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- 151 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Live a Peaceful Life 四合院：我只想安稳过日子 Bai Hao transmigrated into the world of the courtyard, becoming an ordinary resident there. With the Super Farm System at his disposal, all Bai Hao wanted was to live a peaceful life. But fate had other plans. The beasts were beasts by nature, so how could they let Bai Hao live in peace? The moral busybody Yi Zhonghai is trying to guilt-trip me into giving him an advantage? No problem, I can play that game too. Let’s see who loses out in the end. Second Master, that official-obsessed guy, wants 5kReads6.3Score110Shelves
- 152 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
- 153 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
- 154 Siheyuan: My Brother-in-Law Is the Head of the Public Security Bureau 四合院：我姐夫是治安局局长 Zhang Weidong transmigrates into the world of courtyard houses. His parents were martyrs who gave their lives for the country. His parents' comrades are even more powerful leaders than the big boss! His older sister is the head of the neighborhood office! His brother-in-law is the director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau! And a whole group of uncles and elders, whose names people don't dare say aloud, look after him! With connections like these, he has an incredibly lucky start! Every day 238Reads5.4Score104Shelves
- 155 Siheyuan: Content with a Modest Fortune 四合院之小富即安 A fan fiction about the life of an ordinary person. I've read too many courtyard stories, and they've shattered my worldview. Now I've returned to the courtyard setting to experience the ordinary life of an ordinary person. 168Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 156 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Was Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局我是贾东旭 Jia Dongxu’s motto is: “I won’t work for little pay, do heavy work, or work without enough rest.” If anyone dares to curse me out, I’ll grab my bucket and quit on the spot. I said it, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, and That's Just How I Roll 四合院：我，许大茂就是这么拽 [Siheyuan courtyard, sign-in, System, period setting] I transmigrated into Xu Damao from the show The Beastly Courtyard! That's right, Xu Damao, the guy everyone loves to beat up. I got a sign-in System! “Ding! Sign-in successful. You have received a black pill! Taking it can cure infertility!” A year later, Lou Xiao'e gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Lou Xiao'e is my wife, bound to me for life! Nobody else is allowed to bully her. I'm the only one who gets to do that! “Ding! Sign-in succ 25Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 158 Siheyuan: The Master Appraiser 四合院之鉴宝宗师 [Siheyuan] [Treasure appraisal] [Period] After transmigrating into a Siheyuan during the fiery red Period, Zhang Jianjun faces the First Master, who wants to get a son for free to support him in his old age; the Second Master, obsessed with becoming an official; the Third Master, who schemes over scallion roots and garlic cloves; and a widow among the birds who is practically a prince. Zhang Jianjun awakens the Destiny System and draws the “Ghost Hand” from the start, which can copy and recreate 336Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 159 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Just Want to Make Money! 四合院：我，许大茂，只想搞钱！ A bit-part actor from Hengdian in the 21st century transmigrates into Xu Damao's body, and from the start, he shares a bed with Lou Xiao'e. The infighting in the courtyard is a waste of time. Xu Damao can't be bothered to join in. His goal is to seize the opportunities of the times, rise to prominence, start a company, make a fortune, and become a business tycoon. With a few clever moves, Xu Damao soon becomes the courtyard's third most popular man, after Qin Huairu and Silly Zhu. Ran Qiuru: Dam 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Siheyuan: Tending Fields Across the Myriad Worlds 四合院：我在诸天忙种田 [Transmigrate into the Courtyard]+ [Game Panel Cheat]+ [Transmigration Across the Heavens]+ [Invincible Protagonist] The story of an ordinary person who gains a cheat, transmigrates across worlds, and keeps growing stronger over time! Note: The first world is the Courtyard world. During his transmigrations, he may encounter other transmigrators! Both the protagonist and his cheat grow stronger over time! The protagonist may do some dark things! 123Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 161 Siheyuan: Living a Good Life 四合院之好好生活 Across two lifetimes, Gu Ziyou has lived as two different people. All he has ever wanted is a stable life. He never dreamed of becoming rich or famous, let alone making a name for himself. In his previous life, poor Gu Ziyou had been an orphan since childhood and struggled just to survive. In this life, Gu Ziyou may have lost his parents, but at least he enjoyed twenty years of their love. What’s more, he has two younger brothers whom he raised from infancy and needs to give a safe haven, as wel 86Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 162 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
- 163 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
- 164 Siheyuan: I Earn Points to Raise Froglets 四合院：我赚积分养蛙崽 I previously wrote a positive courtyard fanfic starring He Yuzhu, with Teacher Ran as the heroine. A lot of readers weren't happy about Teacher Ran being the female lead, so this time I'm writing the opposite: a new story where Silly Zhu, Yi Zhonghai, and the other beasts get put through the wringer, and the protagonist takes on Cao Cao's spirit. Let me make this clear: this book is absolutely just riding the courtyard's popularity. There's not an ounce of deception here. I hope all you courtyar 82Reads8.3Score112Shelves
- 165 Siheyuan: There Really Is No System 四合院之真滴木有系统 Ding Yi transmigrates into a courtyard house. Let’s see how a black fish with no System can stir up the seemingly calm waters of this pond. Can a transmigrator with modern ideas breathe freely under the constraints of the times? To be clear: there’s no System. 8Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 166 Siheyuan: I Don't Want to Live Off My Parents 四合院：我不想啃老呀 “What? Cutting-edge technology? Slander, pure slander! I’m just an amateur researcher!” How could a perfectly ordinary amateur researcher possibly be making cutting-edge technology? A siheyuan in the 1960s? Oh, in that case, no problem. In this era, even a combine harvester counts as cutting-edge technology. What’s it like to transmigrate into Love in the Courtyard and have an aunt’s husband who’s the head of the courtyard? Lin Jianjun thinks it’s pretty great. He doesn’t want to live off his pa 24Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 167 Siheyuan: I Can Fish for Anything 四合院：我能垂钓一切 [Urban, Period] Chen Jianbang transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and becomes an ordinary resident of the courtyard. Here, Qin Huairu takes the betrothal gifts and immediately calls off the engagement, refusing to return the money. To make matters worse, everyone in the courtyard tells Chen Jianbang that a man should be magnanimous. Jia Zhangshi and her family hurl insults at him every day. At last, the System awakens! Chen Jianbang: “From today on, whoever messes with me, I’ll make the 716Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 168 Siheyuan: A Life Facing the Sun 四合院之向阳而生 A massive workplace accident at the Red Star Steel Mill claimed the lives of several workers. Two of the dead were from the same courtyard alone. One was from the Jia family, the other from the Li family. The Jia family had an old woman, a widow, two children, and one posthumous child. The Li family had an old woman, a widow, and three children. Jia Zhangshi: “The neighbors are eating meat and they don’t even think to bring any over for us widows and orphans! Old Jia! Dongxu! Take them away with 4Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 169 Siheyuan: I Farmed for Three Years, and Shocked the World! 四合院：种田三年，我震惊世界！ 1965: Whose life wasn’t hard? As long as I casually work the fields every day, I’m sure I can make a fortune. Qin Huairu: “I want to borrow rice, oil, and flour. It’s so hard to feed three kids!” Wu Kui: “Turn right when you leave. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!” Second Master: “Holding office is what makes a man successful. You’ve made a few bucks, so why are you showing off?” Wu Kui: “Some people would love to show off, but they never get the chance.” Third Master: “You’re already 132Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 170 Siheyuan: Back from Military Service, Don't Pick a Fight with Me! 四合院：转业归来，别和我斗！ Cao Ze arrives in the world of the Siheyuan courtyard house. From the start, he encounters He Yushui drowning while trying to save someone. Cao Ze rescues her and uses the opportunity to move into the courtyard, ushering in the Cao Ze era. Whatever you do, don’t come looking for trouble with me, you moral paragons, Thief Sage’s successors, hypocritical white lotuses, and spirit-summoning masters. 92Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 171 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Took Silly Zhu's Place as Head Chef 四合院：开局替代傻柱当上大厨 After being beaten by Silly Zhu, the protagonist's previous self transmigrated into a courtyard house and awakened a System that punishes evil. Now he plans to round up every beast in the whole compound. The saintly First Uncle uses morality to hold others hostage, so our paragon of virtue will leave him to die alone and helpless, just as he spends every day scheming to secure his own retirement. Qin Huairu, the top vampire in the country, will have no blood left to suck, and her whole family wi 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 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
- 173 Siheyuan: Starting with a Job After Returning to the City 四合院之从回城工作开始 [Revenge]+ [Behind the Scenes]+ [Mastermind]+ [Period]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [No System] This novel has no System. The opening is slow, the scheming and traps take time to set up, and the story is long. If that bothers you, don’t click! “It’s the 1980s. If I don’t set traps for them now, those beasts will be old before I get the chance!” Forced by the beasts of the courtyard to go work in the countryside, Li Jun finally returns to the city to get his revenge! Third Master: loses all his money, ha 2.1kReads7.1Score—Shelves
- 174 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
- 175 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
- 176 Siheyuan: 1951, A Fierce Dragon Crosses the River 四合院：1951猛龙过江傲世间 Synopsis: Gao Changsheng accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world in 1951 and obtains a magical System. The world map lies before him in an era when gold is everywhere: jadeite, precious stones, gold, silver, antiques, rare minerals, rare earths, mountain ranges, ranches, technology, estates, and oil. He makes an early start on laying plans across the globe. This is a parallel world with no connection whatsoever to reality, so don't read it as a reflection of the real world. You're respons 228Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 177 Siheyuan: A Lavish Farm from the Start 四合院：开局一座炫富农庄 After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, I got a farm. The way to develop the farm was: show off my wealth. While everyone else could barely get enough to eat, I had meat and fish at every meal. While everyone else had to walk wherever they went, I bought three bicycles at once. Forever, Phoenix, Flying Pigeon: I had to get one of each. The more I showed off, the more I got. Today was another day of making Banggeng drool with envy. Everyone in the Siheyuan was green with envy. “Don’t 173Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 178 Siheyuan: My Grassland, My Horse 四合院之我的草原我的马 Yang Kai is a Chinese restaurant chef who has crossed oceans to settle abroad. Every day, he rides a fine steed across the vast Hulunbuir grasslands. As the saying goes, this is my grassland and my horse, and I can do tricks whenever I please... Life is blissfully carefree, until a shooting sparked by a rivalry over a woman sends him transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard in the 1960s. Watch him make a name for himself in this era... 169Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 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
- 180 Siheyuan: Hitting the Gas from Hu Tong Tian Zao 四合院：从胡同田枣开始狂飙 This book is being revised, with a System being added. The main storyline is being adjusted to better match the original show. For example, Hongbin Restaurant didn't exist until 1955. For example, He Yuzhu only worked at the neighborhood committee before he was sixteen. For example, Jia Dongxu never lost Dandan. Revision 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 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
- 182 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
- 183 Siheyuan: Starting by Squeezing a Little Wealth from the Capitalists 四合院开局薅资本亿点羊毛 With a spatial storage of one hundred thousand cubic meters, Li Zhigang spends three days looting billions’ worth of supplies in America, then transmigrates to the world of Siheyuan and begins a wonderful new life. He works his way up from a lowly purchasing agent to factory director, with beautiful women by his side. But one day, the government discovers his spatial ability, and he has no choice but to work for the country. He starts hauling goods from overseas, bringing everything he lays eyes 1.5kReads6.7Score—Shelves
- 184 Siheyuan: I’m a Hidden Big Shot 四合院：我是隐藏大佬 Qin Huairu: “Stop messing with Silly Zhu. Come after me!” Jia Zhangshi: “Go sit somewhere cool, old man!” Silly Zhu: “You pick a fight with me, and you deserve to spend your whole life without a wife!” Xu Damao: “I just love watching you hate me and still be powerless to do anything about it.” Wu Zhibai accidentally eats Longyuan and transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He invests in technology companies, buys the rights to manga from Japan, and builds up a fortune in mines. He 78Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 185 The Seventh Book by Tomato and Egg 西红柿鸡蛋的第7本书 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 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
- 187 Siheyuan: My Original Self Was Kicked to Death from the Start, Time for Revenge! 四合院，开局原身被踢死，报仇！ On a dark and stormy night, Lin Yang sat alone in front of his computer, constantly pulling tissues from the box on his desk. It was freezing that day, and after sitting at his computer playing Minecraft, both his hands had turned stiff and purple. All Lin Yang could do was keep wiping his nose. Just as the character he was controlling walked across the screen, lightning suddenly struck it. At the same time, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and struck him, leaving not even a trace behi 438Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 188 Siheyuan: Rejected at a Matchmaking Meeting, I Take In a Little Girl 四合院：相亲被嫌弃，捡个小萝莉 Li Ran somehow found himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard, in the body of the teenage He Yuzhu. At this point, He Daqing hadn't run off yet, He Yushui was still a little girl, and Qin Huairu hadn't married into the courtyard. Li Ran had hoped to get to Qin Huairu first, but she ended up rejecting him. Dejected, he unexpectedly came across the little Qin Jingru. From then on, he had not only his younger sister trailing after him, but a little bride as well. There are no brainless plot tw 467Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 189 Siheyuan: Conquering the World with a Few Moves 四合院：一招半式闯天下 The protagonist, Ji Liancheng, transmigrates by chance and successfully takes over another body. Reborn under the name Ji Liancheng, he inherits the nickname “Old Fool” and becomes the village idiot of Nanluoguxiang, one of the “crazy, feeble-minded, dull, and foolish” bunch. Thus begins an ordinary yet extraordinary life. This book doesn’t center on the courtyard plot. Those events are woven into the lives of the original characters. The author respects the source story and its era, and tries 16Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 190 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is My Brother 四合院之许大茂是我哥 An ordinary girl gets so furious watching Love in the Courtyard that, when she wakes up one morning, she finds herself in the TV series as Xu Damao’s younger sister… A story about how she has to fight to save herself so she won’t be turned into an idiot like him. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 Siheyuan: From the Start, It's a Resident Evil Apocalypse 四合院：开局生化危机 Ye Tianya transmigrated to a pivotal time in history. The place he lived in was an ordinary Siheyuan. At first, his life seemed destined to be unremarkable, but he was lucky enough to obtain a mysterious lottery System. His very first draw gave him access to a copy of the movie world of Resident Evil. There, he acquired a vast supply of goods that could solve pressing survival problems, and gradually used them to influence and transform the real world. The fertilizer and high-yield seeds he b 139Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Siheyuan: You Stole My Childhood Sweetheart? Just Watch What I Do to You 四合院：抢我青梅？看我怎么整你 Love in the Courtyard + Hunter + Period Piece + Childhood Sweethearts + Stealing Someone's Love + Revenge on a Rival -------------------- —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Live in Peace 四合院：我只想好好的 [Brutally Eliminate the Courtyard's Beasts] He accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard house. Watch how our protagonist hones himself among scoundrels and rids the world of this bunch of nuisances. From the start, he beats Silly Zhu to a pulp. The Thief Saint turns into the last eunuch, but still comes looking for trouble, so he gets crippled on the spot. The White Lotus tries to mess with me, and I make sure she can't hook anyone. Jia Zhangshi uses a spell to summon a ghost, so I make her m 1.6kReads6.2Score100Shelves
- 194 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Level Eight Engineer 四合院：从八级工程师开始 Li Muyun transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes an apprentice engineer under the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry. With his own hard work and the help of his System, after five years on the job, he completes his apprenticeship, becomes a full-time employee, earns a promotion, and quickly rises to become a Level Eight engineer. Just as Li Muyun's life is getting better and better, his superiors suddenly issue an order transferring him to serve as chief engineer at Hongxing No. 3 Steel Rolling M 62Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 195 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
- 196 Siheyuan: Zhou Wenzhong 四合院之周文忠 Zhou Wenzhong's story of striving, viewing the world from another perspective. 33Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 197 Siheyuan: I'm Bang Geng's Classmate 四合院之我是棒梗同学 A graduate student who had just finished college got drunk celebrating with friends after passing the civil service exam. That very night, a dump truck slammed him straight into the body of a ten-year-old boy in the courtyard, who also happened to be Bang Geng's classmate. (This story isn't especially dark; it's a straightforward transmigration novel. Of course, the scoundrels still need to be taught a lesson.) 4.2kReads7.3Score—Shelves
- 198 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
- 199 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
- 200 Siheyuan: Riding the Tide into a Glorious Era 四合院逆流光荣时代 [A period novel set in a courtyard compound. While staying true to the original work, it adds new elements. The main storyline follows Li Jinnian's rise to success.] Returning to that glorious and turbulent era, standing at the crossroads of his life, Li Jinnian lights a cigarette... 27Reads5.9Score—Shelves
