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- 1 Siheyuan: Punishing Evil and Upholding Good, I Deal with Beasts 四合院：惩恶扬善，我专治禽兽 The Thief Saint Bang Geng has stolen my house. He has to be thrown out! First Master Yi Zhonghai is using morality to blackmail me. This law-ignorant fool needs to be taught a lesson! The courtyard’s God of War, Silly Zhu, wants to hit me? I’ll beat you so badly even your mother won’t recognize you! Xu Damao is infertile and wants me to treat him? Get lost. I’ll treat Lou Xiao'e first! Qin Huairu is sobbing and pretending to be a sweet, innocent girl in front of me. Come to my room and let’s hav 147Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: Honey, Please Stay Away from Your Sister! 四合院：老婆，求你离你姐远点！ Chen Weiguo transmigrated to the 1950s, moved into the world of "The Bustling Courtyard", and married Qin Jingru. After awakening the sign-in System, his life took a turn for the better. The first television in the whole courtyard! The first refrigerator in the whole courtyard! The first car in the whole courtyard! What? The three senior residents suspect this stuff was obtained illegally? I’ll beat them all half to death! Bang Geng is sick, and Qin Huairu wants to borrow money? No way! “Wif 237Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: You Can’t Afford to Mess with My Guests 四合院：我家客人你们惹不起 [Beijing Courtyard + System + Daily Life + Historical Figures] "Ding! Host entertained Ximen Qing. Excellent rating. Reward: bedroom arts!" "Ding! Host entertained Confucius. Good rating. Reward: Strength +5 and a copy of The Analects of Fist-Fighting." "Ding! Host entertained Daji. Rewards: bewitching charm, voice changing, and beginner disguise skills!" "Ding! Host entertained Zheng Ge. Rewards: unyielding passive skill, a tiger-like jolt..." I've gained so much knowledge (rewards) from my gue 89Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 4 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—14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: I Became a God of Food to Save My Sister 四合院：为救妹妹，我成了食神 After transmigrating to the Siheyuan, Fang Yan becomes a porter in the canteen of a steel mill. His parents died on the battlefield, leaving only him and an adopted younger sister at home. For the sake of a bite to eat, the original owner was bashed over the head by Silly Zhu. After transmigrating, the protagonist awakens the God of Food System. With the System's help, his life gets better and better. He never lets the courtyard's pack of scoundrels push him around. Using ruthless methods, he pu 474Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm an Eighth-Grade Fitter 四合院：开局八级钳工 Wang Aiguo is reborn and transmigrates to the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he gains the memories of an eighth-grade fitter. Everyone in the courtyard is green with envy. The first uncle, Yi Zhonghai, is a paragon of morality. The second uncle, Liu Haizhong, is obsessed with officialdom. The third uncle, Yan Bugui, believes that failing to scheme means living in poverty. Then there's He Yuzhu, the mindless simp known as Silly Zhu. Qin Huairu, the bloodsucking white lotus, and B 512Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: I’m Silly Zhu, Starting When Jia Dongxu Became Disabled 四合院：我傻柱从贾东旭残废开始 [Original-story memoir + period piece + Silly Zhu] What happy ending? Silly Zhu was simply bled dry, then, just a few years after marrying Qin Huairu, driven out of the courtyard and left as a destitute ghost beneath a bridge! What night with Lou Xiao'e, returning to Hong Kong's embrace and staying by his side? That was nothing but Silly Zhu's fantasy beneath the bridge, born from the petty Xu Damao's little scheme to please his mistress. The entire Lou family had perished. What human warmth and 1.4kReads7.0Score—14d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: I Became a Big Shot by Claiming Red Packet Rewards 四合院：我靠刷红包成了大佬 Li Jianguo never dreamed that after staying up late to finish a manuscript, he would end up in the world of the courtyard houses. He inherits a grand mansion as soon as he arrives, which is great, but then he also activates a red-envelope group made up of cannon fodder from various worlds. There are unlimited storage rings, delicacies from every corner of the world, longevity fruit, interstellar warships, and more. Not to mention Qin Huairu, who was supposed to marry Jia Dongxu... Hey, wait a se 767Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 9 I Lay Low in the Siheyuan and Become a Tycoon 在四合院的我苟成首富 It was just a fall into the water. So how did I wake up in the 1960s, apparently in a courtyard full of beasts? And the worst part is, I don't even have the System every transmigrator is supposed to get. How am I supposed to play this game? 1.8kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: Those Years, Those Stories 四合院：那些年，那些事 No one knows how Yang Jun ended up in this turbulent era. Drawing on his knowledge of the future, he matches wits with the formidable schemers of the courtyard compounds and ultimately builds a new life of his own. 497Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 11 Across the Myriad Heavens, Starting with Love in the Courtyard 诸天从情满四合院开始 After transmigrating for the first time, Hua Yunfei dies when his enemies drag him along as he self-destructs, all because he wouldn’t stop running his mouth. His soul transmigrates again, this time into Love in the Courtyard, where he possesses a fool who was driven out of the courtyard by its residents and froze to death outside. This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental. 378Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: Starting Out as an Engineer 四合院：从晋升工程师开始 He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes one of its residents. A matchmaker sets him up, and he almost starts dating Qin Huairu. But Qin Huairu is ashamed of his poverty and turns around to marry Jia Dongxu. When his System activates, Qin Yang gains the status of an engineer, and his life starts getting better and better. That makes people jealous. The scoundrels in the courtyard start acting up. The First, Second, and Third Masters cause trouble? He gives them a piec 570Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: With God-Tier Sign-In, I Become a Miracle Doctor 四合院：神级签到，我成神医 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Ye Lang becomes a nineteen-year-old boy, gravely injured and paralyzed, relying on his younger sister for support. Their parents are both dead, and the siblings struggle to get by, surrounded by wolves eager to bare their fangs at them. At the critical moment, he awakens a System and inherits the legacy of the Medicine King. He eventually becomes a miracle-working physician and reaches the pinnacle of life! You courtyard beasts aren't 1.4kReads5.3Score10114d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: My Father Died in an Accident from the Start 四合院：开局父亲就意外牺牲了 Lin Ye is a young wage slave in modern society. He unexpectedly transmigrates to the world of "The Birds Fill the Courtyard", returning to the 1960s. He has just graduated from technical school when his father dies in the line of duty. Lin Ye takes over his father's job and joins the procurement department of the logistics office at the steel mill. Surrounded by beasts in the courtyard, all he originally wanted was to quietly live his own modest life. But after the System activates, he begins li 1.5kReads7.5Score10014d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi Knocks Out the Deaf Old Lady from the Start 四合院贾张氏开局熏晕聋老太 In 1955, Qin Feng transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, only to have Jia Zhangshi demand that he switch apartments as soon as he arrived. The first task the System dropped on him was to punish Jia Zhangshi. 7Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: E’e Is My Wife 四合院:小娥是我老婆 Waking up, the mercenary killer Long Aoshou discovers that he has transmigrated into the body of Silly Zhu in the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, and that he also has an Exchange System. Long Aoshou thinks about the story from the show and smiles. He's no Silly Zhu... 6Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: I Married Lou Xiao'e, Who Dares Report Me? 四合院：我娶娄晓娥，谁敢举报？ Su Hao transmigrates into the world of the courtyard, works hard to build a future, becomes a university graduate, and marries Lou Xiao'e, only to be shunned by the courtyard's scoundrels. When they learn that Su Hao has become a factory director and is running a thriving business while recruiting talented workers, they all come crawling to flatter him. Qin Huairu brings Banggeng along to ask for a job at the factory. Su Hao: Get lost! Silly Zhu wants to switch jobs and become the chef at Su Hao 1.3kReads6.0Score10014d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: A New Dad in the 1960s 四合院：人在60年代，刚成奶爸 I woke up to find I’d transmigrated into the world of The Bustling Siheyuan. Not only had I become an engineer, I was a single dad, too! There’s Qin Hairu, who sucks people dry; Silly Zhu, who lusts after widows; the sanctimonious First Master; the Second Master, who has grand ambitions but little ability; the Third Master, who’s always looking for a bargain; the ungrateful Wang Banggeng; Jia Zhangshi, who refuses to act her age; and Xu Damao, who’s full of schemes… The courtyard is packed with 5.2kReads6.7Score15414d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Sent to the Countryside, Starting Out in the Great Northern Wilderness 四合院：上山下乡，开局北大荒 [Daily Life + Sent Down to the Countryside + Subverting Expectations + One Heroine + Siheyuan] From the start, he arrives in a siheyuan courtyard in the 1970s, with both parents alive and a happy family. He has no worries holding him back. Full of anticipation, Li Yi prepares to join the wave of young people heading to the countryside. But before he can leave, the courtyard's rotten lot try to force him to donate money and support the Jia family! Faced with the resentful ingrate Banggeng, the vi 3kReads7.5Score10114d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: My Medical Skills Are Godlike, and I Help Every Household 四合院：我医术通神，造福万家 Ye Jianguo transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming an ordinary resident of the courtyard. He has a beautiful, gentle, virtuous wife and twin daughters. Looking at his wife and two daughters, Ye Jianguo vows to give them the best life possible. As for Silly Zhu, being bled dry by the gold-digging Qin Huairu, who demands an exorbitant bride price; Xu Damao, a petty man who’s swollen with pride and rotten to the core; First Grandpa, a hypocrite who wears a mask of virtue; Se 7.9kReads6.2Score33114d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: Putting the Beasts in Their Place and Making a Fortune 四合院：整治禽兽，发家致富 (Period setting + drama + mystery-solving) After I transmigrated into the Siheyuan, I, Liu Jianguo, was determined to uncover all the mysteries hidden in the courtyard! This story begins in 1955! Volume One fills in the missing clues from the original story, letting readers learn the full story behind the courtyard's scoundrels. Volume Two begins the cleanup of those scoundrels. 3.9kReads7.3Score11414d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: You’re Making Me Move Out? I Beat You Up Instead 四合院：逼我腾房？被我反手暴打 From the start, he entered a courtyard house only to discover that the Jia family had taken over his home! They even accused him of being a thief? He immediately beat them senseless. Lu Chuan just wants a quiet life with his little sister. If no one messes with him, he won't mess with anyone. But if everyone in the courtyard refuses to show any decency? Then they can't blame him for being ruthless! 6.8kReads7.7Score21114d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu Away, and Life Is Bliss 四合院：截胡秦淮茹，生活乐无边 Li Jun transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes an ordinary resident of the courtyard. His parents have passed away, leaving him a two-bedroom apartment. Jia Zhangshi and her son still try to seize it, so he kicks them out without hesitation. Having died once already, Li Jun decides to make the most of his second life and treat himself well. As for all the scoundrels living in the courtyard, what do they have to do with him? All he wants is to live his own life in this era. 7.6kReads6.6Score30914d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: From Level-Six Welder to a Happy Life 四合院：从六级焊工开始走向幸福 Xu Guoqiang transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming an ordinary resident of the courtyard. He heard how wonderful Qin Huairu was before she married into the Jia family and wanted to steal her away. But she turned him down. A few years later... The System finally arrived! From the start, he got a Level Six welding skill through sign-in, and from then on began his journey toward happiness. Thank you for not marrying me! 7.4kReads7.5Score26214d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: A Hardened Bandit Moves In, So Don’t Mess with Me 四合院：悍匪入住，谁都别惹我 [Explosive Opening] [No Wasted Words] He Xiao, a battle-hardened soldier who took on the battlefield with a heavy machine gun, is reborn in the Beastly Courtyard as Silly Zhu’s younger brother. From the start, Silly Zhu knocks him out and takes all the money He Daqing gave him, just to win Qin Huairu’s favor. What should He Xiao do? Of course, beat him up and take the money back! From then on, the brothers split up. Silly Zhu can only watch helplessly as He Xiao’s life gets better and better, wi 75Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: Rejecting Qin Huairu and Marrying Lou Xiao'e 四合院：拒绝秦淮茹，迎娶娄晓娥 [System + stealing others’ opportunities + period setting, fans of the original show beware] Ye Fei transmigrates into the courtyard-house world and awakens the Fortune-Stealing System. He steals Xu Damao’s chance, marries Lou Xiao'e, refuses to indulge Qin Huairu’s sob stories, and slaps Jia Zhangshi. Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him with morality? Ye gets him demoted, costing him both face and money. Bang Geng dares to steal his things? Ye hatches a scheme to make him disappear from the wor 21.4kReads6.0Score80514d adds
- 27 Siheyuan: I Live Next Door to Xu Damao, and My Surname Is Wang 四合院：家住许大茂隔壁，我姓王 Wang Jinyin transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes an ordinary electrician. He lives next door to Xu Damao and is a warmhearted sort. From the start, when Xu Damao goes to the countryside to screen films, Wang Jinyin heads over to Xu Damao's home to fix a light. Who could have guessed? Xu Damao comes home early! With the System at my side, the world is mine. Wang Jinyin's motto is: “If you have a problem, I'll lend a hand. I live next door, and my surname is Wang!” Of course, since doing aw 9.2kReads6.8Score33914d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: The Travel Frog from the Start, and You Made Me Wreck You 四合院：开局旅行青蛙，惹我坑哭 Luo Xiangdong wakes up one day and transmigrates into the world of The Story of the Courtyard. He becomes Qin Huairu's ex-boyfriend and has an adorable little sister. Qin Huairu: "Thank goodness I didn't marry him back then!" The Travel Frog System activates! All kinds of supplies and abilities come pouring in. Qin Huairu: "Xiangdong, do you still love me?" Get lost and keep going! 8Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: A Top-Grade Locksmith from the Start 四合院之开局特级钳工 Fang Li stared blankly at his surroundings. Why did they look so familiar? Wasn't this the era from the TV drama Love in the Courtyard? In an era when you needed coupons for absolutely everything, how was he supposed to get by? Fang Li was at a loss for quite some time. Fortunately, Heaven hadn't treated him too badly. Today, he finally got his very own System. From now on, he'd never have to worry about food or clothes again. As he improved his own standard of living, he would also do something 10.3kReads8.0Score30114d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Called Off the Wedding, So I'm Grateful I Didn't Marry Her 四合院：秦淮茹悔婚，谢不嫁之恩 Zhang Ming transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes an ordinary resident. He also learns that his late parents had arranged a marriage for him, and his fiancée is none other than the bloodsucking Qin Huairu! Zhang Ming is exasperated. “Dad, Mom! Aren’t you setting your own son up?” Just as Zhang Ming decides to accept his fate, word comes that the Qin family has called off the engagement. “What? I haven’t even called it off, and you’re already backing out?” “You think the bride price is 74Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: I Rose to Success After Marrying Lou Xiao'e 四合院：娶了娄晓娥后，我高升了 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + everyday life + changing the plot + lighthearted + one female lead] [An everyday sweet comedy with little angst. If it's not your cup of tea, please be kind.] He Yu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming an ordinary resident of the courtyard. He beats Jia Dongxu to the punch and wins Qin Huairu over, getting a taste of her charms. Just as they're about to get married, Qin Huairu suddenly changes her mind and demands twice the bride price 11.4kReads6.9Score43914d adds
- 32 He Daqing's Happy Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之何大清的幸福生活 Transmigrate into He Daqing, Silly Zhu's father! Sure, I'm a seasoned widow-chaser and a classic scumbag, but a man still loves his own son! My boy was bullied to death by the beasts in the courtyard. As his real father, how could I just stand by? My boy! Your dad is back! 16kReads8.5Score57214d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: Forcing the Beasts to Turn Themselves In from the Start 四合院：开局逼众禽自首 Ye Fan's soul entered the world of Love in the Courtyard. He learned that the original owner's parents, wife, and daughter had all been murdered by the beasts living in the compound. He immediately swore to kill his enemies with his own hands and make them pay in blood. Just then, the System activated. If the Host could make the beasts of the compound turn themselves in and face justice, he would be able to start from the beginning again. In other words, everything could begin anew, returning 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: Revitalizing the Nation Through Science and Technology, Rewarded with Nanotech Armor 四合院科技兴国奖励纳米战甲 Synopsis: In a shabby, cramped room, Li Qiuye and her husband gaze at Shen Qiangguo's familiar face, the unique birthmark on his arm, and the Shen family's treasured heirloom hanging around his neck. They burst into tears. The next day, Li Qiuye and her husband return, beaming with pride. “Qiangguo, the steelmaking technology you submitted has been examined by expert researchers and judged to be world-class. It represents a major leap forward in efficiency, quality, and safety.” On the nth day, 113Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 35 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 12kReads8.1Score44614d adds
- 36 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—14d adds
- 37 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
- 38 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
- 39 Siheyuan: Is There Any Future in Being a Factory Doctor? 四合院：当厂医有搞头吗？ While delivering food, delivery rider Li Huaishui is sent back to 1944 by a truck, into the womb of a family in Shandong. As he slowly grows up, he learns that his brother, who is more than twenty years older and rarely comes home, is named Li Huaide. Then he discovers that his eldest brother works at the Red Star Steel Mill in the capital… 17.3kReads5.5Score91014d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: My Wife Was Snatched Away After I Returned from the Battlefield 四合院：战场归来媳妇被截胡 Lin Ping transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. After Yi Zhonghai schemes against him, Lin Ping has no choice but to join the army and head to the battlefield. When he returns to the capital, he never expects Jia Dongxu to steal the woman who was supposed to be his wife. But not marrying Qin Huairu suits him just fine. Using the golden finger he brought from his previous life, he goes on to live a happy life that everyone envies. 37.2kReads7.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 41 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—14d adds
- 42 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 15.5kReads5.3Score48414d adds
- 43 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. 61.5kReads9.0Score5.8k14d adds
- 44 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.) 83.7kReads5.5Score3.8k14d adds
