground every day, wailing, “Old Jia! Someone’s bullying me!” Silly Zhu called every woman “Sister Qin” and beat up Xu Damao whenever he saw him. Xu Damao 15.5kReads5.3Score48414d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: Happiness Begins with a One-Cent Instant Kill 四合院：从一分钱秒杀开始幸福 [Courtyard Drama + System + Everyday Life + Changing the Plot] Zhou Jianjun transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, only to discover that his arrival had changed some of the plot. This world was great: not only did he have a house, but also a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter. He even had a System that let him buy anything for a penny. Not enough food or supplies? Not a problem. Zhou Jianjun just wanted to live happily with his wife and daughter for the rest of his life, so nobody had be 45.9kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: Becoming a Rogue Everyone Loves 四合院：做一个人见人爱的流氓 [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Low on Grimness] [Historical Fantasy] Lin Muzhi, a down-and-out writer from the 21st century, wakes up as Lin Weidong, a backward young man in a 1965 courtyard. His neighbors are rubbing their hands together, ready to crush this “troublemaker” and take everything from him. But... The whole courtyard soon realizes that this time, the newcomer isn't prey. Armed with the perspective of a modern civilization, he's come to rule this world of tangled relationships like it 40.3kReads8.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: I Take Yi Zhonghai to Task and Demand 6,000 Yuan 四合院：手撕易中海，逼赔六千块 Chen Wangshan is a transmigrator. He has transmigrated into a notorious courtyard house from across the myriad heavens, full of beasts. No endless bickering back and forth. He'll teach those beasts how to behave by using the law. A new author with a new work. Please go easy on me, dear readers! A fist salute! Thank you! (The rating just came out and will rise later, so please read with confidence.) 83.7kReads5.5Score3.8k14d adds
- 35 In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Stops Being a Doormat 四合院傻柱不在做冤大头 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 918Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: My Revenge Begins at the Mass Grave 四合院：从乱葬岗开始复仇 Reborn on a mass grave, Zhang Aiguo returns with a System. The scoundrels stole my family’s property, sold my younger sister, and left me for dead. This time, they’ll pay for every drop of blood! The hypocritical patriarch, the venomous old woman, every last one of them: none will get away! Watch as this young man delivers the ultimate judgment and gets his revenge in this man-eating courtyard! 391Reads8.8Score5914d adds
- 37 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 [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.) 180.5kReads9.3Score10.8k14d adds
- 38 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Married My Sister’s Best Friend 重生1980：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 [The new novel Reborn in 1975: I Want It All, From a Loving Wife to a Fortune in Scientific Research is now a hit! Click the author's name to read it!] Li Yi is reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980! When Tang Xue asks him to marry her once again, he doesn't hesitate. His answer rings out loud and clear: “I do!” In his previous life, he was blinded by his own foolishness and watched helplessly as Tang Xue fell into darkness! With a second chance at life, he swears to make her the happ 11.2kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 39 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 70.9kReads9.3Score6.9k14d adds
- 40 1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷， New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available. 201.2kReads9.4Score13.5k14d adds
- 41 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 163.2kReads9.5Score18.2k14d adds
- 42 Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊 Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha 59.2kReads9.1Score14.4k14d adds
