Novels like Siheyuan: From the Start, I Went on a Face-Slapping Rampage
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- 101 The Divine Doctor Comes Down the Mountain: The Princess Is Stunned by My Invincibility from the Start 神医下山，开局无敌震惊了公主 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: The Fat Guy’s Comeback 四合院：胖子的逆袭 [This is an everyday-life story set in a bygone era: no bitterness, no slow start, and no brainless antics. If you’re the sort who likes fighting heaven, earth, and even the air, please move along.] He transmigrates into the parallel world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Fatty, Silly Zhu’s apprentice. He has elderly parents to support and three older sisters who are all worried about finding husbands. Fatty hones his cooking skills and protects his family, starting out as an inconspicuous no 1.9kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 103 Siheyuan: A Level-Five Engineer from the Start 四合院：开局五级工程师 Lu Mingyu gets drunk and transmigrates into a courtyard compound, becoming its only university student. His parents were war heroes, and he was raised entirely by his grandfather. On the eve of his graduation, his grandfather passes away. Lu Mingyu returns to the compound, only to discover that someone has occupied his home. In a fit of rage, he has Jia Zhangshi and her gang thrown in jail… With the Great Nation System at his disposal, Lu Mingyu creates a host of cutting-edge technologies and he 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: Reborn, Silly Zhu Has the Power to Read Minds 四合院：重生后，傻柱有了读心术 This book isn't especially dark in tone. The protagonist's personality is kept as close as possible to that of the original character, and the plot is designed to fit the historical setting. People won't be killed or crippled at the drop of a hat, and there are no disgusting scenes like falling into a cesspit. This isn't the kind of power fantasy where the protagonist fights or kills whenever he feels like it! He Yuzhu, who was drained dry by Qin Huairu and ultimately died alone, has been reborn 4.3kReads7.6Score13114d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Ordinary Life 四合院：何雨柱的平凡一生 After transmigrating into He Yuzhu, he refuses to become a pawn of the retirement clique. The clique uses every trick in the book to manipulate him from their supposed moral high ground. Everyone in the courtyard, whether openly or behind his back, either wants to avoid getting dragged into trouble or hopes to get a share of the spoils. They all treat He Yuzhu like a fool they can push around. The trouble is, they're like dog-skin plasters: they cling tight and won't leave him alone. 46Reads8.0Score10814d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: I Called the Police to Arrest Silly Zhu from the Start 四合院：开局报警抓傻柱 [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the Sign-In Skill Simplification System] [Host: Zhou Weimin] [Occupation: Grade Three Fitter at a Steel Rolling Mill] [Skills: Basic Fitter Skill (10), Cooking (unranked), Swimming (unranked), Fishing (unranked)] [Congratulations, Host. You have received the System's welcome gift for binding: 30 reunion coupons, 20 grain coupons (30 jin), and 15 meat coupons (5 jin)] [The Host can sign in every day to receive rewards of daily necessities, as well a 6.5kReads5.4Score36414d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: Stabbing Someone in the Back Isn't My Style 四合院：背后捅刀不是我的作风 Mo Jiayi transmigrated to the countryside in the 1960s. Unexpectedly, his parents had just passed away. Penniless, he could only sit there weeping. At that moment, Yi Zhonghai, who had come to pay his respects, told Mo Jiayi: “Once the funeral is over, come with your uncle to the capital.” Mo Jiayi followed Yi Zhonghai, the First Uncle, into the courtyard house. With no children of his own, the First Uncle treated Mo Jiayi like his own son. Mo Jiayi started out as a worker at the steel mill and 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Twelfth Book by Bixia Yuan 笔下缘第12本书 A feel-good courtyard-house story, full of romance and thrilling fun! No heartbreak, no melodrama! If you have any requests about the plot, feel free to share them. I'll do my best to work them in! P.S. I'll do my best to avoid gross-out humor, so it doesn't ruin the reading experience! 51Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: Ordinary Lives in a Great Era 四合院：大时代里的平凡生活 After waking up, Su Cheng transmigrated into the body of an ordinary boy named Su Zhengping in 1962. He soon discovered that this was the world of Love in the Courtyard, and luckily, he had a golden finger with him. In such a vibrant era, what could an ordinary person possibly do? This novel focuses on the quiet rhythms of everyday life and has little hostility. Readers who enjoy power fantasies may find it rather dull, so please steer clear if that's not your thing! 1.5kReads8.5Score10814d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: Starting by Winning Over Qin Huairu 四合院：从拿下秦淮茹开始 Transmigrated into the courtyard compound, the protagonist wins over Qin Huairu from the start and fully activates the System. The protagonist is a hooligan from the start, so don't talk about morality. Volumes 1 and 2 are a continuous story linking the courtyard compound with The Legend of Lei Luo. Volume 3: A Lifelong Journey. This is a transition for special reasons, and the protagonist's morals begin to decline. Volume 4: Nothing but Thirty. The protagonist's morals are thoroughly discarded, 15Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 111 Siheyuan: Why Do You Look So Much Like Yi Zhonghai? 四合院：你怎么和易中海那么像？ Yi Feng transmigrated to the 1960s for no apparent reason. Before his mother died, she told him that he had an uncle in the city named Yi Zhonghai. And so, Yi Feng headed to the capital and gradually rose to the pinnacle of life! Yi Feng: “I admit, you've got some skill. But what if I told you my uncle is an eighth-grade engineer who can build an aircraft carrier by hand, a renowned paragon of virtue? What would you do then?” 2Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 112 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 3.9kReads7.9Score16714d adds
- 113 The 13th Book by Zhiguang Xingyuan 知广行远第13本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads5.5Score714d adds
- 114 The Crown Prince of Siheyuan: My Uncle Is Yi Zhonghai 四合院太子爷之我舅是易中海 Sun Xiaobao transmigrates to an era of poverty. After losing both his parents, he suddenly remembers that he came from another world and has an uncle in the city. He quickly gathers up some of the junk from home and heads into town to seek his uncle's help. To his surprise, his uncle turns out to be the famous Yi Zhonghai. Great! Now he can live the good life with his uncle. It takes just one sentence for Sun Xiaobao to win Yi Zhonghai's whole heart: “Uncle, I'll take care of you in your old age 467Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 115 Siheyuan: A Gentleman’s Revenge Is Never Too Late 四合院：君子报仇十年不晚 Transmigration, pocket dimension, one heroine, and endless torment for the birds, tormenting them as hard as possible, right to the bitter end. When the male lead was ten, his parents disappeared. At the time, the Jia family and the Second Uncle’s family were both renting houses from his family. In those war-torn years, being missing was hardly any different from being dead. Seeing Wang Mancun alone as a child, the two tenant families decided to take over the place. They seized the male lead’s h 295Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 116 I’m the Eldest Uncle’s Nephew in the Siheyuan 四合院我是一大爷亲侄 His soul transmigrated into the era of Love in the Courtyard, where he became a man who could hold up the sky. After leaving the military, he rose steadily through the ranks with the help of a System. Watch how Yi Guoxing makes a success of himself. This story is entirely fictional. If any names are unsuitable, I will change them. 63Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 117 Living in the Siheyuan 混在四合院 This is a story about a courtyard compound, though you could also see it as a prequel to the TV series. See how they got through the three hard years, and how their personalities changed. No angst, no liking to fight, and no sexual content. I started writing this after reading too many courtyard-compound novels, but I didn't really like any of them. I understand that tastes differ, so I made up a story of my own. I hope you like it, and I hope to eventually write it through to the Reform and Ope 2kReads7.5Score10214d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: At Eight Years Old, I Bring the Entire Courtyard to Heel 四合院：八岁的我，镇压全院 After transmigrating into a Siheyuan, the protagonist's grandfather dies from the start, leaving behind a substantial inheritance. His parents are away for work and cannot be contacted. With a courtyard full of villains and only eight years old, how is a child supposed to survive? Of course, no matter who else has to suffer, he won't let himself go without. If anyone makes life difficult for him, he'll make things even worse for them. Luckily, the System arrives. But is there something wrong wit 4.8kReads7.6Score12814d adds
- 119 Siheyuan: Starting with Bicycle Repairs 四合院：从修自行车开始 This book isn't too intense. It's a peaceful story set in an era of everyday life. The protagonist transmigrates to 1962 and lives across the hall from Third Uncle. He isn't a character from the original show. An utterly ordinary slice-of-life novel, about as exciting as a primary school essay. I try to keep things close to what life was really like back then, and to reflect the customs and social norms of ordinary people. I try not to be a homewrecker or collect junk, not to make everything ab 118Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: The Art of Slacking Off and My Treasure-Gathering Basin 四合院：摸鱼生活之我有聚宝盆 This book isn’t particularly intense. It focuses on everyday life and has a relatively gentle pace. If you don’t like it, feel free to complain, but don’t leave, okay? Hahaha. Chef Xu Dachun transmigrated into the body of a cousin of Xu Damao. He had planned to use his family’s ancestral treasure basin to live a quiet life in an era of scarce supplies. Unfortunately, the courtyard was full of filth and repulsive people. So, please leave. I’m living in this courtyard by myself. This book isn’t to 6.7kReads7.7Score24014d adds
- 121 Love in the Courtyard: From the Start, I Stole Lou Xiao'e Away 情满四合院，开局截胡娄晓娥 Zhou Xun transmigrates into a courtyard compound, where he becomes Yi Zhonghai’s apprentice. Yi Zhonghai wants Zhou Xun to look after him in his old age, but Zhou Xun is rebellious to the core. First, he beats Yi Zhonghai to the punch and wins over Lou Xiao'e. Then he becomes an engineer. With a skill System at his disposal, Zhou Xun sits back and watches the scoundrels in the compound reveal their true colors. 2.5kReads7.7Score10614d adds
- 122 Showbiz in the City: From the Start, I Can Hear Auntie's Inner Thoughts 都市娱乐：开局听到阿姨心声 After unexpectedly obtaining a meteorite, a deaf teenager gains super hearing. He leaves his mountain village for the provincial capital, finds love, buys an island, and builds a business empire. Along the way, he crosses paths with the children of officials, business tycoons, and cultural luminaries, speeding ever onward as he witnesses a legendary life. Ye Ming can hear sounds ordinary people cannot, as well as all kinds of secrets... 1.2kReads5.8Score10014d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: The Passionate Years 四合院：激情澎湃的岁月 [People shouldn’t be fighting and killing each other. It’s all about human relationships and navigating the ways of the world. This book isn’t full of hostility, and it’s different from the TV series.] A middle-aged, overweight man from the 21st century transmigrates into the turbulent year of 1935. With the knowledge of an entire planet in his head, watch as he receives the finest education of the era amid the thunder of guns and cannons, and grows up strong under the sticks of his great-grandf 82Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 124 Siheyuan: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 四合院：开局就下乡 After transmigrating to a Beijing courtyard house in 1975, all he has to do is keep his head down and stay safe until the country opens up, and then the whole world will be his oyster. Who knew the neighbors would scheme against him and send him to the countryside? And on Bang Geng's behalf, no less? Going to the countryside sounds great. Bang Geng can come along too! In the courtyard, you may have strength in numbers, but once we get to the countryside, I'll make sure you experience everything 6.2kReads8.3Score17214d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: I Live in the Back Courtyard with a Little Yard 四合院：我住后院带小院 This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, but a slice-of-life chronicle that stays close to ordinary life in the 1960s. Social relationships, prices, dialogue, and everyday routines are all kept as true to the era as possible. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into the past. He has no System or talismans, just a pretty decent pocket dimension. The story is based on the original drama and follows its main plot, with a few characters and events from A Little Woman and Men Are Made of Iron, Blood ad 4.4kReads8.0Score12414d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: Dad, Drink This Bowl of Rat Poison 四合院，爹，喝了这碗老鼠药 After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, he's tormenting a woman from the start. Xu Nini: "Dad, drink this bowl of porridge and we'll call it even." Xu Chang'an: "Heh... This porridge has already gone bad..." There's not much edge to it, and no cultivation. 2.4kReads8.0Score13714d adds
- 127 Siheyuan: Cancer from the Start, the Neighbors Keep Me Alive 四合院：开局癌症，众禽续命 Li Duoyu opened his eyes to find himself lying in the emergency room. His previous self had hanged himself from a roof beam and been taken to the hospital. It turned out his predecessor wasn’t just a scumbag, he also had a testicular tumor. He had less than two months to live, and his balls hurt, too. Li Duoyu, a loser from the future, had no choice but to face a cancer diagnosis from the start. Luckily, he had an irresponsible little System. Li Duoyu transformed into an emotion-collecting machi 71Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: I'm Qin Gang, Qin Huairu's Younger Brother 四合院：我秦刚，秦淮茹的亲弟弟 Qin Gang transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan, becoming an ordinary person of that era. He has another identity, too: Qin Huairu's younger brother. To ease the family's burden, they decide to send Qin Gang to the city to stay with his older sister, Qin Huairu. With his luggage on his back, Qin Gang leaves the village and sets out for the capital. His arrival brings quite a few changes to life in the Siheyuan. Yi Zhonghai: Qin Gang would be a better choice than Jia Dongxu to look after me i 12.6kReads7.2Score66614d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: I'm a Street Loafer, and I Play Dirty 四合院：我，街溜子，不讲武德 Qin Shan transmigrates into a courtyard-house neighborhood and becomes an idle street loafer. Qin Shan folds his arms and thinks, “Ha! I know this world!” [Comedy + troublemaker protagonist + crushing the whole courtyard's cast of nuisances + a tough family + everyday food] [Grandma chops them up, little sister hands over the knife, and I’ve got their backs!] [] 8.4kReads8.5Score17614d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: I Inherit a Little Tavern, and Xu Huizhen Is My Sister-in-Law 四合院：继承小酒馆，嫂子徐慧真 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he becomes Xu Huizhen's brother-in-law. He returns from studying abroad on a government scholarship and activates a System. Just as the whole country is working hard to build up the motherland, Su Zhengping leisurely chats about ideals with a host of female leads, casually bringing out one piece of cutting-edge technology after another. What? He Daqing, you're planning to run away? Sure, go ahead! But don't you want to think about wha 168Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 131 A Happy Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之美满生活 Yang Song transmigrates in an instant into a blended world of Love in the Courtyard and Little Women. From the start, he has to face Qin Huairu breaking off their engagement and the grandmother who raised him dying of anger. See how he handles it, gradually unmasks the scheming people around him, and builds a happy life that others will envy. (No System, no womanizing.) 7.2kReads8.0Score19014d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: Reborn as a Scoundrel, but My Beautiful Wife Won't Leave 四合院：重生为人渣，美妻不愿离 (Siheyuan Courtyard + farming + daily life + food + System + reborn) Billionaire Chen Mingzhi could get anything he wanted, from power and wealth to beautiful women. Yet he carried one great regret to his grave: he had never been able to find his wife and daughter, who had left after divorcing him sixty years earlier, so he could make amends and ease his guilt. The white-haired old man lay in his recliner, reminiscing with a sigh. “How I wish I could do it all over again.” Reborn in a Siheyuan C —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm an Eighth-Level Fitter, and the Birds Are Fuming 四合院：开局八级钳工，众禽破防 Shen Nan transmigrated into the world of The Full Courtyard and rose to become a Grade Eight fitter thanks to rewards from the System, earning the envy and hatred of all the courtyard's residents. At the same time, he gained favor points for different characters from the System. He successfully maxed out the favor of the various bigwigs and leaders, becoming a social powerhouse. The scheming residents wanted to set him up? Not a chance! Watch Shen Nan take them down one by one! He became like a 16.2kReads7.5Score55414d adds
- 134 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s New Beginning 四合院：何雨柱的新生 Reborn in Love in the Courtyard, with less hostility. See the everyday family squabbles in the courtyard from different perspectives. When faced with moral blackmail and scheming green tea, he firmly says no. Now that he's transmigrated, he intends to live life on his own terms. Change the plot, and change the people and events in the courtyard. Write a different story about the courtyard and experience the spirit of the era. In short, I'll be the one to decide how I live! Reborn, He Yuzhu will 22.7kReads8.7Score74614d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: The Laid-Back Lurker Who Loves Watching the Drama 四合院：吃瓜咸鱼当老六 Body Transmigration + System + Slacker + Sneaky Schemer + Black-Hearted Su Yu, 22, gets a show of force from the start, then settles in to enjoy the gossip and stay out of sight. The story won’t leave you feeling frustrated, and there’s not much angst. It mainly focuses on watching the troublesome men fight among themselves, while the protagonist stays out of it. Most importantly, the protagonist has lots of older sisters. 24.7kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: The More Excited You Get, the More Excited I Am 四合院：你们越激动我越兴奋 Lin Fan transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. After leaving the countryside for the capital's courtyard compound to take over his uncle's job at a steel mill, he begins stirring up trouble in the compound, throwing the whole bunch of busybodies into chaos. 31.6kReads7.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 137 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
- 138 Siheyuan: The Elder Has a Son 四合院：一大爷有子 What stories would unfold in this courtyard if Yi Zhonghai had a biological son and no longer had to spend every day scheming over who would care for him in his old age? Yi Feng, a college student from the twenty-first century, becomes Yi Zhonghai's late-born son in the 1950s and 60s. What sort of story will follow? Note: Yi Jiabao doesn't know the plot of Love in the Courtyard. No angst, a gentle, gradual pace, and a golden finger that's useful but not overpowered. The story is about the Yi Jia 16.5kReads8.2Score66114d adds
- 139 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
- 140 Siheyuan: The All-Around Grandmaster 四合院：全能宗师 [Siheyuan + System + No Resentment + Everyday Life + Technology + Pocket Dimension] Yi Hongjun had worked overtime all night at the furniture factory. He never expected that after dozing off for just a moment, he would transmigrate. From the start, he was a child of a single parent, with his father gone. With no other choice, he had to head to the capital and seek refuge with relatives for the sake of his future. [Ding! Host has successfully put down roots in the capital and completed the hidden 14.6kReads8.7Score72714d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: Absorbing Bang Geng's Luck to Extend My Life from the Start 四合院：开局吸取棒梗气运来续命 [Siheyuan courtyard · Period setting · System · Pocket dimension · One heroine · Enemy spies...] (Also known as Siheyuan: I Join the National Investigation Department at Eight and Siheyuan: I Absorb Bang Geng's Luck from the Start to Prolong My Life) Mei Wenhua, an overworked laborer, exhausts himself rescuing someone from the water and transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan courtyards, where he activates the System. He gains the ability to absorb and plunder people's luck. As long as some 10.9kReads7.9Score50714d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn in 1953 四合院：傻柱重生从53年开始 Winter in the capital is especially bitter. Beneath an overpass, Silly Zhu curls into a ball, driven out of his home by the ungrateful Bang Geng, cold and hungry. In the biting wind, he thinks of the three-courtyard siheyuan, of Qin Huairu, of all the men and women in the courtyard, and of the absurd life in which he was schemed against until he had nothing left. Silly Zhu swears that if he gets another chance, he'll escape their schemes and live a life of his own. 79.9kReads8.3Score4.4k14d adds
- 143 Siheyuan: He Daqing Steals Qin Huairu Away, More Children, More Blessings 四合院何大清截胡秦淮茹多子多福 No poison, a pocket dimension, and a fast pace! He transmigrates into a Siheyuan, where Qin Huairu is still unmarried, so he’d better marry her before anyone else does! With a pocket dimension at his disposal and his combat power maxed out from the start, I’m not going to hold back! No self-righteous saint, no sneaky schemer, and no waiting until tomorrow. If there’s nothing going on, I’ll find an excuse to slap a few people around! 3.5kReads5.5Score10014d adds
