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- 1 Siheyuan: You Schemed Against Me, and Now You Want Me to Support You in Your Old Age? 四合院：算计我，还想我养老？ Wang Nuo, an ambitious young man from the 21st century, transmigrated to a courtyard house with a strange world and a Treasure Bowl. As soon as he arrived, he discovered that Deaf Granny had driven a wedge between him and Lou Xiao'e, nearly causing them to break up. Later, he learned that Deaf Granny had another agenda, and it wasn't simply about securing care in her old age. Well, then, no mercy. He'd make her regret it!!! Wang Nuo's philosophy is simple: If you don't provoke me, I won't provok —Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: I Get a New Skill Every Three Days! 四合院：我！每三天一个技能 After returning to the city from his teaching assignment, Ge Dongxue goes back to the old courtyard house. Once home, he gradually understands why his father and grandfather left this place of sorrow. Burning with rage and armed with the activated [One Skill Every Three Days System], he begins to strike back. The First Master, the Second Master, the Third Master, Jia Zhangshi... He won’t spare a single person who ever bullied his family! 95Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: When Bang Geng Stole Meat, I Set the Dog on Him and Had It Break His Leg 四合院：棒梗偷肉我放狗咬断他腿 After transmigrating into a courtyard compound, Ye Bufan realizes that something seems a little different. He's actually become a herb gatherer at an alchemy factory! This is a world experiencing a spiritual qi revival! Everyone has started cultivating! But those scoundrels are still up to their old tricks. Ye Bufan has no intention of indulging them! Bang Geng dares to steal? He'll have a spirit beast bite off his leg! Silly Zhu dares to lay a hand on him? Ye Bufan will beat him until he can't 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: The Canteen Director Is Blocked from Getting Married 四合院：食堂主任，娶媳妇被阻 Before transmigrating, Ye San got married and was thoroughly drained of everything by his simp of a brother! After transmigrating into a courtyard house, he was harassed by all kinds of scoundrels! His home occupied? His home stolen? His marriage blocked? Ambushed by someone? ... Those are all trivial matters. Just watch him beat those scoundrels into the ground! 1Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: I Am Li Xiucheng 四合院之我是李修诚 Li Xiucheng arrives in 1962 after an accident, but it takes him two years to realize he's transmigrated into the world of the courtyard home. Silly Zhu is still a lovesick fool, and Qin Huairu is still just as calculating. Jia Zhangshi is still shameless as ever. I hadn't planned to get involved with them, but then the First Master tries to guilt-trip me, Li Xiucheng. If that's how he wants to play it, he can hardly blame me for fighting back. I'm Li Xiucheng of the courtyard home, and I've got 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: One Appeal to Family Ties, and I’m Supposed to Leave? 四合院：一句亲情，我就得走？ Ling Yun transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Qin Huairu's younger brother, Qin Weidong. To marry into the Jia family, Qin Huairu chooses to sever ties with her brother. Qin Weidong binds to the Self-Preservation System and prepares to teach this ungrateful bunch a harsh lesson. But why does he have to complete System missions? Five years later, Qin Weidong returns from military service. Assigned by the army to work as a technician at the Red Star Steel Mill, he moves 59Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 7 In the Siheyuan, I Just Want to Live a Peaceful Life 四合院，只想好好过日子 [No saintly heroine, no harem, parents alive, dual Systems] Ye Bai used to be a failed writer. After watching the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, he decided to write a fanfiction set in the courtyard. But when he woke up, he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become one of its residents. On his first day, Ye Bai got a sign-in System. Just one day later, he also got the Jingxi Mall System. At first, Ye Bai thought some unlucky transmigrator had ended up in another world —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: From the Start, He Yuzhu Has a Split Personality 四合院：开局何雨柱他精分了 In 2022, He Yuzhu wakes up after a night’s sleep and transmigrates into Silly Zhu from Love in the Courtyard. But why is Silly Zhu’s soul still there? Are they really going to share one body? Isn’t a System an essential golden finger for anyone who transmigrates? So why does this self-proclaimed Supreme Cultivation System bind both Silly Zhu’s and He Yuzhu’s souls at the same time? And why must he help Silly Zhu complete System missions before he can receive rewards? What? The System has bound t 26Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: The Capital’s Rogue Takes Down the Beasts 四合院：京城顽主镇禽兽 I transmigrated into a courtyard house and became the great-grandson of Old Lady Deaf. With the help of a sign-in System, I became the biggest neighborhood tough in the capital. That bunch of little punks in the courtyard are no match for me. Zhong Yuemin is my brother; The Ninth Gate Commander and I are close friends despite our age difference; I was one of the Dragon Group's early members; Taking advantage of the information gap of the times, I became the world's biggest investor. —Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Grade Three Fitter 四合院，从三级钳工开始 In the capital, in a courtyard house, Li Jianguo woke up after recovering from a serious illness... He was completely bewildered. After looking at his surroundings, he became excited... With a series of beeps ringing in his mind, he began a whole new life: one person, a group of people, a family, and a him. 3Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: Bang Geng Stole Money? I'll Break His Legs! 四合院：棒梗偷钱？反手腿打折！ Chen Yang, an upstanding young man, has his soul transported into the world of Birds Full of Siheyuan. As an outsider, he is targeted by the neighbors, led by Yi Zhonghai. But fortune favors the determined: from the start, he awakens a God-tier sign-in System, and life just keeps getting better! With memories from his past life and help from the System, Chen Yang steadily climbs to the top. The Jia family wants to bleed me dry? I’ll break their legs instead! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: Steal My Goose and Banggen Must Be Punished 四合院：偷我大鹅必须制裁棒梗 Meng Fei transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, only to be shot in the head by his own older brother from the start. To help his cousin Meng Yao get her house back, he moves into a courtyard full of bloodsuckers. Just then, the System arrives. His sign-in reward from the start is a big white goose, but it gets stolen by Banggeng that very night. They have to hold a meeting tonight to punish Banggeng. But the people in the courtyard put on one brilliant performance after another. 24Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: Starting with Qin Huairu Breaking Off Her Engagement 四合院：从秦淮茹悔婚开局 After being reborn into the world of the Siheyuan, Xu Mingjun originally planned to live a quiet, peaceful life. He never expected to get dragged, intentionally or otherwise, into the endless feuds and scandals of the courtyard. Since he can't escape them, he might as well tear the place apart. Let's get on with it! Xu Damao, aren't you infertile? Afraid of ending up without an heir, and desperate for a son? Ask me nicely and I'll help you out. I'll even throw in a chubby little boy for free! Ji 111Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Rise Through the Ranks at the Rolling Mill 四合院：开局从调升轧钢总厂开始 I transmigrate into Love in the Courtyard and become one of its residents. Everyone is scrambling for Qin Huairu's first time, but Qi Jianguo couldn't care less? He studies hard at the machine repair factory, rises to become a seventh-grade fitter, and is transferred to the main steelworks. He activates the System, and life couldn't be more comfortable. 373Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m Forced to Donate, So I Give Silly Zhu a Piece of My Mind 四合院：开局被逼捐，我怒怼傻柱 Zhao Lingyu has just transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan, only to find Silly Zhu pressuring people to donate. Just then, he activates a System that makes him stronger when he talks back. He fires right back at Silly Zhu, leaving him speechless and humiliated. Silly Zhu holds a grudge and starts finding all kinds of ways to make Zhao Lingyu's life difficult. The funny thing is... When it comes to cooking, Silly Zhu loses. When it comes to fighting, Silly Zhu loses. And when even Qin Huai 87Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: The Villain Is Bound to a Good Person System 四合院：恶人被绑定好人系统 In his first life, he was Yi Zhonghai, an inveterate do-gooder. In his second, he was Xu Damao, a lecher with a rotten core. In his third, he was Jia Geng, the selfish thief. In his fourth, he was Yan Jiekang, a nobody. In his fifth, he was Liu Guangfu, beaten every single day. And in his sixth life...? The transmigrator was actually the soul of Wang Zongwei, a villain from the 1980s. He had committed countless misdeeds in his previous life, then knocked over a ghost bailiff while crossing the B 34Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 17 Writing the Original Story of Love in the Courtyard 我在情满四合院写原剧 What? You want me to write The Birds of the Courtyard in the world of Love in the Courtyard? And it’s a System mission? I can only keep going if I write it well? Well, sorry, everyone! The System wants me to punish evil and promote good! You scoundrels of the courtyard, your good days are over! Watch as I, Lin Dongfang, punch He Yuzhu, kick Yi Zhonghai, stand on Qin Huairu’s head, and crush Xu Damao. Only by giving you a hard time can I take my treasures back to my original world! For the sake o 392Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: Surprise, I’m the Real Troublemaker 四合院:摊牌嘞，我才是坑神 Transmigrated into a courtyard-house world? Luo Xi isn’t worried at all. I have a Super Farm System, and all I want is to live like a wealthy landlord. But the courtyard is full of lunatics: Silly Zhu, the God of War; Bang Geng, the Thieving Sage; Xu Damao, the God of Destruction; and Qin Huairu, the bloodsucking seductress! Even the First Master is a God of Destruction, self-righteous and hypocritical, sneaking to widows’ doors at night. The Second Master is obsessed with officialdom, but reall —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: I Hear You All Have Systems? 四合院：听说你们都有系统？ [A womanizer from the courtyard, a scumbag, a woman-stealer with no scruples. Female readers, enter at your own risk. If you have strong moral principles, enter at your own risk. The plot has been heavily altered, so don't expect it to follow the original story.] I transmigrated into the courtyard, ten years early. But no matter. I'll get to Qin Huairu first. Heard every one of you has a System? No problem. I'm a System hunter. I'm Zhang San, the courtyard's biggest womanizer. 1Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: You Dig a Pit for Me? I’ll Bury the Neighborhood Beasts Instead 四合院：给我挖坑?反手埋了禽兽 Li Fugui transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and wants nothing more than a warm home with his wife and children, and a happy life every day… ~~Ding-dong~~ The Lottery System has been activated~~ Master, master~~ Silly Zhu, the lovesick fool, is here to get himself beaten up again! Ha~ha~! Silly Zhu, do Jia Zhangshi’s handmade insoles still prick your feet~~ The impotent Xu Damao insists on coming over, only to get taken out twice. Damao! If you’re sick, get treated~~ The Thieving Saint is h 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: Beating Jia Zhangshi in a Rage from the Start 四合院：开局怒揍贾张氏 When he wakes up, he finds himself in The Beastly Courtyard. The First Master is pompous and loves to guilt-trip people with moral arguments. The Second Master is a sycophant who only dreams of becoming an official. The Third Master is a schemer who calculates everything, only to end up miserable in old age. Qin Huairu is a top-tier green tea bitch, insatiably greedy. Jia Zhangshi is a shrew who also likes to pilfer things. They team up from the start to try to take over my house. If I don’t cru 1.9kReads8.2Score—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan, Please Have Some Decency! 四合院，求你积点德吧！ “Sigh! Qin Huairu may be a parasite, but marrying her would be so worth it,” remarked a young man from Lu Village. That's right, he was watching the famous frustrating drama Love in the Courtyard. After tossing a tissue into the trash, Xu Shun looked at the TV and said, “If only I had a wife like her!” “Your wish is granted!” a mechanical voice rang out. “Who? Damn it!!!” A dump truck slowly grew larger in Xu Shun's eyes. 1Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: What Do You Do When You Have No Memories? 四合院：没有记忆怎么办 “What? You’re saying I’m a coward who’s afraid of getting into trouble?” Li Cheng punched Jia Dongxu in the eye, giving him a shiner, then asked in disbelief. “Huh? So I’m actually a law-abiding, by-the-book kind of guy!” Li Cheng felt the money and ration coupons he’d stolen in his pocket dimension, then looked at their owner, Director Li. “Wait, I’m an honest, well-behaved young man?” Li Cheng looked at the woman in his arms, unable to believe it. “What kind of person was I before, anyway?” Wi 830Reads8.2Score113Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: A Pair of Embroidered Shoes from the Start 四合院：开局一双绣花鞋 A labor of love that stands out among the countless fanfics set in a Beijing courtyard house. From the start, it begins with a pair of embroidered shoes for bound feet, just three inches long. After transmigrating, Qin Manlou becomes Silly Zhu, only to find the loves and resentments of his past life entangled with a Beijing courtyard house in the 1960s. Silly Zhu is not only Qin Manlou in a later life, but also Qin Manlou from the Republican era in his previous life, as well as the last disciple 81Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: War-God Dad, Beat Bang Geng to a Pulp! 四合院：战神奶爸，打废棒梗！ [War God] [Face-Slapping] [Alternate World] [Invincible] A legendary war god guards the frontier, but after being framed, he is thrown into prison! Three years later, he walks free. Whether you’re Jia Banggeng, a notorious thief with connections everywhere, or Xu Damao, a wastrel with no heirs... Anyone who has ever bullied my wife and daughter, man or woman, young or old, will be swept aside by me, Ning Chuan! 70Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: I Have a Magical Farm 四合院：我有一个神奇农场 Reborn in the world of the courtyard, Li Dabao obtains a magical farm System. Juicy peaches with extraordinary powers. Miraculous spring water with healing properties. With waves of poultry and livestock at his disposal, Li Dabao thrives in the courtyard world. Silly Zhu, Xu Damao, whatever. In this courtyard, Li Dabao is the one who truly rules. 87Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: Teaching Xu Damao a Lesson from the Start 四合院：开局教训许大茂 By sheer chance, He Qiusheng transmigrates to a courtyard in the 1960s, where everyone is a beast. Faced with the First Master’s moral blackmail and Qin Huairu’s sob story about how poor she is, He Qiusheng couldn’t care less. If you have no morals, how can anyone hold you to them? In this courtyard overrun with beasts, He Qiusheng will punish evil and uphold justice. He’ll fit a motor to the wheels of the era and make sure the wicked get the punishment they deserve. 8Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: I Can’t Believe I’m Xu Damao! 四合院：我居然是许大茂！ Xu Mao transmigrates to 1958 and becomes Xu Damao from the novel Courtyard Full of Beasts. He has no System, no pocket dimension, nothing. But so what? Who is Xu Mao? A reborn man. Even without a golden finger, he can still live a carefree life. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: Xiaoe's Brother Beats the Daylights Out of Silly Zhu 四合院：晓娥他哥，暴揍傻柱 In his early years, he used the power of the System to seek his fortune abroad. When the winds of reform swept across China, he headed to the capital to negotiate a partnership with the steel mill. At this point! Old Mrs. Deaf had already passed away. Bang Geng had just returned from his rural assignment, and would soon learn to operate a film projector from Xu Damao. Qin Huairu and Silly Zhu were still carrying on their ambiguous relationship. Facing the whole courtyard full of beasts, Lou Xiao 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, I’m an Animal Tamer 四合院：傻柱我是驯兽师 Ah! The Beastly Courtyard! He Yu never expected that simply watching a TV drama would send him back to the capital in the 1960s, where he became the protagonist of that very show! Silly Zhu! With an all-seeing perspective, He Yu watched one bizarre character after another, a knowing smile spreading across his face. A parasitic white lotus and green tea bitch, a hypocritical moralizing scumbag who would leave no heirs, an ambitious official obsessed with power and a violent brute whose parents we 141Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: Don't Mess with Me! Want to Go to Jail Again? 四合院：别惹我！又想吃牢饭了？ Wang Yu transmigrates into a courtyard compound. Through his memories, he discovers that the Wang Yu of this world had no source of income. Because he refused to let the ingrates divide up his property, they had left him to die, and he had literally starved to death in his sleep! The three uncles and Jia Zhangshi have no idea what happened to Wang Yu. They block his doorway and offer a hundred yuan per room to buy his house. But Wang Yu awakens the Prison Meal System. The more ingrates he sends 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Siheyuan: The God-Tier Carpenter 四合院：神级木匠 After Zhao Guoliang transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, he thought that getting together with Qin Huairu would make his life all the better. But who could have guessed that the Jia family would snatch Qin Huairu away and become Zhao Guoliang’s sworn enemies? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Sent Banggeng to Juvenile Detention 四合院：开局扭送棒梗少管所 [City Life + Feel-Good Fiction + Urban Fantasy + Transmigration + System] I transmigrated into the world of a Beijing courtyard! The First Master is a sanctimonious hypocrite through and through. The Second Master is ambitious but mediocre, and will stop at nothing to become an official. The Third Master is a master schemer who doesn't even spare his own sons. The Qin widow's whole family are ungrateful bloodsuckers! Yi Feng: Stay out of my way. If you mess with me, you'll regret it for the rest 46Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 34 Back to the Siheyuan: From the Start, I Become Silly Zhu 重返四合院：开局我成了傻柱 [Courtyard + master chef + System + farming + period setting + feel-good story + face-slapping] He Jian woke up one morning to discover that he had transmigrated into He Yuzhu, the protagonist of Love in the Courtyard. He was deeply dissatisfied with the spineless He Yuzhu in the TV series, and decided to punish the whole courtyard full of scoundrels. As for Widow Qin, she could get lost! She wanted to control his wages and take over his house? Dream on! 381Reads5.1Score103Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m Set Up and Take My Daughter Farming 四合院：开局被算计带女儿去种田 Transmigration + Urban Life + System + Farming + Running a Shop + Dad Life + Invincible The protagonist, Jiang Yu, transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard with his daughter, Jiang Xiaoxiao. From the start, Xu Damao, Second Uncle, and Third Uncle scheme against him, forcing Jiang Yu to reclaim wasteland and farm. Jiang Yu obtains a God-Tier Child-Rearing System, awakens invincible farming skills, and grows divine crops. He teams up with Silly Zhu to open a restaurant, creating the m 143Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 36 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat Jia Zhangshi Senseless 四合院：开局暴打贾张氏 Xie Lang transmigrates into a courtyard house in the 1960s, just as Jia Zhangshi is trying to seize his home. Xie Lang sends her straight off to prison to learn a thing or two about how to behave. Yi Zhonghai wants me to support him in his old age? Then you can go with Jia Zhangshi! Qin Huairu wants to bleed me dry? Then I'll play along and give her a taste of her own scheming. Silly Zhu wants to play the gallant protector? You simp, just wait until you end up without a family of your own! The v 153Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 37 Siheyuan: When the System Activates 四合院：当系统激活 Zhao Wenjun transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. At first, he doesn't take the people and affairs of the courtyard very seriously. After all, as someone who transmigrated here, how could his ambitions and perspective be confined to this little courtyard? But as the System keeps assigning him missions, he discovers that stirring up trouble in the courtyard is actually pretty fun. 14Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: I’m Silly Zhu, and I Stole Xu Damao’s Girl from the Start 四合院：我傻柱，开局截胡许大茂 After transmigrating into the world of "The Full Courtyard", he becomes Silly Zhu and obtains the Punish Evil and Promote Good System just as Xu Damao comes over to gloat about Lou Xiao'e being about to marry him. He punishes the wicked Xu Damao and saves Lou Xiao'e from misery, earning divine medical skills. He punishes the thief Bang Geng and earns an upgrade to his cooking skills. He punishes the lecherous Factory Director Li and earns divine combat skills. Singing, acting, martial arts, pain 84Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: Taking Xu Damao to Watch Bang Geng Eat Chicken 四合院：带许大茂围观棒梗吃鸡 He transmigrates into the world of "The Courtyard", becomes the well-meaning He Yuzhu, and gets bound to a prompt System. Faced with a courtyard full of pests, He Yuzhu declares that he’s done being the fall guy. Prompt received: The thief saint Banggeng is about to steal a chicken! Stealing a chicken, are you? Trying to pin the blame on me? I’ll take Xu Damao along to watch the thief saint eat beggar’s chicken. Prompt received: Jia Zhangshi is stealing a bicycle? What? She stole my bicycle? The 148Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: Forced to Move to the Countryside, I Become a Lone Hero 四合院：逼我下乡，我怒当孤勇者 Just after transmigrating into the courtyard house, Li Haoran is tricked by Silly Zhu and Yi Zhonghai into going to the Changbai Mountains for rural labor? No problem. He has a golden finger to crush these beasts. Anyone who crosses him can forget about getting away! The Changbai Mountains are a vast stretch of pristine forest, blanketed in snow when winter comes. As soon as Li Haoran arrives, he spots herds of wild boars roaming about. A Siberian tiger comes out to hunt for food? A black bear s 153Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Trick Silly Zhu into Wearing Women's Clothes 四合院：开局骗傻柱穿女装 After transmigrating into the beast-filled courtyard, Fang Yu sets out to take revenge on the beasts who bullied him. From the start, he tricks Silly Zhu into wearing women's clothes, tells Jia Zhangshi that eating shit can cure her illness, tells the First Uncle that drinking a virgin's urine can cure infertility, tells Xu Damao that Qin Zhunru has a crush on him, and tells Jia Zhangshi that the person Silly Zhu truly loves is her, and that he's only getting close to Qin Zhunru to get closer to 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: My Penguin Farm Can Level Up 四合院：我的企鹅农场能升级 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he finds himself as Silly Zhu, He Yuzhu! When faced with Qin Huairu's family, who are like vampires, He Yuzhu flat-out refuses to give in! When faced with the beasts on all sides in the courtyard, He Yuzhu stops holding back! And so, after awakening the Penguin Farm System, He Yuzhu starts in the 1960s and dominates the country in both farming and animal husbandry! 3Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 43 Living in the Siheyuan, I Take Down the Jia Family from the Start 人在四合院，开局干翻贾家 Su Yan wakes up one morning and transmigrates to a parallel world based on Love in the Courtyard. He discovers that the match his family had arranged for him was ruined by the courtyard’s busybodies. Perhaps it’s karma: Jia Dongxu is accidentally left paralyzed at work. Yi Zhonghai gathers the courtyard residents to help the Jia family. “Su Yan, your family is so well-off. You have to give us more help!” Jia Zhangshi thinks to herself. “Help you? Not a chance,” Su Yan sneers. —Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: I Am the God of War, and I Shall Crush All Opposition 四合院：我乃战神，当镇压一切 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Turns the Tables Against All Odds 四合院重生，傻柱逆风翻盘 A retired special forces soldier who drowned while saving a bus in his previous life never expected to end up in the Siheyuan, reborn as Sha Zhu. Heaven has given him another chance at life. This time, the beasts in the courtyard won’t get to bully He Yuzhu again. Xu Damao, you’re nothing but a dead end. Qin Huairu secretly got an IUD so I’d never have children, while her whole family leeches off me. I’m not putting up with that. First Master, Second Master, Third Master: they’re all scheming ol 273Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Happy, Lazy Life 四合院：何雨柱幸福的咸鱼生活 After getting drunk, he accidentally transmigrates to 1965 and becomes He Yuzhu, a chef at a steel mill. After transmigrating, he has a System but no golden finger. He has no interest in fame or fortune. All he wants is to live a laid-back life in this simple era, with a wife and children gathered around the hearth. Without a golden finger, he relies on his own abilities to marry a beautiful, wealthy woman and live a happy, carefree life. 167Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: I Sell My Squirtle to Xu Damao from the Start 四合院：开局把杰尼龟卖给许大茂 “Squirtle, use Tackle! Ram Silly Zhu that filthy beast to death!” At Xu Damao’s command, Silly Zhu was still standing there in a daze when Squirtle suddenly slammed into him. It took him a good while to recover. “What the hell is this turtle thing?!” Silly Zhu roared. “I’m going to stew it!” “Squirtle, blast him with Water Gun!” Xu Damao ordered. “Aaaaaah! How can this turtle squirt water?!” And so, everyone in the courtyard watched Silly Zhu get chased around the room by a turtle, staring at on 27Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 48 Starting Out as a Welding Apprentice in Siheyuan 四合院从焊工学徒开始 After drinking too much, Zhang Qing wakes up to find himself inexplicably in a courtyard house. As soon as he appears, Silly Zhu ambushes him and knocks him out. Once he comes to, he battles the beastly Jia family in the courtyard. It turns out Zhang Qing’s second uncle returned to his hometown to recover from an accident, offending the courtyard’s masters and others. This sparks a series of battles. 258Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: Bang Geng Calls Me Uncle He from the Start 四合院：开局棒梗喊我何叔 [Siheyuan Courtyard + Everyday Life + System + Changing the Plot] Jia Banggeng, an excellent student with good grades and character. Qin Huairu, receiving a reverse blood transfusion. The First Master, blooming again in his old age. Liu Haizhong, indifferent to fame and fortune. Yan Bugui, generously helping students. And Xu Damao, who's different from before. What's happened to this world? I can't make heads or tails of it. 62Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: My Life Across Reincarnations 四合院之我的轮回生涯 (This book won’t go over the basics of the courtyard compound setting. Everyone already knows them, so the author won’t pad the word count. If any readers aren’t familiar with it, just pick up any courtyard-compound novel and you’ll find out.) Do courtyard-compound stories really have to be so full of hostility? The author invites you to read a different kind of courtyard-compound story. 2Reads8.2Score—Shelves
