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- 151 A Different Life for Qin Huairu in the Siheyuan 四合院之秦淮如的另类人生 [A slow-burn story, with groundwork laid early and explosive twists later. If you have a strong heart, come on in.] Hold fast to Silly Zhu, never let go, Put down roots in Nanluoguxiang. The beasts may envy you, but stay firm, Strike back with strength and resolve. Qin Ru, a modern-day orphan from 2024, was a 24-year-old woman from Northeast China. After graduating from college, she moved to the capital to make a living. She worked herself to the bone for a chance to buy a home there, until she 2kReads8.9Score10414d adds
- 152 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu 四合院之傻柱 On the day He Daqing runs off, Silly Zhu inherits memories from the future. There is no System. Although goods are scarce in this era, it has its own unique wonders. Watch the protagonist strive to build an extraordinary life of his own. 14.3kReads8.8Score38814d adds
- 153 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is My Younger Brother 四合院，傻柱是我弟 This is my first book. I’ve read a ton of fan fiction about the courtyard house and watched the TV series, and I just can’t accept how things turned out. Silly Zhu and Yushui’s lives shouldn’t have gone that way. There should have been someone to save them, someone who could change things in that courtyard. 28.2kReads8.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 154 Siheyuan: A Cultivator's Soul Transmigrates Into Yan Jiecheng 四合院：修仙佬魂穿闫解成 [Strike back at your enemies on the spot] [Take the initiative to bully people] [Full of hostility] A rogue cultivator from a fantasy world transmigrates into Yan Jiecheng in the courtyard. To restore his cultivation, he has no choice but to torment the courtyard’s pests and absorb their resentment. 3Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 155 Siheyuan: He Jian's Second Uncle 四合院之何家二叔 An ancient person’s soul transmigrates into a courtyard house, becoming Silly Zhu’s uncle. Knowing nothing about Silly Zhu’s future or the history of the courtyard, he strives to change the fates of those around him. 15kReads8.9Score44414d adds
- 156 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 12.1kReads8.1Score46014d adds
- 157 Siheyuan: I Have a Produce Market on Me 四合院：随身带着菜市场 (Pocket dimension + Power fantasy + Everyday life + Cunning schemer + Shameless tricks + Tall tales + No supernatural villains) Also known as: Promotion at the Steel Mill, The New Liaison Officer, Siheyuan’s Top Dog, and A Big Mouth That Eats Everything Except a Loss. Schemes, strategic maneuvering, empty promises. No hostility, no formulaic plot. Those who meddle should beware. Factory grunt Wu Youde collapses at a vegetable market after working too many night shifts. When he wakes up, he has a 5.4kReads7.5Score14114d adds
- 158 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
- 159 Siheyuan: He Daqing Plans to Run Away from the Start 四合院：开局何大清要跑路 Transmigrating to 1952, He Yuzhu is left to care for his little sister, He Yushui, after He Daqing runs off. He gains a Spirit Spring Space. See how he makes his way in the world of Love in the Courtyard. 1.1kReads8.0Score11214d adds
- 160 Half a Life on the Wrong Road 半生歧途 Beneath the bustle of everyday life, undercurrents stir, as human relationships and rules become entangled. Hidden webs of self-interest and illicit dealings quietly erode the foundations of order. When ideals are tested by reality, and temptation besieges people’s original convictions, some lose their way and sink, while others step forward. A long, arduous campaign against corruption tears away layers of disguise and restores justice to the world. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Uncover a Shocking Secret 四合院：开局发现惊天秘密 Zhang Xiaopi was reborn, and an unexpected job in the capital brought him there. For no apparent reason, he ended up living in the Beast-Filled Courtyard. See how Zhang Xiaopi makes his own way in this vibrant, tumultuous era. See how he puts the courtyard’s pests in their place. This is a slow-burn story, but it has plenty of bite and a satisfying ending. 20kReads8.5Score72114d adds
- 162 Siheyuan: I Have Lots of Systems 四合院：我有很多系统 Traveling through multiple TV and film worlds, this is an overpowered, easygoing story with multiple heroines. In the courtyard world, the protagonist stays away from widows and doesn't cause trouble. The protagonist has a Tomato System, a Farm System, a Spirit Spring Dimension, a Traveling Frog, a Bragging System, a Proficiency System, a Simplification System, a Deadly Soldiers System, an Emotion System, ten thousandfold comprehension, heaven-defying comprehension, a lottery System... In a nove 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 163 A Common Man in the Siheyuan 四合院小市民 A single heroine, in a gentler era without hostility. This story is simply about the quiet, ordinary life of that time, the helplessness of everyday people, and life in a courtyard house amid the sweeping changes of a great age. 5.4kReads8.9Score16614d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: Absorbing Bang Geng's Luck to Extend My Life from the Start 四合院：开局吸取棒梗气运来续命 [Siheyuan courtyard · Period setting · System · Pocket dimension · One heroine · Enemy spies...] (Also known as Siheyuan: I Join the National Investigation Department at Eight and Siheyuan: I Absorb Bang Geng's Luck from the Start to Prolong My Life) Mei Wenhua, an overworked laborer, exhausts himself rescuing someone from the water and transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan courtyards, where he activates the System. He gains the ability to absorb and plunder people's luck. As long as some 10.9kReads7.9Score50714d adds
- 165 My Harem of Beauties in Siheyuan 四合院我的美人窝 Granny Jia is sent off to the countryside, the Second and Third Masters are tricked into going to support the Third Front, the First Master is duped into a car accident and killed, and the deaf old woman is raided and extorted. He even gets Xu Damao and Yan Jiecheng into danmei... This transmigrator is having a blast in the courtyard. 11.2kReads5.4Score49414d adds
- 166 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 12.1kReads8.4Score47914d adds
- 167 Conquering the Realm, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第七部之青州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 59Reads—Score114d adds
- 168 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu's Uncle 四合院：穿越成傻柱舅舅 In 1958, Li Jianjun transmigrated into the body of a demobilized soldier. This man turned out to be He Yuzhu's uncle, who was also named Li Jianjun. After leaving the military, he took a job as the chief of security at the Steel Mill and officially moved into the courtyard. Silly Zhu and He Yushui finally experienced the care of an elder. With no way out, Yi Zhonghai was left dumbfounded. 112Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 169 Siheyuan: Li Xiuyu's Era 四合院：李修禹的年代史 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. 21.1kReads8.2Score53914d adds
- 170 The Blind Man in the Siheyuan Has Superpowers 四合院这个瞎子有异能 Good news: I transmigrated into a book. Bad news: it’s the famous courtyard drama. Good news: the space and psychic abilities I awakened in the apocalypse came with me. Bad news: I transmigrated into a blind man... 9.5kReads7.7Score41314d adds
- 171 Siheyuan: From the Steel Mill to the Pig Farm 四合院：从轧钢厂转战养猪厂 Also known as: The System Is in The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, but I'm in the Courtyard Good news: I got a System. Bad news: It took me to the wrong set! Ye Xiaonan got a System that promised to take him to the world of the courtyard. But while he was away, the System accidentally ran off to the neighboring world of The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. The good news is that he can still connect to the System. The bad news is that these quests seem a little off. [Main Quest: In the martial world, stre 14.4kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 172 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 21.2kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 173 Qin Ling’er’s Cultivation Journey 秦灵儿修仙 In the Qin Family Silk Shop in Linjiang City, Qin Linger led an ordinary life, keeping the books and managing the stock, until a demonic tide swept through the city one day and claimed the lives of her loved ones, shattering her peaceful routine. Just then, news spread through town that Tianyun Sect was recruiting disciples. When her parents heard the neighbors say that cultivating immortality was harder than climbing to heaven, they tried to stop her from signing up. But Qin Linger was determin 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Conquering the Realm, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第六部之徐州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 The Eight Great Clans: More Children, More Blessings, He Daqing Takes Everything 八离世家，多子多福何大清吃绝户 [Bright Sword] + [Romance in a Bloody Age] + [Snow Leopard] + [The Great Dye House] + [A Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Under Zhengyang Gate] + [The Mansion Gate] + [The Galloping Years] + [Artillery God] + [Glory Days] He Daqing spent months playing through a Steam game called War of Resistance 14, only to die from exhaustion. He awakens in the Republican era, in the central courtyard of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, in the 16th year of the Republic. He begins his resistance against Ja 8.1kReads—Score41214d adds
- 176 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 22.6kReads7.6Score79014d adds
- 177 Siheyuan: Transferred from the Military, Promoted to Department Chief on Day One 四合院：部队转业，入职即科长 Zhang Weiguo transmigrates to an era of shortages and deprivation. A decorated veteran, he is reassigned as a procurement chief at a steel mill and moves into a courtyard compound. With a golden finger in the form of a portable space, he changes the fate of everyone in the compound. When Heaven is unjust and fate is cruel, meet it head-on with all your strength. Watch Zhang Weiguo write his own legend in this turbulent era! 19.7kReads7.4Score87814d adds
- 178 Siheyuan: The Story of an Ordinary Man 四合院之小人物的故事 This book doesn't demonize anyone; it gives everyone something to hope for. The protagonist won't spend the whole story cooped up in the Siheyuan. The main focus is on what happens later, as things develop and change. Follow Wang Yong's perspective as he returns to that era. 513Reads8.6Score4414d adds
- 179 Siheyuan: My Life Starts Over 四合院：我的人生重新开始 A top student from the future accidentally arrives in the world of the courtyard houses. He wants no part in the petty squabbles in the neighborhood or the scheming at work. All he wants is to enjoy a peaceful life at home, whatever storms may rage outside. 6.8kReads8.4Score20214d adds
- 180 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Have a Spell That Turns People into Sheep, Oh Yeah 四合院，开局就有变羊术，噢耶 [No toxicity, no angst, and definitely no cheating!] Yi Zhonghai actually killed White Widow! Liu Haizhong actually became a squad leader! Granny Jia ran away with Jia Banggeng! Lin Daniu transmigrated to a Beijing courtyard in 1958 and got the ability to turn people into sheep from the start. But something is off about this courtyard! [Has a pocket dimension + System + no saintly protagonist + multiple women!] 4.6kReads5.5Score15914d adds
- 181 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 25kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 182 Siheyuan: I Support My Family by Fishing 四合院：我靠钓鱼养家糊口 Yan Xiewen transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan, becoming a second son who never existed in the original story. By sheer coincidence, he arrives just as the three-year famine begins. Lost and uncertain, he awakens his own golden finger: a fishing System. He can earn points and all kinds of supplies by fishing... From then on, he makes a living and supports his family by fishing... 7.7kReads7.6Score36414d adds
- 183 Conquering the Realm, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第五部之兖州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Siheyuan: Stir Up Trouble? Dogs Don't, but I Do! 四合院：搞事？狗不搞，我搞！ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Mild Violence]+ [Stirs Up Trouble on Purpose]+ [Mastermind Behind the Scenes]+ [Mostly Everyday Life]+ [Fun and Hilarious] Qian Duoduo accidentally transmigrates into the world of Full of Love. His golden finger gives him two starter gift packs, then runs off. At five years old, Qian Duoduo opens a growth gift pack and obtains an Emotion Magnifier. From then on, the courtyard gains a little demon, and the city of Beijing gets a “little rascal.” At ten, he obtains the puppet Cha 22.9kReads7.7Score88214d adds
- 185 Siheyuan: The Cruelest He Yuzhu in History! 四合院：史上最狠何雨柱！ His soul transmigrates to 1952, where he rewrites the story of the animal-infested courtyard. He Yuzhu, who has come from another world, combines a pocket dimension with ruthless decisiveness and a calculating nature... The courtyard beasts: “Zhuzi, how can you hit an old person?” He Yuzhu: “You must be seeing things. Where’s the old person? Lord Zhu is clearly hitting a beast.” 491Reads7.1Score16114d adds
- 186 Conquering the Realm, Part Four: In Search of the Tripods 问鼎天下第四部之寻鼎记 Conquering the World, Part Four: The Quest for the Tripod 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Siheyuan: Starting in 1953 四合院从1953开始 He Yuzhu, who shares the same name as Silly Zhu, complained about the plot of the courtyard story and was chosen by the System. He was sent into the world where the story takes place and became Silly Zhu. Fortunately, the System showed some consideration: instead of dropping He Yuzhu into the story at the beginning, it sent him back to before He Daqing ran off with the widow. Since I’m here, and I have a System, I won’t be fooled again or act like a simp this time around. I’ll live for myself an 23.6kReads8.7Score69014d adds
- 188 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Swapped My Name on the Promotion List 四合院：我被易中海偷换晋升名单 [This book is full of anger, so don’t read if that’s not your thing. It’s about taking down scoundrels, not fawning over them.] After Chen Yu transmigrated, he discovered that the original owner had been killed by Jia Dongxu with a brick. Worse, his only family was his younger sister, who had stomach cancer and urgently needed money for medicine. From the original owner’s memories, he learned that after putting in enough years on the job, he was finally eligible for promotion to Level One fitter 22.1kReads7.8Score95514d adds
- 189 Xu Damao's Story Begins in the Siheyuan 许大茂从四合院开始 The courtyard is just where Xu Damao's story begins. How could an era of dramatic change and burning passion go by without me, in the prime of my youth? See how Xu Damao, once a genuine hypocrite and villain, and his two little companions build lives unlike any other. With an unreliable little System, we're not counting on him. The missions are yours, so what do they have to do with me? We'll make our own decisions and live our own lives! (A note: this is a slow-burn story that spans a long peri 2.1kReads5.8Score—14d adds
- 190 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as He Daqing and Was Blackmailed from the Start 四合院：穿越何大清，开局被要挟 Main character: He Daqing [Feel-good story + no saintly self-sacrifice + spiritual spring space + taking the initiative] A mercenary from the future transmigrates into He Daqing, Silly Zhu’s biological father! From the start, he faces a deadly trap laid for him by Deaf Granny, Yi Zhonghai, and White Widow working together... A honey trap? You all want to force me to leave the capital? Sorry, buddy. In my previous life, I was willing to risk my life on the battlefield for money. Do you really thi 10.7kReads6.4Score28214d adds
- 191 Conquering the Realm, Part Three: The Yongzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第三部之雍州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Three: The Yongzhou Tripod 21Reads—Score214d adds
- 192 Siheyuan: Take My Advice and Don't Mess With Me, I Know Your Secrets 四合院：听劝别惹我，我知你底细 Lin Yuan, a corporate drone caught in the rat race of the 21st century, wakes up to find he’s become a trainee purchasing agent at the Hongxing Steel Mill in 1958. And he’s living in a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang, a den of corruption and endless scheming? A hellish start? Not a chance! His transmigration comes with an intelligence System, leaving no secrets hidden from him, whether in the courtyard or at the steel mill. Who’s hiding gold bars, who stole state grain, who’s plotting behind so 31.6kReads6.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 193 I, He Daqing! Mount Fuji: A Mountain God? 我，何大清！富士山：山神？ He Daqing, an archaeologist, pricks his finger on a bronze ring while cleaning a tomb. He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and activates the Mountain God Inheritance System, becoming the Mountain God of Mount Fuji! Determined to escape the fate laid out for him, He Daqing makes arrangements for his children, then resolutely joins the Volunteer Army and heads to the Korean War front, where he writes a legendary tale! 3.4kReads6.8Score14614d adds
- 194 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
- 195 Siheyuan: He Daqing Steals Qin Huairu Away, More Children, More Blessings 四合院何大清截胡秦淮茹多子多福 No poison, a pocket dimension, and a fast pace! He transmigrates into a Siheyuan, where Qin Huairu is still unmarried, so he’d better marry her before anyone else does! With a pocket dimension at his disposal and his combat power maxed out from the start, I’m not going to hold back! No self-righteous saint, no sneaky schemer, and no waiting until tomorrow. If there’s nothing going on, I’ll find an excuse to slap a few people around! 3.5kReads5.5Score10014d adds
- 196 Siheyuan: Young Silly Zhu's Comeback 四合院：青年傻柱的逆袭人生 At twenty-five, he transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and becomes He Yuzhu! What? His father, He Daqing, ran off! Good riddance. Isn’t this a perfect start? His father’s gone and left behind a big house. The old man may not care about his foolish son, but plenty of other people do. Leech off the old man? Absolutely. Might as well get the money back early, since he’s going to be taking it anyway. Yi Zhonghai: “Zhuzi, here’s 200 yuan. Go buy yourself a bicycle.” He Yushui: “Brothe 15.3kReads8.8Score58914d adds
- 197 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 27.7kReads8.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 198 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. 17.1kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 199 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Awakening 四合院：傻柱的觉醒 My new work is here! You’re welcome to 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! 18.8kReads6.6Score40614d adds
- 200 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
