Novels like Siheyuan: A Great Collector, Starting Out as a Chef
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- 1 Under Zhengyang Gate: The System Has Me Collecting Scrap from the Start 正阳门下：开局系统让我收破烂 From the start, he transmigrated into the world of Beneath Zhengyang Gate and happened to awaken the God-Tier Restoration System! “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You recycled an old bicycle and received a brand-new bicycle!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You recycled a radio and received a brand-new unlimited-range radio.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You recycled a pager and received max-level communications technology.” “...” 7.8kReads8.2Score31214d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn and Leaves the Whole Yard of Vermin in Ruins 四合院：傻柱重生，坑惨众禽 In his first life, He Yuzhu devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Jia family. He not only helped Qin Huairu, but also supported the First, Second, and Third Masters in their old age. Yet, as he lay dying, Jia Geng abandoned him. Just as he was on the brink of death, he never expected to get another chance at life. After being reborn, He Yuzhu finally came to his senses. He would no longer let people take advantage of him, and instead would give the courtyard's schemers a piece of his mind. The F 9.6kReads7.6Score36114d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: I’ll Hold This Family Together! 四合院：我要扛起这个家！ After watching the TV series about the courtyard house, Chen Zhixing opens his eyes in a courtyard in 1965. From the start, his father is gone, his mother is ill, and he has a younger sister in middle school. Chen Zhixing has to shoulder the burden of supporting the family. 7.1kReads7.6Score29414d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to the 1950s and Enlisting to Fight the Americans 四合院：穿越五零年代参军打鹰酱 [Espionage + period setting + courtyard house + from the start + special forces + pocket dimension + transmigration] Modern special forces soldier Yi Xiaotian transmigrates to the 1950s and becomes Yi Xiaotian, the son of Yi Zhonghai. He leads his childhood friends from Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluogu Lane, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Jia Dongxu, Xue Jie, and Li Mingfei, onto the battlefield. These passionate young men join the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, fighting the Yankees and defending 1kReads7.1Score—14d adds
- 5 Back to 1961 as a Public Security Officer 回到1961当公安 [Both parents alive] [Has a System] [One female lead] I woke up to find myself in Courtyard 93 on Nanluoguxiang in 1961. What? Wasn’t it supposed to be Courtyard 95? And seriously, what is this? I’m just a lowly security guard! How did I become a police officer? And why am I supposed to protect the peace for everyone? 43.8kReads8.0Score2.5k14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: A Different Kind of Life 四合院之别样人生 Old Zhou was tricked by a transmigrator and sent to 1938. Since he's already here, the reborn Zhou Huchen can only pull himself together, train hard, and study at his leisure, hoping to become a sturdy little screw in the great work of building the motherland during those fiery years. While visiting relatives in a neighboring village, Zhou Huchen looks at the dark, skinny young woman named Qin Huairu before him. Her familiar face gradually comes to resemble the heroine of a TV drama from his pre 11.7kReads8.9Score37914d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: Wang Dapeng the Jester's Happy Life 四合院，乐子人王大鹏的快乐人生 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 60.4kReads8.9Score2.7k14d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: The Good Life of a Laid-Back Man 四合院：咸鱼的美好生活 After transmigrating to a courtyard house in the 1960s, he gets a sign-in System from the start and enjoys a comfortable, thriving life... A gentle, warm, and cheerful story, lighthearted and witty, all about enjoying life and fulfilling your wishes... 2kReads7.2Score20514d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: My Pocket Dimension Can Store Anything 四合院：我的空间能收取万物 It's been nearly three years since the novel ended, and I'm still getting such great results. I'm so flattered, so I've added some bonus chapters to thank my longtime readers. Zhang Jianjun wakes up one morning scared out of his wits. He's transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard! With the arrival of his golden finger, Zhang Jianjun's path to cheating begins. Beating people up is for brutes. Stabbing them in the back is an art. By the middle of the story, he starts traveling the world and sets u 49.9kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 10 The Fishing Enthusiast of the Siheyuan 四合院的钓鱼佬 After transmigrating to a courtyard home in the 1950s, she has both her parents and activates a Fishing System, letting her happily go fishing! The story is cheerful and heartwarming, with a relatively peaceful tone. She lives a comfortable little life in a courtyard full of troublemakers. 38.2kReads7.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: This Time, It's Finally My Turn, Right?! 四合院之这次终于轮到我了吧！ [If you dislike Qin Huairu, don't read] [Multiple heroines] [System] Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Jia Zhangshi, and Deaf Granny. With these seven people all in one place, there'll never be a shortage of stories... 45.8kReads8.6Score2.2k14d adds
- 12 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 2.9kReads6.9Score10114d adds
- 13 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.8kReads6.8Score10214d adds
- 14 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
- 15 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 181.6kReads9.5Score23.4k14d adds
- 16 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 251.1kReads9.6Score25.1k14d adds
- 17 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
- 18 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3k14d adds
