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- 151 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm an Eighth-Level Fitter, and the Birds Are Fuming 四合院：开局八级钳工，众禽破防 Shen Nan transmigrated into the world of The Full Courtyard and rose to become a Grade Eight fitter thanks to rewards from the System, earning the envy and hatred of all the courtyard's residents. At the same time, he gained favor points for different characters from the System. He successfully maxed out the favor of the various bigwigs and leaders, becoming a social powerhouse. The scheming residents wanted to set him up? Not a chance! Watch Shen Nan take them down one by one! He became like a 17.8kReads7.5Score597Shelves
- 152 Siheyuan: You Want Me to Pay a Bride Price Because You Got Promoted? Forget It, I’m Not Marrying You 四合院：看我晋升加彩礼？不娶了 Shen Fei transmigrates to a courtyard house and becomes an ordinary resident. He was supposed to get engaged to Qin Huairu and marry her. When the Qin family hears Shen Fei has been promoted, they demand a higher bride price at the last minute. What? You're raising the bride price because I got promoted? Otherwise, she'll marry Jia Dongxu? Shen Fei flatly says he's not getting married! Years later, Shen Fei discovers that this courtyard is a complete mess! Turns out Banggeng isn't really part of 13.4kReads7.9Score564Shelves
- 153 Siheyuan: I Tempt All the Animals with Delicious Food Every Day 四合院：天天美食馋死众禽兽 He Yuzhu transmigrates into Silly Zhu in the Courtyard House in 1955. He has a spatial farm with every kind of ingredient imaginable. Every day, he cooks delicious food in the courtyard house, driving all the beasts there wild with hunger. With the produce from his spatial farm and his master-level cooking skills, He Yuzhu stockpiles antiques and paintings, buys up courtyard houses, and starts a restaurant chain. He marries a beautiful wife and finds success in love, career, and life. He puts an 13.1kReads8.0Score540Shelves
- 154 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 9.4kReads7.8Score292Shelves
- 155 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 272.6kReads8.5Score26kShelves
- 156 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 23.4kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
- 157 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Be a Good Person 四合院：我只想做个好人 Xu Chen unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard complex and becomes a technician at a steel mill. At this point, Jia Dongxu is still alive, and He Yuzhu is still a good-hearted cook who looks after his younger sister. The courtyard seems peaceful on the surface, but beneath it, undercurrents are stirring. Yi Zhonghai, the paragon of morality; Liu Haizhong, devoted to the public good; Yan Bugui, generous to a fault; Xu Damao, the nicest man in the world... To make sure he 12kReads8.1Score446Shelves
- 158 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Choose to Collect Scrap 四合院： 开局选择收破烂 After transmigrating to the world of The Full Courtyard, how can one live better in this era of scarce supplies? Jia Ping inherits his uncle’s estate and activates a System called Turning Trash into Treasure. As long as any scrap meets the requirements, he can easily restore it. So what’s he waiting for? He’ll trade his job at a state-owned factory for a position at a recycling station. This place is full of things he can restore. This is a courtyard story that doesn’t follow the original plot. 17.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 159 Siheyuan: I Had a Home from the Start 四合院，开局有了家 Heartbroken, Qin Changchuan got drunk and went to the seaside alone in the middle of the night to clear his head. He never expected that after walking along the shore as the tide receded, he would pass out on the beach. When the tide came in, it carried him away and took his life. When he opened his eyes, he discovered he had transmigrated into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He hadn't been dealt a bad hand by fate. He'd been given a perfect start from the very beginning. Before, he had felt 79Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 160 Siheyuan: Everyone on Your Feet, Salute Your Godfather 四合院：全体起立，给干爹敬礼 As the train of time sped along, Lu Yao arrived in a Beijing courtyard in the 1960s. He activated the Strongest Godfather System. Anyone who acknowledged him as their dad would earn him huge rewards. Facing a courtyard full of scoundrels, Lu Yao was always one step ahead. Yi Zhonghai: “Lu Yao, you shouldn't be so selfish.” Lu Yao: “I give meat to twelve courtyard residents who have no family to support them every week, and I help six struggling households here. You call that selfish?” Yi Zhongha 13.1kReads9.1Score510Shelves
- 161 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 49.7kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves
- 162 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! 21.9kReads6.0Score514Shelves
- 163 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 25.4kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
- 164 Siheyuan: Don’t Mess with Me, or I’ll Have You Locked Up 四合院：不要惹我，惹我就送进去 After waking up, Li Luo transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became one of the residents of the courtyard. Through his own tireless efforts, he spent five years working his way up to become a Level Five electrician. Just then, a familiar yet strange voice suddenly rang out in his mind: “The five-year deadline has arrived. System activated.” From then on, Li Luo’s life became all the more colorful. Granny Deaf throwing her weight around because of her age? Then he’d have to r 21.8kReads7.6Score772Shelves
- 165 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Ordinary Path 四合院之何雨柱的平凡之路 A realistic portrayal of life in the 1960s. Back then, people had only one day off a week. Primary school lasted five years, middle school three, and high school two. Travel was slow, and people were simple and honest. Of course, the birds in the courtyard were the exception: the whole place was a den of villains. The worst was Qin Huairu, who'd eat you alive without leaving a bone. Second was Xu Damao, who reported his own wife. Third was Liu Haizhong, a petty man made all the more arrogant by 24.5kReads9.2Score996Shelves
- 166 Silly Zhu's Siheyuan 傻柱子的四合院 The protagonist is a little confused. I only went out for a budget trip, so how did I inexplicably become Silly Zhu? Well, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. At least I won't have to worry every day about scraping together a bite to eat. Sure, material goods are scarce in this era, but the people are honest and kind! Life is good! Well... except for this cannibalistic courtyard and the birds who live in it. 15.3kReads8.8Score782Shelves
- 167 Siheyuan: What I Say Goes in This Canteen 四合院，这个食堂我说了算 Zhang Renkang inexplicably finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He works his way up from a lowly kitchen helper to become the cafeteria director. What? Silly Zhu wants to cause trouble? Give him a beating and kick him out of the cafeteria. What? Qin Huairu wants a free ride? Ha, I won't do it unless I get something out of it. What? Yi Zhonghai wants me to take care of him in his old age? Dream on. I throw in my lot with Li Weimin and thrive. Watch Zhang Renkang take on the whole 16.1kReads7.6Score580Shelves
- 168 Easygoing Days in the Siheyuan 四合院里的悠哉日子 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
- 169 Siheyuan: From Forty-Nine City to Hong Kong Cinema 四合院：从四九城到港综 He transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and returns to the 1960s. Faced with a courtyard full of people scheming for petty gains, Xia Chen just wants to live a quiet life of his own. There's no hostility here, only warmth. The Siheyuan setting features only briefly at first. Later, he establishes himself in Hong Kong and expands worldwide. He builds the largest family business and becomes the richest hidden boss. Antiques, industry, farms, film and entertainment, technology and the inter 26.9kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 170 In the Siheyuan, I Became the Ultimate Insider 人在四合院，成为最强关系户 The train of the times rushes forward, and Wei Lai arrives at the courtyard from a TV drama. He activates the Relative System, which gives him a new relative every two weeks. Faced with a courtyard full of beasts, Wei Lai decides to strike first so he can live a good life. Why is Yi Zhonghai roaring in the middle of the night? It turns out Silly Zhu is growing distant from him. Why is Liu Haizhong sweeping the toilets? It turns out his own son stabbed him in the back. Why is Granny Deaf wailing 32.4kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
- 171 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 16.1kReads7.3Score737Shelves
- 172 Global Cataclysm: Building an Underground City from the Start 全球灾变：开局建设地下城 [Apocalypse vacation + lighthearted + funny + humblebragging] The apocalypse has begun. Ye Liangren uses his System to upgrade every part of his shelter. The faucet can automatically switch to cold water, hot water, soft drinks, coffee, milk, or even 1982 Château Lafite, depending on the Host’s needs! The clothes it makes are fireproof and can withstand temperatures below minus 150 degrees! The upgraded internet boasts ten-gigabit fiber speeds! He has also built an ecological ranch and a large-s 509Reads7.9Score100Shelves
- 173 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 [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
- 174 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangqi 四合院：我是刘光奇 A Love in the Courtyard fanfic. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became Liu Guangqi. Emmmm, not a bad identity. Unlike other transmigrators who start out as orphans, at least the courtyard's scoundrels can't bully me. As for everything else, I'll just sit back and watch! 10.8kReads9.1Score367Shelves
- 175 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 43.6kReads7.9Score2.2kShelves
- 176 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 35.5kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves
- 177 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 44.7kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
- 178 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! 29.3kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
- 179 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—Shelves
- 180 Siheyuan: One Smile from Him Leaves the Whole Courtyard Stunned 四合院：他一笑全院惊 Entirely handmade, no AI. Transmigration, lighthearted, multiple heroines, a warehouse, no hostility. When supplies are scarce, I have a supermarket. Enjoy a Cao thief’s life and live a different kind of existence. There’s no nightlife of glittering lights and bustling clubs, just the era’s shared activities. 16.7kReads6.8Score841Shelves
- 181 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 14.8kReads5.3Score442Shelves
- 182 Siheyuan: Transmigrated as the Head Master's Nephew 四合院：穿成一大爷的亲外甥 [Siheyuan + period setting + farming + portable dimension + one heroine] Li Anye transmigrates to an era of scarcity, with no parents and not a penny to his name, so he has no choice but to seek help from his maternal uncle, Uncle Yi. As the saying goes, a maternal uncle is worth more than the heavens. Surely no one can complain if he leans on his uncle for support? After graduating from vocational school, Li Anye gets a decent job at a steel mill thanks to his uncle. His uncle, Yi Zhonghai, is 21kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 183 Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao Overheard My Inner Thoughts, Though I Was Just Trying to Keep My Head Down 三国：苟神的我被曹操偷听了心声 [System] + [cautious survival] + [laid-back] + [farming] + [dual protagonists] + [comedy] My name is Xiahou Zhe, Xiahou Dun’s younger brother. From the start, I became a low-ranking civil official in Cao Cao’s camp and awakened the power of Xiang Yu. But fighting battles is a high-risk job. What’s the difference between having only a 98 percent chance of winning and throwing your life away? My goal in life is to keep my head down, stay safe, and be a lazy fish by Cao Cao’s side, enjoying a quiet 15.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
- 184 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... 45.2kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
- 185 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 55.2kReads6.4Score3.2kShelves
- 186 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 59.4kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
- 187 Madness in 1960: The Street Punk Leads the Courtyard Astray 疯癫1960：街溜子带偏四合院 [Crime Solving] [Comedy] [Nanluoguxiang] [My Dad Is a Hidden Big Shot] In 1960, with the enemy still lurking among the people and not yet fully eliminated, Xu Huai nearly got shot. Only after joining the Public Security Bureau did he discover that his father was a hidden big shot. 60.8kReads9.0Score5.7kShelves
- 188 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.) 83.2kReads5.5Score3.9kShelves
- 189 Siheyuan: Seeing the Scheme Through to the End 四合院之将截胡进行到底 [Multiple female leads, not for everyone] [Protagonists from various TV dramas collide, each with their own protagonist aura] [Disinfecting with iodine while whipping] Siheyuan, Zhengyang Gate, People Are Like Iron, Glorious Times, The Great New Era, Golden Wedding, Hutong, The Qiao Family Children... In the Name of the People, Ordinary Years, The War Between Two Women] [System for stealing female leads, self-interest, do-gooders, stay away] [No original female leads, characters from other stori 199.3kReads9.0Score13.5kShelves
- 190 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.1kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
