Novels like Siheyuan: Content with a Modest Fortune
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- 151 The Siheyuan's Super-Lucky Star 四合院超级无敌幸运星 A modern-day genius helps He Yuzhu achieve fame and success. His life seems to be on cheat mode, and his luck is incredible. But “Silly Zhu” still faces plenty of twists and turns in love. This time, though, he isn’t being played. Instead, he has to deal with all kinds of potential partners. The failures are the same, but the stories are different. New characters will be introduced to make the story richer. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Starting with Borrowing a Room from the Jia Family in Siheyuan 四合院从贾家借房开始 Yang Yuguo, born in the 1990s, transmigrates to 1960s Beiping, into the courtyard compound from Love in the Courtyard! He even has a younger sister! He gains a storage space! From the start, he has to deal with Yi Zhonghai trying to borrow a room for the Jia family. Watch how he strikes back, and how he survives among all those beasts! No womanizing. 212Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 153 Love in the Courtyard: Reborn as One of Qin Shou's Crew 情满四合院之穿成秦兽一员 An anime-obsessed shut-in with a serious thing for good looks transmigrates into the younger brother of the heroine in a TV drama he has never watched. What is this, Love in the Courtyard? The whole courtyard is full of beasts! His sister and her mother-in-law turn out to be the biggest bloodsuckers of them all. Just watch how I deal with the whole lot. With the help of a copy-and-exchange System, he grows into an all-around patriotic entrepreneur. 47Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 154 With My Cheat Ability, I Do as I Please, Starting in Siheyuan 开挂的我随心所欲从四合院开始 [A truly satisfying power fantasy. No logic required.] The mentally ill have wild ideas, and brainless kids have all the fun. Hu Le spent years in a psychiatric hospital after transmigrating from a parallel world on his very first day there. Now he’s transmigrated again. In this strange new world, he discovers he has a sandbox-world golden finger. He even has the power to create things in the sandbox world. Portals can take him to other worlds, and even if he dies in another world, he can instan 333Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 155 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Unconventional Life 四合院之傻柱的另类人生 Zhuzi transmigrates into the courtyard of The Birds of the Courtyard. Knowing how the story goes, he is determined not to be a doormat. He face-slaps Xu Damao, outsmarts Yan Laoxi, rejects Qin Huairu, and uses all sorts of outrageous tricks to climb step by step to the pinnacle of life... 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 A Happy Life in the Siheyuan 人在四合院之幸福生活 [The Animal-Filled Siheyuan + Everyday Life + Mildly Violent Edge + Golden Finger] Ye Lin suddenly transmigrates into an animal-filled siheyuan. In his previous life, he was an orphan taken in by an old man. When Ye Lin turned eighteen, the old man passed away, and just like that, he transmigrated. Luckily, his golden finger arrives. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to get by. From here on, a happy life awaits. 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 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 1.7kReads7.5Score100Shelves
- 158 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Snatched Qin Huairu Away 四合院：开局抢先截胡秦淮茹 Li Xiangqian transmigrates to a courtyard-house world in the 1950s. From the start, he runs into Jia Dongxu on a blind date with Qin Huairu. Entrepreneurial pioneer Brother Hao: “What good is it just envying others? We need to take action ourselves!” Li Xiangqian decisively steals Qin Huairu away. Life in the 1950s is tough, but luckily, I have a System and a pocket dimension. He gets into college and becomes a cadre, and Li Xiangqian's life takes off. 4.8kReads7.9Score175Shelves
- 159 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
- 160 Siheyuan: I’m a Public Security Officer 四合院之我是治安官 During the famine years, he accidentally transmigrates into a siheyuan courtyard. With a golden finger at his disposal, he uses his wits and plans every move as he battles the courtyard’s troublemakers for his life and his interests. 40Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 161 Love in the Courtyard: Two Guns Against the Beasts 情满四合院之双枪战禽兽 The courtyard is a microcosm of life, with Character No. 1 and Character No. 2 transmigrating one after the other. They bomb the courtyard like fighter jets, battling the beasts and taking on the schemers… 329Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 Siheyuan: The Factory Director's Driver Crashes a Truck into the Courtyard 四合院：厂长司机，卡车撞大院 Zhao Weidong transmigrates to the 1960s and binds himself to a System. He inherits his parents' jobs and becomes the factory director's driver. A life of comfort and respect. A wife, children, and a warm bed! Watch him take the chaos of the courtyard residents in stride and become the king of his corner of the world! 39Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 163 Siheyuan: I’m Just Having Fun 四合院：我就是玩呗 Li Hao transmigrated into a courtyard house. He felt like the unluckiest man alive. His electric scooter had ended up right in a truck's blind spot as it turned, and even his metal helmet hadn't saved his life. Well, the Host he'd transmigrated into was also named Li Hao, a refugee who'd hit the jackpot. The neighborhood office had arranged for him to move into the Hongxing Courtyard and even found him a job as an apprentice at the Hongxing Steel Mill. Who could have guessed? On his very first d 41Reads8.2Score116Shelves
- 164 Siheyuan: Building a Military Powerhouse, Repairing an Armored Car from the Start 四合院：军工强国，开局修装甲车 He Ping transmigrated into the world of Qin Man Siheyuan and became Silly Zhu's younger brother. Thanks to his outstanding repair skills, he was highly regarded by the repair shop. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've bound the God-Tier Military Industry System!] From the start, he happened upon a battered armored vehicle. After the System scanned it, he repaired it on the spot. To everyone's disbelief, He Ping fixed it in just ten minutes. The factory director was stunned, the military was stun 407Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Become Li Yunlong and Teach These Brats a Lesson! 四合院：开局成为李云龙，收拾这满院的兔崽子！ This is the era of the scoundrels of the courtyard, and it is also Li Yunlong’s era. To change his fate against all odds, he sends his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and their family to the south. He applies for early retirement, turns down the generous recuperation benefits, and moves into the courtyard all by himself. Looking at the whole courtyard full of vermin, Li Yunlong smiles faintly: “From today on, it’s not me who’s forced to live with you. You’re the ones who’ll be forced to live with 211Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 166 Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu's Heart 四合院从截胡秦淮茹开始 [Snatching the opportunity + System + wish fulfillment + period setting] After an accident, Xue Pengfei transmigrates to 1953 and into Love in the Courtyard. Not only does he successfully get to Qin Huairu first, he also makes sure Jia Dongxu marries someone else. That one successful move completely changes the course of life for Xue Pengfei and the Jia family. Thanks to Qin Huairu, Xue Pengfei becomes the kind of man who wouldn’t even bother to set a fallen soy sauce bottle upright. Meanwhile, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 Siheyuan: Emptying the Beasts' Secret Stashes 四合院：掏空禽兽们的小金库 “What was Cao Cao's surname?” “Xiahou.” Xiahou Ming transmigrates into the courtyard and ends up living in the hospital. It was all because Silly Zhu and his gang caused trouble. So he rolls up his sleeves and empties the vultures' coffers. Before long, the neighborhood elders are not only broke, but have to hand over part of their wages every month. “We eat bran and vegetables every day. When do we get to eat meat?” 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 168 Siheyuan: Stirring the Pot in the Courtyard, Living Life to the Fullest 四合院：杂院抡大勺，生活乐无边 [A brand-new 2023 courtyard-house story, hot off the press!] [Master chef + down-to-earth + sincere + genius] After transmigrating into a courtyard house, He Yuzhu became Silly Zhu, a man with the same name. Cooking in the canteen? Eighty yuan a scoop! The whole factory is drooling! Jia Zhangshi wants to mooch a meal? He smashes her head in with a single scoop! He Yuzhu: “You won't get to eat three dishes in your whole life!” 1Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 169 Siheyuan: I Have a Farm 四合院【我有一座农场】 (This book has little angst and is mostly about everyday life. It may not suit some readers.) Zhao Jie transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan stories. His father is the chief engineer at a steel mill, and his mother is the head of the hospital’s internal medicine department. He himself is the head of the steel mill’s procurement department. His little sister is in primary school, and his girlfriend is Lou Xiao'e. On his eighteenth birthday, the System arrives and gives him a space farm he 3Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 170 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
- 171 Siheyuan: Deputy Director Li Becomes My Uncle from the Start 四合院：开局李副厂长成为我舅舅 Gu Guangyuan transmigrates into a courtyard house, with both parents alive from the start and an uncle who is a deputy factory director and dotes on him. Since he's transmigrated, surely getting a golden finger isn't too much to ask. See how Gu Guangyuan sets the courtyard's troublemakers straight and enjoys a happy life of his own! [The blurb can only say so much. Please head to the story for more.] 261Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 172 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
- 173 The Good Guy of Siheyuan 四合院之老好人 Hu Zhijun’s soul transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, where the courtyard gains a good-natured fellow who knows just what to say to anyone, whether they’re human or ghost. This book has little bitterness and none of those tangled grudges and romances. It’s simply the quiet life of a lecher. 5.6kReads6.6Score135Shelves
- 174 Siheyuan: I’m Just Here to Join the Fun 四合院之我也来凑热闹 Yang Feiyang was an utterly ordinary 996 office drone, lucky enough to join the army of transmigrators. At first, he grinned so hard his gums nearly bled, but before long, he couldn't smile anymore. He hadn't transmigrated into a xianxia world where he could become an immortal patriarch and fly through the skies, nor into an ancient battlefield where he could take countless wives and concubines and rule as a king. Instead, he had landed in the courtyard world, already poked full of holes by coun 19Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 175 The Doctor of the Siheyuan 四合院的医生 In his previous life, the protagonist was a master physician who collapsed on the operating table after exhausting himself during surgery. After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he became He Yuzhu’s biological older brother. Watch him teach those villains a lesson. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 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
- 177 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
- 178 Siheyuan: From the Start, Becoming a Security Guard and Taking the Easy Road 四合院：开局当保安，少走弯路 [This novel combines hostility and everyday life for a dual experience!] In the 1960s, Zhou Sheng retires from the military and transfers to a new job, proudly becoming a security guard at a steel mill. On the train back to Beijing, he subdues a criminal with his bare hands. He happens to meet Chang Qing, a police officer from Nanluoguxiang. From there, everything takes off. He also gets bound to a Slacker System! Who knew slacking off could let him trounce the scoundrels? He begins a happy life 196Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 179 Siheyuan: He Xi 四合院之何曦 This is my first book, and I dedicate it to all the readers who, like me, enjoy Siheyuan stories. I hope you’ll see a different side of the Siheyuan. Please forgive me if anything doesn’t quite meet your expectations. This story aims to make up for some of the regrets readers may have from the book and the TV series, especially when it comes to certain characters and events. There’s no malice in this book, and no bullying the “birds.” The protagonist simply gives everyone choices, especially He 60Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 180 Nanluoguxiang: My Life in the 1960s 南锣鼓巷：我的60年代生活 (A slice-of-life story with a gentle tone and a strong sense of the era) Li Xiaoman transmigrates to Nanluoguxiang in the 1960s, becoming the son of a fallen martyr. Drawing on his memories from his previous life, he begins to enjoy a leisurely life in an era when everyone is starving! The old Puyi from the capital becomes his friend! He goes fishing with eunuchs from the former dynasty! Every day, he gets the inside scoop on the palace’s superstitions! What? Eunuchs and palace maids had relatio 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu, the Strong-Willed Woman 四合院：女强人秦淮茹 [No golden finger. If you don't like Qin Huairu's family, don't read. In the early chapters, she matches wits with the beasts. Later, she starts her own business and works her way to wealth through hard work and intelligence.] Jia Dongxu has an accident, leaving the Jia family without its sole provider. It's easy to imagine how hard life will be for a family without a man to support it! Faced with three young children and a mother-in-law who spends all day in tears, Qin Huairu ultimately can't 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 Siheyuan: You Took My Home Back Then, Now You’ll Regret It for the Rest of Your Life 四合院：当年占我房，如今悔断肠 Ten years ago, Su Yuan's parents died heroically in the line of duty and were posthumously honored as martyrs, leaving behind only two rooms. When the Jia family saw that Su Yuan was young and easy to bully, they tried to seize one of the rooms. No one in the courtyard house stood up for him. Fortunately, Su Yuan found the military district. With the country's help, he taught the Jia family a lesson and reclaimed the room. But this also made the Jia family his enemy, and he all but cut ties with 313Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 183 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Want a Son! 四合院：我许大茂要生儿子！ A top student from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard house, only to find himself in the body of Xu Damao, the man everyone loves to hate! He’s going to change all that. He’ll turn Xu Damao into a good person, and make sure Xu Damao has a son, too! 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 Transmigrating into Siheyuan: An Upright Life That Won’t Take the Blame 穿越四合院，正直人生不背锅 The protagonist transmigrates into the courtyard and becomes Lin Zhou, a man with the same name. His parents died when he was young, and he raised his younger sister on his own. He has a steady job at a steel mill. He absolutely refuses to be a pushover!!! He will never be a pushover!!! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Copied Silly Zhu's Cooking Skills 四合院：开局复制了傻柱的厨艺 Siheyuan courtyard + everyday life + the legacy of Wei Wu After watching a TV show, Zhou Zhengguo transmigrated into it and became a penniless young man with nothing to his name. In the bitter cold of winter, he nearly froze to death in this capital city. Fortunately, he had the System. From the start, he tricked Silly Zhu out of his chicken. Then he fleeced Qin Huairu for her money. He even set one trap after another for Xu Damao. By taking advantage of the people in the courtyard, Zhou Zhenggu 21Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 186 Siheyuan: Swapping Lives with He Yuzhu 四合院：与何雨柱互换人生 In 2022, He Yuzhu's life was swapped with that of He Yuzhu from The Courtyard Teeming with Birds and Beasts in a parallel world. What will He Yuzhu face after arriving here? And when the characters from the TV drama, Deaf Granny, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, Xu Damao, Qin Huairu, Banggeng, and Jia Zhangshi, appear in his life, how will he outsmart them? How will he rewrite a life unlike any other? Perhaps he'll ride the train of the times, moving from city to city and making everyone el 18Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 187 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
- 188 Siheyuan: A Down-and-Out Man Makes a Comeback 四合院之破落户翻身 After his soul transmigrates into Fang Yaoguan, who was bullied to death, he naturally inherits the original owner's mission of revenge. With no powerful backers, he can only brave every obstacle and press forward to take revenge on each of his enemies. At long last, he either kills or cripples all his enemies. Just as he's basking in his triumph, he's forced into another calamity. Now reborn, which path will he choose next? 207Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 189 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became Silly Zhu’s Younger Brother 四合院：开局穿成傻柱弟弟 This is fiction. Take it seriously and you lose! My name is He Yugen, nicknamed Silly Root. I’m Silly Zhu’s younger brother and Zhong Yuemin’s comrade-in-arms. Soldier and doctor, transmigrator, and a System fanatic! I’ll help Silly Zhu see the bloodsuckers for what they are and help Yushui see through that scumbag. Bro, there’s nothing good about the Qin family. Tell them to get lost and stay lost. Bro, Ran is a nice girl. She’d make a great sister-in-law. Xu Damao: Brother Silly Root, that ton 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 Siheyuan: I Really Don't Want to Deal with You People 四合院：我真不想收拾你们 After transmigrating to the countryside in the 1960s and unlocking his golden finger, Lin Ping'an is brimming with fighting spirit. He knows these are hard times: food and clothing are scarce, and a turbulent period lies ahead. But none of that is a problem. What he never expected was to end up living in a “Beasts-Fill-the-Courtyard House.” He never wanted to get too involved with the courtyard’s residents. But they can’t help envying Lin Ping'an’s life... 2.1kReads5.8Score101Shelves
- 191 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. 376Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 192 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Steal a Level Seven Forger 四合院：开局偷到七级锻工 Liu Guangfu woke up to find his eyes bloodshot. After thinking it over, he realized he was Liu Guangfu, the son of Second Master Liu Haizhong from the courtyard. Because of a fried egg the night before, his own father, Second Master Liu Haizhong, had struck him in the temple. The transmigrator Liu Guangfu awakened the Thief System and stole Liu Haizhong's Level 7 metalworking skill from the start. Silly Zhu, I hear you're a great cook. Well, your cooking skills are mine now. Third Master, I hear 774Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 193 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
- 194 Siheyuan: From the Start, Everyone Donates Money to Me 四合院：开局大家给我捐款 [If you dislike Qin Huairu, don’t read!] Wang Jianhua transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1962. Right from the start, he discovers Yi Zhonghai organizing a donation for his family. How strange! Since when had the First Master become so generous? As time passes, he realizes there really isn’t a single decent person in the courtyard. Fine, then: the development of the Great Northwest needs you. Get to it! 89Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 195 Siheyuan: Taking a Loss Is a Blessing 四合院之吃亏是福 Now that Silly Zhu has a System, will his fate change? Or will he keep following the same path as before? No one knows, and neither does he. But when another soul takes Silly Zhu's place and carries on with his life, will it still follow the same old path? 3.6kReads7.2Score101Shelves
- 196 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
- 197 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
- 198 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? 1.7kReads8.0Score—Shelves
- 199 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
- 200 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
