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- 101 Siheyuan: A Hodgepodge of Period Dramas 四合院：年代剧大杂烩 Transmigration + Food + Everyday Life + Showing Off + Changing the Plot + One Female Lead + Mutual Devotion I transmigrated into He Yuzhu, and there’s a bug: a System has grown right on top of him. It’s not great, but it’ll do. Get married, settle down, soak up the spirit of the times, grow alongside the country, and witness an era of change. This novel isn’t full of hostility. The main framework follows the TV series, but some events will be changed. The main goal is to capture all aspects of l 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: Putting the Neighbors in Their Place, Huairu Panics 四合院：收拾众禽，淮茹心慌 Zhang Yu transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a resident of the compound. Everyone around him is a beast? Sorry, but I’m even more of a beast than you are. Bang Geng comes to my house to steal? He’s just a kid, no need to punish him. I’ll just keep Qin Huairu in line. Xu Damao tries to sabotage me behind my back? I’m not going to stoop to his level. I’ll just go complain to Lou Xiaoe. As for Silly Zhu, Jia Zhangshi, and First Uncle, they can go cool their heels somewhere else. 37Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 103 A Different Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之不一样的人生 Ye Chen unexpectedly finds himself in a courtyard home and gains access to a food-filled world thousands of times larger than Blue Star. The mountains, rivers, and streams are all delicious. Trees growing on the ground bear rice bowls topped with all kinds of dishes, while the rivers flow not with water but with premium brandy and other drinks. The mountains are made of every kind of ice cream, and even the clouds in the sky are cotton candy. Watch as Ye Chen brings this world overflowing with f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 A Screwed-Up Life That Begins in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的操蛋人生 Lin Ping'an wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated into the TV drama world of Love in the Courtyard. To his shock, he has the identity of a remnant of the Qing dynasty. In an era obsessed with class background, won't he be dragged off to face a firing squad in no time? But that's all right: the System gives him a tiny chaos world from the start. Inside this little world, Lin Ping'an is the very will of Heaven. Given enough materials, he can theoretically produce anything. Looks like thin 40Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 105 The Siheyuan Hardworking System Is No Good System 四合院勤劳系统不是好系统 After being deceived in love, Wang Mou is electrocuted while staying at an inn. A mirror carries him into the river of time, where he lands in 1959 and becomes part of Love in the Courtyard. The story revolves around the people and events in the courtyard, but differs from the original plot. Its events and timeline fit together link by link, telling a story unlike any other courtyard novel. There is love and heartache, joy and sorrow, the everyday ups and downs of family life, and the many twist 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: The Easy Road to a Winning Life 四合院：躺赢人生 Li Aidang, a street loafer with a troubled past, shows a girl just a little extra kindness and suddenly finds himself in Qin Man's Siheyuan, where supposedly everyone is a bad person. From the start, a shrew forces him to get a divorce. Luckily, the Selection System arrives and sends him soaring. Now, let Comrade Li Aidang take us on a tour of a different kind of Beast-Filled Siheyuan, where we can experience a different sort of warmth and humanity. 82Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: Ancient and Modern Worlds Collide, and Life Is Too Hard 四合院：古今结合，这个世界太难 There are no watches, sewing machines, or bicycles here. All they have are grand red bridal sedans, looms, and horses! And this isn’t a monogamous society! I’m sold! 4Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 108 The Old Fox of the Siheyuan 四合院里的老六 As a transmigrator from the 21st century, Wang Mingluo joins the countless others swept into another world. His sly, troublemaking nature plays out again and again in the courtyard compound. Guided by the principle of doing nothing when there’s trouble, since doing more means making more mistakes, doing less means making fewer mistakes, and doing nothing means making none, the protagonist keeps trying and trying. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Transmigrating as Silly Zhu from the Start in the Siheyuan 四合院开局穿越成傻柱 Ye Xiao accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. A natural defender of the underdog, he was unlucky enough to be born into a world where people could be warm or cruel. His love life and career both fell apart, and then, with a single thought, he transmigrated into a courtyard full of affection. Watch Ye Xiao expose the hypocritical masks worn by the courtyard's scoundrels. Qin Huairu, the scheming gold-digger, wants to trade her looks for fine grain. What era do you th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 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
- 111 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Red Packet Group 四合院：傻柱的红包群 He Yuzhu, a construction worker in his thirties with no car, no house, no education, and no wife, discovers that after falling asleep, he has transmigrated into the courtyard and become Silly Zhu, a man with a house and a job. Before he can even celebrate, a planar red packet group arrives. This! This! This! This is practically like owning the whole world! 1.9kReads5.9Score10214d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: Please Don’t Lecture Me on How to Be a Person 四合院：请不要教我做人 Siheyuan + soldier king + tycoon + urban life + System Gu Fan is 24 years old. Orphaned by a fallen soldier at 15, he was taken by his parents' comrades into the military, a fiery crucible where he spent nine years tempered and tested on the southwestern border of his country. Two months ago, while leading his troops in a fierce battle against the Indian army, Gu Fan was struck in the head by a rock blasted loose by an enemy shell in the trenches. He was gravely wounded and lost consciousness on 37Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 113 In Siheyuan, I Just Want to Be a Nobody 四合院我只想做个小透明 Chen Tian, a young man from modern times, transmigrates into the world of a courtyard drama. He only wanted to keep a low profile, but finds himself drawn into the courtyard's conflicts all the same. For the sake of a happy life, he has no choice but to go with the flow and match wits with the courtyard's residents. 20Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 114 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—14d adds
- 115 Siheyuan: From the Start, Yi Zhonghai Schemes to Have Me Support Him in His Old Age 四合院：开局易中海算计我养老 This story is low on hostility, with character growth as the focus and taking down the courtyard’s pests as a secondary element. Liang Weiguo, from the 21st century, transmigrates into the TV series Full Courtyard of Beasts, though he arrives a little early. He transmigrates to 1958. At this point, Jia Dongxu is still alive, the young Thief Saint is still a child, and Lou Xiao'e has yet to marry into the courtyard... The protagonist is a schemer who uses magic to defeat magic in the courtyard. , 448Reads7.4Score10314d adds
- 116 Siheyuan: Stealing Qin Huairu Away and Driving Jia Dongxu Mad 四合院：截胡秦淮茹，气疯贾东旭 Li Xiangdong transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and awakens a snatching System. He hears Jia Dongxu is going on a blind date, so of course he has to swoop in. Isn’t Qin Huairu, fresh off the market, just perfect? With a little guidance, she can still be set straight. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you successfully snatched her! You’ve been rewarded with a ten-mu pocket dimension, three thousand yuan in cash, and various supplies!” “Ding! Reward...” What? Jia Dongxu is furious? What’s t 311Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: Opening Treasure Chests at the Security Office 四合院：在保卫科开宝箱 At first, given his background and abilities, he thought he could treat the beasts in the compound as targets to fleece, so everyone could get along and be happy. But Chen Youli soon realized it was all too easy. There was a reason the place was known as the Beast-Filled Courtyard. Chen Youli decided to bring the axe down on some of those beasts. 16Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: Love in the Courtyard 四合院之情满四合院 This book brings together Love in the Courtyard, Under the Zhengyang Gate, The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate, and Men Are Iron, Rice Is Steel. Watch the protagonist make waves with the help of the System, enjoy a house full of children and grandchildren, and live a thoroughly happy life. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 A Different Kind of Life in the Siheyuan 四合院不一样的烟火 Multiple heroines + changing the plot After transmigrating into He Yuzhu in the courtyard-house world, he rises to a high position from the start, attracting women left and right. He changes the global order and makes the whole world submit to our great China. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: A Spirit Spring Space from the Start, Living Life to the Fullest 四合院：开局灵泉空间，快意人生 [Farming + Spirit Spring Space + Claiming a Mountain] He woke up one day and transmigrated to the famine years of the 1950s. While everyone else was digging up wild vegetables and eating tree bark, he had an entire Spirit Spring Space at his disposal. He could grow whatever he wanted and raise whatever he pleased. Not only did he transform from a scrawny, ugly toad into a handsome young man with rosy lips and pearly white teeth, he also raised his little sister to be plump and rosy-cheeked. In a 40Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 121 Siheyuan: I’m a Weapons Expert, a Loyal Defender of the Nation! 四合院：我枪械专家，护国忠骨！ Xiang Yang instinctively threw himself over the bomb, shielding it with his body! Only a few seconds passed. He unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a badly injured soldier in the 1960s. He got a System from the start and received a healing potion! Just a few days later, he was discharged and, as assigned by his superiors, became chief of security at a research institute! Find the spies and protect China! This is my responsibility! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: The Contented Life of a Purchasing Agent 四合院：采购员的惬意生活 Chen Xinnian transmigrates to an era of shortages, becoming a procurement officer responsible for buying supplies for the steel mill's small canteen. Living in a courtyard full of scoundrels, how can he make a good life for himself? First Uncle: “Xinnian's a good kid. He'd be perfect to support me in my old age, but he's too clever by half. Hard to keep under control.” Second Uncle: “That kid got another radio coupon. How come the leaders like him so much?” Third Uncle: “Kids, Lou Xiao'e invited —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: My Uncle Is Yi Zhonghai 四合院：我大伯是易中海 He grew up in a major heavy-industry city in Northeast China. Only then did he learn that he also had an uncle in the Forty-Nine City, named Yi Zhonghai. What the hell, how could there be such a coincidence? Could it be that they just had the same name? By then, he was already a seventh-level engineer and had been assigned to a steel mill in the Forty-Nine City. There was no choice but to seek out his uncle, his own uncle, that is. When he entered the courtyard house, he saw that everyone there —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Siheyuan: I Can't Help It, They Forced Me to Do It 四合院：很无奈，都是它们逼我的 [System]+ [Wild Imagination]+ [Siheyuan]+ [The neighbors all get tragic endings, don't read if that's not your thing]+ [Not historically accurate]+ [Feel-good power fantasy] Ye Yunting accidentally transmigrates into another world, landing in a Siheyuan. He thinks it's the world of a TV series, but it turns out he's arrived more than ten years too early. He expects to live a quiet, peaceful life, but the neighbors don't give him a chance. So Ye Yunting has no choice but to fight back, supposedly 4Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 125 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 462Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 126 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
- 127 Siheyuan: A Dashing and Carefree Life 四合院之风流潇洒的生活 Reborn in a Siheyuan, he becomes Silly Zhu's neighbor and watches the courtyard descend into hilarious chaos. Jia Zhangshi wants to take advantage of him, and the First Uncle tries to guilt-trip him with moral blackmail. He sends them all packing and lives life on his own terms in the Siheyuan! 670Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Redirected Jia Dongxu's Romantic Luck 四合院：开局转移贾东旭的桃花运 Zhou Quan: Jia Dongxu, I’m taking your luck with women. The original, authentic Thirteenth Aunt? Delicious. Silly Zhu, I’m taking your martial luck. That arm you’ve trained for over a decade is mine now. Xu Damao, I’m taking your fortune. Deputy Director Li, I’m taking yours too. From now on, finding money just by going out is no dream. You could even dig up a gold bar while looking for worms to use as fishing bait. First Master, Second Master, I’m taking your career luck. From now on, you can b 38Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: So What If I’m a Scumbag? 四合院：人渣咋滴了 [There is a System, but it only appears once. It won't appear again later in the story. The author's only reason for including the System is to give the protagonist a better explanation for how he obtains certain things.] Fang Yu, from the 21st century, accidentally falls into the water. By the time he wakes up, he's arrived in the 1960s. And the kicker is that he lives in a place known as the Beast-Filled Courtyard. This… Wait, thank goodness, he even has the standard-issue 24Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: The Truck Driver with a Pocket-Space Portal 四合院之带空间通道的卡车司机 After pulling all-nighters to work overtime, Ye Lin gets a transmigration plot as a bonus. He wakes up as a truck driver at the Jianguo Steel Mill, with a pocket dimension at his disposal. As he feels his way forward through uncertainty, he finds success in both his career and family life. 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: Awakening the God of Cookery System from the Start 四合院：开局觉醒食神系统 Lu Ming'an woke up to find that he had transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, becoming Silly Zhu's neighbor. In the courtyard, where everyone was constantly scheming against one another, Lu Ming'an proceeded cautiously, gradually bringing all the properties there under his name and starting a happy new life. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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 77Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: Cross Me, and I'll Steal Qin Huairu Right Out from Under You 四合院：敢惹我，反手截胡秦淮茹 Li Weiguo transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1953. After someone steals his arranged date, he turns around and arranges a date with Qin Huairu. From then on, he sits back and watches the drama unfold in the courtyard... 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Business Tycoon of Siheyuan 禽满四合院之商业大佬 Back in 1960, in a courtyard house, he breaks free from those who’ve been bleeding him dry. Using his knowledge of the plot and history, he makes smart use of the resources at hand. Watch him use his cutting-edge technology to climb, step by step, to the top. If you’re poor, focus on bettering yourself; if you’re successful, help the whole world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: I Have Powerful Connections 四合院，我有背景 I transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan. I have no parents, but the director of the steel mill is my uncle, so I can pretty much do whatever I want. The Jia family will just have to suffer a little more, and First Master, you can only shamelessly look the other way. Lighthearted fun. As long as it feels good, that's all that matters. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: Serving the Nation Is the True Way 四合院：为国做贡献，才是王道 Transmigrate into the world of "The Virtuous Ones of the Courtyard", and become a university graduate! A university graduate, no less! Yet in the eyes of those beasts, he’s not worth a penny! What? They look down on people? They need to be taught a lesson! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: Choosing Creation Mode from the Start 四合院：开局选择创造模式 After transmigrating to a courtyard house, Wang Jianlin unexpectedly gained the Creative Mode abilities from the world of Mini World! From then on, no one in the courtyard had to worry about having no descendants, and no one went hungry! Whichever family is in trouble, your good neighbor Jianlin is here to help! Heh heh... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 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. 211Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 139 Silly Zhu’s New Life in the Courtyard 四合院傻柱的新生 What would become of Silly Zhu if he transmigrated into a siheyuan courtyard? How would he deal with all the schemers there? A reborn Silly Zhu is slowly making his entrance. 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: Finding Bargains as a Community Police Officer 四合院：捡漏做片警 [Siheyuan courtyard + period setting + farming + no System] Chen Qiqiang transmigrates to the 1960s, when life is desperately poor. Fortunately, his father is a procurement officer, so he doesn’t have to go hungry every day. From the start, an unexpected lucky break lands him a job as a neighborhood police officer. To make his work easier, Chen Qiqiang moves into a courtyard full of scoundrels. From then on, the courtyard’s troublemakers are in for a rough time. Jia Zhangshi tries to seize someo 3Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: You Forced Me to the Countryside, and Now You Expect Things to Go Well? 四合院：逼我下乡，你们还想好？ Ren Zhen transmigrates into the courtyard. The original owner was timid and had lost both parents. From the start, Yi Zhonghai joins forces with Silly Zhu and the Jia family to seize his home. That’s not all: Yi Zhonghai also wants to pocket the compensation money owed to Ren Zhen’s parents and even force him to register as a rural resident. He insists that he’s doing all this for Ren Zhen’s own good… As a member of the 21st-century transmigration wave, how could Ren Zhen put up with that? Ren Z —Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 142 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
- 143 A Capable Man in the Siheyuan 四合院里的能人 Happy to have transmigrated? Sure. He just never expected to be forced to split up the family from the start, followed by his parents’ untimely deaths. He may have a golden finger, but it’s not what he imagined. Amid the everyday squabbles of a courtyard household and the old Beijing life beneath Zhengyang Gate, watch how Zhang Jingqian carves a path through this turbulent era. (A story in the Courtyard series. This book isn’t particularly dark or hostile.) 204Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 144 The Big Player in the Siheyuan 四合院里的大玩咖 My name is Chu Heng. Chu, as in tyrannical and overbearing; Heng, as in Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu. In everything I do, I prefer to win people over with virtue. Don't believe me? Ask my neighbors. The courtyard's feathered beasts: Oh, absolutely... You're right about everything! (This story isn't that full of spite, but I won't let them off easily, either!) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: Back to the Sixties, I Strengthen the Nation and Toy with Beasts 四合院：穿回六零，强国戏禽 Qin Dong arrives in the 1960s, in Love in the Courtyard, and becomes a fitter at a steel mill. He has a gentle wife and an adorable daughter, but the scheming neighbors nearly destroy his family. At the crucial moment, his memories awaken. In this era of scarcity, a carefree man has appeared. He advances the nation with cutting-edge technology when busy, and teases the scheming neighbors in his spare time. One day, Qin Dong looks back and realizes he's become an unparalleled national talent. 140Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 146 Reborn in 1965: A Warm Home with My Wife and Children 重生1965老婆孩子热炕头 [Courtyard life + farming + period setting + everyday life + one heroine] Also known as Yan Jia’s Second Son and the Roaring Years!, Yu Li: Your Brother Married Young, but I Wasn’t the Bride, and Yan Jiefang’s Years as a Master Chef. A true-to-life depiction of what life was like in the 1960s. Back then, people had only one day off a week. Elementary school lasted five years, middle school three, and high school two. Life moved at a slower pace, and people were simple and honest. Yan Jiefang, wh 1kReads6.0Score—14d adds
- 147 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… 315Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 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 32Reads8.2Score11614d adds
- 149 Siheyuan: The Number One Grandpa Is My Real Grandpa 四合院：一大爷是我亲大爷 [The focus is on being shameless] Riding his old-fashioned bike, Yi Shan joins the procurement department and experiences a different era. He steps into every key moment in history and contributes to the country's development... "I have a dream: I dream of a powerful motherland!" "I have another dream: I dream of a harmonious, loving courtyard where everyone is as close as family." "And one last dream: I dream that people will stop calling me Cao Cao the womanizer. It's slander! The truth is, my 137Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 150 Siheyuan: Delivering Takeout at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 四合院：在供销社里送外卖 After working as a food delivery driver in a later era, Bai Shuhao transmigrates to a courtyard house. He comes with a Food Delivery System that lets him buy all kinds of delicious food and supplies. Following the principle of “treat others as they treat you,” Bai Shuhao turns the courtyard house upside down, while also helping the good people there. The System classifies customers as red or green. He seeks positive reviews from green customers and negative reviews from red customers. Bai Shuhao 1.5kReads8.2Score10214d adds
