Novels like Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, a Scoundrel
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- 51 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m Expected to Support Yi Zhonghai in His Old Age 四合院：开局要给易中海养老 Transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard Lin Beichen has to take care of Yi Zhonghai from the start They say you have to fight heaven, earth, and the beasts But what could be better than a Siheyuan worth tens of millions? So... Sorry, everyone. I'm going to lie flat now. See you in twenty years, when you check my bank balance. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Cripple Bang Geng 四合院：开局把棒梗打残了 [Courtyard life + a vicious streak + System + farming + everyday life + adorable kids + Wei Wu's romantic legacy] Xiao Feng is watching Love in the Courtyard and grumbling about it when a cup of water sends him into the courtyard. He takes over the body of a local thug who shares his name, inheriting all his nasty habits. One plus one becomes three. To keep people from noticing that anything is different, Xiao Feng can only change himself little by little, using his pocket world to build a fortu 564Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 53 The Yi Family Has a Son 四合院之易家有子 First, let me be clear: this book isn't full of hostility, nor is it a harem story. It's just something to pass the time with, so don't read it if that's not your thing. Reborn in the courtyard, he is taken in by the First Aunt from the start. As a result, the First Uncle can no longer use morality to manipulate everyone, and the residents' fates are rewritten. He witnesses the rise and flourishing of the New China right there in the courtyard. —Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 54 Siheyuan: I'm Just Too Talented 四合院：我太有才了 Who could have expected that an ordinary man, carried away by a moment of excitement, would transmigrate into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, arriving just as Jia Xudong and Qin Huairu were starting their life together? Watch how he steals Qin Huairu away and takes on the courtyard once more. 1.7kReads7.5Score—Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: Back to 1960 四合院：回到1960 [Transmigration + System + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Minor Changes!!] Ji Xingxian transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard. From the start, both his parents were dead, and before the seven-day mourning period was over, the neighbors had already called a meeting and tried to trick him into handing over the property his family had left behind. Ji Xingxian wasn't the same short-tempered pushover he used to be. He torments He Yuzhu, deals with Xu Damao, and wins over Lou Xiaoe... See how Ji Xingxian 408Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 56 Siheyuan: I Have Jia Zhangshi Executed and Bring Glory to My Country 四合院：枪毙贾张氏，我为国争光 [This book has a lot of hostility. If that's not your thing, don't read it.] Xu Feng transmigrated into a courtyard home. Jia Zhangshi tricked him into going to war so she could take over his house. After barely surviving, he found Jia Dongxu trying to use his house to arrange a date for himself. Xu Feng saw how all the scoundrels in the courtyard treated him like a pushover, each hoping to get a piece of the pie. Xu Feng was furious! He killed Jia Zhangshi, Yi Zhonghai, and... At the same time, 1Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 57 Siheyuan: I Came to Get Rich, and Teach You How to Behave Along the Way 四合院：我来发财顺便教你们做人 Chen Fugui opens his eyes. What the hell is this place? Bricks and boards for a bed, with a tattered quilt that reeks. Wait! Hey! Hey... Good grief! My head's killing me! When he comes to, he understands: he has transmigrated. What the hell is this nonsense? If I was going to transmigrate, couldn't you have made me an emperor? A crown prince would have been fine too! Why make me some damn pauper? At least I'm not an orphan this time! Damn it! I'm pretty much an orphan anyway! I've also got a dil 1.8kReads8.0Score106Shelves
- 58 Siheyuan: The Battle of Lake Changjin 四合院：从长津湖开始 Qin Bing was a modern special forces soldier and king of the battlefield. After a strange stone he bought at an antique market drew him into a conspiracy by a foreign mercenary organization, Qin Bing died and transmigrated to Longguo in 1949... 582Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 59 The Second Son of the Jia Family in Siheyuan 四合院之贾家老二 Jia Dongfang, a modern man, transmigrates as the second son of the Jia family in the courtyard. Now that he has returned from military service, how will he deal with the people in the courtyard? How will he get through the turbulent years? And how will he become a pioneer of reform and opening up? Let’s wait and see. 1.5kReads6.6Score—Shelves
- 60 Siheyuan: The Family Split from the Start 四合院之开局就分家 Liu Shaoping had just been accepted to Peking University. To earn his tuition, he stayed up all night writing during summer vacation, until he suddenly died at his computer desk. When he woke again, he found he had transmigrated into a TV drama he had watched in his previous life, taking the place of Liu Haizhong’s second son. From the start, he discovered that his predecessor had been beaten to death by Liu Haizhong after sneaking an egg. He immediately resolved to split from the family. 5kReads8.5Score163Shelves
- 61 A Good Life in the Siheyuan with He Yushui 四合院带着何雨水单过好日子 Transmigration + System + Plot After a drunken night, poor Zhang Bin unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he became He Yudong, the younger brother of Silly Zhu. Knowing the tragic ending awaiting Silly Zhu, he tried to change his brother's fate, only for Silly Zhu to buy out their brotherly bond for four yuan and fifty cents. With the arrival of the System, He Yudong embarked on a fantastical journey of crushing the courtyard's vile characters. 4.4kReads6.8Score101Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: Building the Strongest Tech Nation 四合院：打造最强科技龙国 This is a brand-new courtyard compound novel, with none of the familiar plotlines about stealing chickens and the like. Instead, it has plenty of fresh storylines you haven’t seen before. The later chapters get even more exciting. I hope you’ll stick around for the epic events to come! 710Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 63 Siheyuan: A Divine Medical Art from the Start 四合院：开局获得神级医术 Lin Yunfeng, an upstanding young man of the 21st century, accidentally transmigrates into the world of the TV series Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he gets everything he needs to make a living: a farm space and divine-level medical skills. With all that, dealing with those people who come looking for trouble is almost too easy. 1.5kReads5.6Score—Shelves
- 64 Siheyuan: Leave Me Alone 四合院：别烦我 Li Fan transmigrates, apparently into a TV drama. What a disaster! And of all shows, it had to be this one. Wouldn’t a xianxia world be much better? The problem is, now that he’s here, there’s no going back! He arrives just in time for his parents to die in an accident at the steel mill, and for the whole courtyard to gather for a feast. Once they’ve finished eating, he can leave, right? But they want his family’s house too! And they’re even holding a full-courtyard meeting! They’ve got quite th 3.4kReads7.9Score113Shelves
- 65 Siheyuan: A Young Prodigy, Unmatched Patriot 四合院：少年英才，国士无双 Chen Xiao transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and gets as far as discussing marriage with Qin Huairu. But then disaster strikes his family, and after a villain schemes against him, Jia Dongxu cuts in and steals Qin Huairu away. At last, years later, Chen Xiao's own hard work makes him the youngest Level Six fitter at the steel mill. He also unlocks a System and eventually becomes one of the country's top scientific contributors. His life gets better and better, while the courty 427Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 66 Siheyuan: Farming with All the Beautiful Women! 四合院，我和众美女一起种田！ Zheng Tong, an ordinary modern man at the bottom of society, transmigrates to the capital in the 1960s. Who says the transmigration gods don’t look after working-class people like him? Look, didn’t he transmigrate? But then Zheng Tong discovers that he has transmigrated into "The Birds-Filled Siheyuan", a TV drama he once watched! (^_^) And he’s just an insignificant background character! So should he keep lying flat, or get back on his feet and take off? Read the story of the modern “King of Sl 415Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 67 Siheyuan: Reborn as the Pickpocket Saint’s Uncle 四合院：重生成盗圣的大伯 [A note before you start: This isn’t a dark, angry story. It leans more toward everyday life.] Reborn as Jia Dongxu’s older brother, he gets called in by Jia Zhangshi to take over Jia Dongxu’s job at the steel mill after an accident at the factory. “Well, looks like I’d better go see the famous courtyard from my previous life.” 908Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 68 I Transmigrated into a Siheyuan and Put Every Defiant Neighbor in Their Place! 穿越四合院，专治各种不服！ Bao Ying transmigrated, but he wasn’t happy about it at all. If we’re all transmigrators, why treat us so differently? Other people transmigrate into a courtyard house. They either get there a few years early, build themselves up, then lie low through the turbulent years before rising to prominence. Or they make plans for Hong Kong, using the chaos of the times to develop and build up their capital there. Or they arrive after the spring breeze, then ride it straight to success. But what about Ba 3Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 69 Siheyuan: Living Life to the Fullest 四合院：积极生活 (Siheyuan + System + everyday life + changing the plot) Huo Heping transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, quietly watching the world change and savoring life's many flavors. If no one wrongs me, I won't wrong anyone. I'll enjoy the spectacle and make light of life. Watch as the little demon king Huo joins life in the courtyard. —Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 70 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Triumphant Return 四合院之傻柱强势归来 A young man from the modern era accidentally transmigrates into He Yuzhu's body. With a System at his side, he rises to become the cafeteria director and marries a stunning beauty. As for the assorted nuisances in the courtyard, they can go cool their heels somewhere else. 5.9kReads6.3Score200Shelves
- 71 Siheyuan: The Beastly Neighbors Fight for My House, So I Fight for My Life 四合院，禽兽抢房我玩命 Liu Chuan woke up to discover that he had transmigrated, and into a TV drama, no less. The original owner's father had died in service, and his mother couldn't bear the blow. She fell ill and passed away less than two months later. The Liu family was like a juicy piece of meat, and everyone wanted to take a bite. 7.2kReads6.3Score267Shelves
- 72 Siheyuan: The Proud Police Officer 四合院：笑傲江湖的警察 Thanks for asking. I’m in the 1960s, fresh off the battlefield. With nothing better to do, He Kun had no idea how the transmigration god had noticed him. All he’d been doing was playing QQ Farm, yet somehow he transmigrated to the 1960s. He even ended up living in a famous courtyard compound. Was someone going to try to take his room from the start? No way. The people in the courtyard seemed pretty reasonable to He Kun. They even helped him move his furniture and tidy up. Let’s see how He Kun, a 735Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 73 Siheyuan: My Sister Is Qin Huairu 四合院：我姐姐是秦淮茹 Note: This isn't an especially bitter or intense story, just an ordinary tale set in a bygone era, with some plotlines involving characters from the courtyard house. My older sister is Qin Huairu, and she actually had someone send food back for me? How can I believe that? Forget it. To avoid giving myself away, I'll just enlist in the army anyway. Five years later, in the winter of 1965, Qin Jianjun is discharged and reassigned to civilian work... The story begins here. 311Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: Promoted to Level-Six Fitter from the Start 四合院：开局晋升六级钳工 After Yang Jianjun died, he was reborn in a parallel world, in Love in the Courtyard, as an ordinary resident of the courtyard. The shock of his father's death awakened his memories of a past life. He expected a golden finger to appear, but never imagined it would take so long to show up. With no other choice, Yang Jianjun worked hard at his studies and honed his skills, gradually raising his fitter rank. It took him just seven years to become a Level 6 fitter, and then the System finally activa 78Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 75 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Rage at Yi Zhonghai and Shock the Whole Flock 四合院：开局怒怼易忠海，众禽震 Shen Zhigang transmigrates into the role of Yi Zhonghai's apprentice and activates the Get Stronger by Clapping Back System. When he meets the biased Yi Zhonghai, Shen Zhigang immediately gives him a piece of his mind and gets a bicycle voucher. When he catches Second Master Liu Haizhong acting all high and mighty, he teaches him a lesson and gets a sewing machine voucher. When the old deaf lady tries to trade on her age, he turns around and reports her as an enemy agent, earning a warehouse sto 4.9kReads5.5Score119Shelves
- 76 Siheyuan: I'm Trash, and You're All Beasts 四合院：我是垃圾，诸位是禽兽 (Courtyard House + farming + feel-good novel + everyday life in a bygone era + System) In his previous life, college student Li Tiancai coasted through life and slacked off every day. After an accident, he transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a lonely tenant with no family in the courtyard. Fortunately, he has a System, as if bestowed with imperial robes and destined to rule the world. First Uncle, the Supreme Paragon of Morality! Second Uncle, hopelessly obsessed with officialdo 143Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 77 A Brief Respite in the Siheyuan 四合院之偷得浮生半日闲 Li Fusheng is reborn in the Forty-Nine City of 1961. The bad news is, he discovers that something is off about the world. How did he end up in the world of Full Courtyard of Birds? This story has a relatively realistic portrayal of Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu. If you don’t like Qin Huairu, please don’t read. There’s no need to waste your time and then give me a bad review. 12Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 78 Siheyuan: I Arrived with a Package Delivery 四合院之带着快递而来 With a warehouse full of packages, he transmigrates to an era of material shortages. Cao Dajun looks at the mountain of packages. Each one is a mystery box. He opens one: a box of Viagra. He opens another: a bottle of red wine. He opens another: a box of cigars. And in one of them, he even finds adult products? 12Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 79 Siheyuan: From the Start, My Parents Are Sacrificed to Heaven! 四合院：开局父母祭天！ Modern-day overworked office drone Tang Xingguo transmigrates into the world of “The Beastly Siheyuan.” Faced with the moral blackmail of Yi Zhonghai, the spirit-summoning Jia Zhangshi, the original green tea girl Qin Huairu, Banggeng, who bears the title of the Great Thief, and He Yuzhu, the king of simps, see how Tang Xingguo, who knows the story inside out, takes them all in hand! 1.4kReads8.0Score—Shelves
- 80 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Pick Up Jia Zhangshi? 四合院：开局捡到贾张氏？ Transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, set in the 1950s from the start, he finds himself in bed with 42-year-old Jia Zhangshi as soon as he arrives? And he’s supposed to marry her? What’s more, Jia Zhangshi is only with him for his two houses! Call off the engagement. It has to be called off! Wang Jianguo activates the Life Choices System. His life path becomes clear at a glance, and the rewards are just right. 344Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became Twelve-Year-Old Silly Zhu 四合院：开局成了12岁傻柱 A middle-aged man from modern times is hit by a car and killed while delivering food. He transmigrates into the body of twelve-year-old Silly Zhu. “System? Why can’t I transmigrate directly?” “You’re too weak. The story needs time to develop. You can only influence things occasionally. You won’t awaken for another fourteen years...” “System, you can go to hell...” Once I awaken, just watch how I deal with all those animals. 11.2kReads7.9Score267Shelves
- 82 A Happy Life Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的幸福生活 Ye Feng transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and puts the courtyard’s vermin in their place. After gaining cooking skills, he steadily takes Silly Zhu’s job away from him and becomes the head chef of the stir-fry kitchen at the steel mill, kicking off a joyful life full of chaos in the courtyard. Yi Zhonghai: “Xiao Ye, listen to your First Uncle and give your house to Jia Zhangshi. Her family has so many people crammed into one room, and Qin Huairu has it tough.” Ye Feng: “Get lost. I don’t 82Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 The Door to My Pigsty Leads to a Siheyuan 我家猪圈门通【四合院】 Middle-aged He Dawei is a lifelong bachelor. He's planning to retire back in his hometown village. He's too tired to keep working. He thinks of how he's all alone, with his wife having run off with their daughter. Two words sum him up: truly pathetic. He thinks he'll grow old and die in bed, with nobody caring... But then! The door to his pigsty can't stand to watch anymore... The protagonist is pretty laid-back. He's not out to slaughter everyone; he just wants a comfortable life and a son to 37Reads8.2Score105Shelves
- 84 Siheyuan: The First Master’s Son 四合院之一大爷之子 If Yi Zhonghai, the moral paragon of Love in the Courtyard, has a child to carry on his family line, will He Yuzhu still end up following his old path of supporting a widow? And how will the Jia family change? A new story from a new author. 5Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 85 Siheyuan: The Little Blacksmith Who Started in 1946 四合院：从1946开始的小铁匠 Fang Guoqiang transmigrates to 1946, but he soon discovers that this world isn't the real one. Here, Silly Zhu is an idiot who sells steamed buns on the street at the age of eight. Mu Chunhua is willing to become another man's concubine in exchange for three doses of penicillin. Wu Youren is a greedy official sent to take over property. Tian Zao is determined to avenge her father. Tian Dan is a highly intelligent, exceptionally calm special agent. Liu Rusi is a bewitching beauty with alluring ey 17Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 86 Siheyuan: From Engineer to Unstoppable Success 四合院：从工程师开始一路狂飙 Lin Shengli transmigrated to the 1960s. He thought he was simply in the world of Love in the Courtyard, but to his surprise, Zheng Juan, a nearly perfect woman, lived in the back courtyard; Liang Ladi lived in the courtyard to his left; Old Master Guan, the Nine Gates Commandant who loved collecting antiques, lived in the courtyard to his right; and Xu Huizhen’s little tavern stood at the mouth of the alley... He was an engineer at the Hongxing Steel Plant and highly valued by the leadership. He 432Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 87 Siheyuan: Forcing Qin Huairu to Marry Me and Subduing the Beasts 四合院：强娶秦淮茹，镇压众禽兽 Liu Jianshe unexpectedly arrives in Love in the Courtyard and starts by winning over the White Lotus! He activates the Fortuitous Encounters System, then reclaims all the money the beasts have bled from him, exposes their hypocritical faces, and rises to success! As for his admirers, Lou Xiao'e, Yu Li, Ding Qiunan, and the others, Liu Jianshe can only sincerely apologize: he's a saint, after all! 882Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 88 Siheyuan: Sending the First Lord to Jail from the Start 四合院：开局把一大爷丢进局子 From the start, he was a penniless beggar. Following his second uncle’s last will, he came to the Siheyuan! But he discovered that his bankbook and money had been stolen, and someone had seized his house! Right from the start, he had the hypocritical Yi Zhonghai thrown in jail, where he could work on an assembly line to earn his own peanuts! What’s that? You want me to show respect to Deaf Granny and Director Yang? I’ll show you a whole string of respect! Actually, I’ll grind all your dignity in 2.5kReads6.8Score103Shelves
- 89 Siheyuan: A Doctor Without a System 四合院：没有系统的医生 Shang Yuan, a medical student, fell asleep and woke up transmigrated to the tumultuous 1960s. Is transmigration really that common these days? Faced with an era of poverty and scarcity, Shang Yuan felt helpless. Worse still, he didn’t even have a golden finger. But since he was already here, Shang Yuan could only steel himself and face it head-on. 4Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 90 Siheyuan: Jiang Hantou Lets Loose 四合院：放飞自我蒋憨子 [If you've got a lot of hostility, don't come in. Don't come in if you've got a lot of hostility. Don't come in if you've got a lot of hostility. There are plenty of other courtyard novels that start with killing, killing, killing. This one isn't for you. Seriously. It's extremely toxic and could kill you.] [Lighthearted and funny. The protagonist is a scheming jokester who gets his revenge by striking at people's hearts from behind the scenes. The revenge unfolds slowly. He only likes to provok 18Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 91 Siheyuan: The Joy of Fighting the Troublemakers 四合院：与禽斗其乐无穷 Lin Fan wakes up one day to discover he has transmigrated. What, this is Love in the Courtyard? Interesting. So I’m supposed to go head-to-head with these beasts. That saying really is true: there’s endless fun in fighting beasts! The tone isn’t too intense, with the focus on an easygoing life. 14.4kReads6.9Score479Shelves
- 92 Starting in 1963 从1963开始 A slow-burn, reborn period drama, not a mindless power fantasy. A mash-up of TV dramas. Not too dark, so feel free to give it a try. The protagonist is kind, just, brave, and full of positive energy... All right, I made that up. He's just a crafty schemer! 24Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 93 Is This a Joke? 岂非儿戏 [Supernatural powers + transmigrate] [Comedic transmigration into a book] ^O^ Please don't read if this bothers you~ The invincible young Chen Long gains supernatural powers after stumbling upon an ancient magical artifact. He can summon wind and rain, and travel through countless lands. Using the Twin Fish Jade Pendant, he enters parallel worlds, visits Journey to the West, takes on Water Margin, and ventures into Dream of the Red Chamber, unraveling the unsolved mysteries of the myriad worlds. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Siheyuan: The Soldier King, Awarded a Village from the Start 四合院：兵王，开局奖励一个村庄 Zhou Cheng'an transmigrates and becomes an elite soldier in a secret unit in the 1960s. He thought he would spend his life in the military, all alone. Then one day, a letter arrives from home: his father has died, and a beautiful wife is waiting for him there. Tired of the life-and-death struggles on the battlefield, Zhou Cheng'an returns home, only to discover that he has ended up in the world of Love in the Courtyard. What's more, the courtyard's troublemakers want to seize his father's pensio 3.9kReads7.9Score171Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: I'm a Young TCM Doctor Who Can Treat Any Problem 四合院：我小中医专治各种不服 [Not too brutal, but those who can't stomach death and dismemberment should stay away] Don't mess with me. You can't afford to! Why? Because I've got needles! Make my woman angry, one prick and your mouth will twist, your eyes will go crooked. Make my man angry, one prick and you'll never get back on your feet. Make my kid angry, no needles needed. I'll just smack him across the face. 15.7kReads7.3Score561Shelves
- 96 Siheyuan Survival Journal 四合院生存记录 Can't swallow cornbread buns? Is it really so hard when your throat feels like it's full of razor blades? Can't live without a flush toilet? Once you feel the urge, can you just make it go away? Can't get by without a System? Hundreds of millions of people have managed. Why can't you? A wage slave arrives in a Siheyuan with nothing to his name. Can he survive the tides of the times? 1.1kReads7.8Score108Shelves
- 97 Siheyuan: Ruling the World 四合院：大摄天下 Photographer Zhang Ping transmigrates into a world set during the same era as Love in the Courtyard. Drawing on the professional skills he learned in his previous life, he makes friends far and wide during that extraordinary period. As his sign-in rewards keep being converted into real power, he also exposes the hypocrisy hiding beneath the surface of all the scoundrels in the courtyard. In the end, he takes over the entire courtyard and fulfills his dream of conquering the world through photogr 11Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 98 Life in the Siheyuan with He Yushui 四合院之跟何雨水过日子 Old bachelor Liu Guangming is watching the TV drama Love in the Courtyard at home, while middle-schooler Liu Guangming gets heatstroke during an exam at school. A little notebook accidentally gives him an electric shock, sending the old bachelor from 2022 to 1959. He moves into a courtyard house and ends up with He Yushui. 8.3kReads6.8Score228Shelves
- 99 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Picked Up an Adorable Baby 四合院：开局捡个萌娃娃 Gao Weixuan is a sanda coach. But after taking a fall on his way to work, he wakes up to find he has been reborn in the 1960s. He has even become a wounded veteran forced to retire. On his way home, he picks up an adorable little child. One has no child, the other has no father, and just like that, the two of them become a family. When he returns to the courtyard house, he discovers that someone has taken over his home! Send them to jail! Don't want to go to jail? Fine! Pay up! Still not satisfi 1.2kReads6.2Score—Shelves
- 100 Siheyuan: Watching Myself Take the Internet by Storm 四合院：我在四合院看我火爆全网 Transmigration is really about change. It changes not only you, but also the people in the story and those around you! Different turns of fate make life all the more exciting! 446Reads7.5Score101Shelves
