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- 51 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... 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Siheyuan: The Super Beast Tamer 四合院之超级驯兽师 [Siheyuan courtyard + transmigration + System] A university student from the modern era transmigrates back to the famous siheyuan courtyards of the 1960s. With his animal trainer System, the protagonist cherishes family bonds and finds love. There's no earth-shaking transformation of the world, but those ungrateful pests still need to be tamed... 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 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—Shelves
- 54 Siheyuan: The Dream Thieves 四合院之盗梦空间 A System drops out of the sky and lands on Zhao Jie. To earn the System's approval, he has to do something utterly outrageous. As a company executive, he invents a bogus excuse, claiming he needs to reach the highest rank in Honor of Kings, and has his subordinates give him gifts. Maybe even the heavens can't stand it: a bolt of lightning strikes Zhao Jie dead, and he is reborn in Love in the Courtyard. The outrageous System grants him an outrageous skill, where even the absurd has a hint of rea 181Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: Arresting the Whole Courtyard from the Start, Driving the Ne'er-Do-Wells Crazy 四合院：开局逮捕全院，逼疯众禽 Cao Hongbo never expected that he would transmigrate, let alone into the legendary world of Love in the Courtyard. When faced with all the foul, outrageous nonsense in the courtyard, why bother being polite? He simply turns around and reports them. Bang Geng is implicated in a murder and executed by firing squad, Jia Zhangshi deliberately covers it up, Qin Huairu seizes someone else’s property, and the deaf old lady has faked her identity... Cao Hongbo sends this whole bunch of beasts to prison 175Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Threaten the Heavenly Venerable of Morality 四合院：开局威胁道德天尊 I transmigrated. I thought I'd be able to dominate everyone, but all I could do was get beaten up. A new life in the courtyard. A different path through life begins, with a System as standard. In the most brilliant of eras, I'll let my own light shine. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 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—Shelves
- 58 Siheyuan: Life Beginning in the 1950s 四合院：五零年代开始的生活 I don’t need gifts or positive reviews, but please don’t be abusive either. Everyone has their own views on how to live, work, and treat others. My writing is pretty average. If you can put up with it, feel free to keep reading; if not, just leave. 45Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 59 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—Shelves
- 60 Siheyuan: A Feast Right from the Start? 四合院：开局就吃席？ Li Yang transmigrates into the world of Fowl-Filled Siheyuan. He plans to stay away from those beasts, but the sudden arrival of a System leaves him no choice but to return. After going back, Li Yang gets a good look at what these so-called beasts are really like. He resolves to rely on the System and do his best to survive in this era. A series of chance encounters brings him to Lou Xiao'e, who has yet to marry Xu Damao. So Li Yang marries Lou Xiao'e and takes each day seriously. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Siheyuan: I Send Jia Zhangshi to Prison from the Start 四合院：开局送贾张氏进牢房 Siheyuan: Taming the Beasts, Building Wealth, and Using Black Technology to Change the Nation [Taming the Beasts] + [A Rising Superpower] + [Collecting Beautiful Women] He Yufeng, a cargo van driver, transmigrates to the 1960s and discovers he is Silly Zhu’s younger brother! Bound to the [Beast-Taming System], he earns 10,086 Enlightenment Points whenever his beastly neighbors stir up trouble! What? Enlightenment Points can buy black technology in the System Shop! Black tech crushes all opp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: I'm a Cautious Street Loafer 四合院：我是慎重的街溜子 When Gao Qiming transmigrated, he discovered that someone else had transmigrated before him. But that senior had already been taken out for being too conspicuous. From that moment on, Gao Qiming decided to be more cautious. He would keep a low profile and handle everything quietly. 511Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 63 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—Shelves
- 64 Siheyuan: Don’t Try to Guilt-Trip Me 四合院：不要道德绑架我 Ma Tengfei has just transmigrated from the future when he finds himself at the utterly absurd whole-courtyard assembly. Jia Dongxu had died only recently, and the First Master is already using moral pressure to make me help the Jia family. But if I want to get married someday, I'm not about to let the Jia family bleed me dry. 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Siheyuan's Top Chef 四合院之顶级厨师 Xiao Ran, an ordinary college graduate, had finally found a job that barely paid enough to get by when he suddenly transmigrated to Love in the Courtyard, set in the late 1950s. What kind of sparks will a young person from the 21st century create in the 20th century?! [A lighthearted story! Low on angst! Everyday life!] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Siheyuan: I Can Simplify Skills 四合院：我可以简化技能 Lin Luo woke up to find that he had transmigrated into a courtyard house and become He Yuzhu's sworn younger brother and He Yushui's sworn older brother. From the start, He Yuzhu knocked him out and stole all his money. With no one to treat him in time, he died on the spot. After transmigrating into his body, Lin Luo swore to avenge him. As luck would have it, he awakened the Super Simplification System! Every skill could be simplified. Did upgrading his fitter skills only require turning screws 1.5kReads6.4Score101Shelves
- 67 I'm Just a Spectator in the Siheyuan 我在四合院里当观众 Reborn into the world of Love in the Courtyard, the protagonist has neither the ability nor the noble spirit to save the nation and its people. They’re all ordinary people, with real feelings and flaws, and everyone has their own selfish motives. The courtyard is not a major focus, and this isn’t a pure courtyard novel. Or rather, it only borrows the courtyard as its setting. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 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 62Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 69 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
- 70 Siheyuan: Starting in the 1960s 四合院：从六十年代开始 Synopsis: He wakes up one day to discover that he has transmigrated into a world similar to the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. The timeline has shifted, and Xu Qingfeng has arrived in the courtyard in 1961. Jia Dongxu is still alive, Qin Huairu hasn't yet become a pretty widow, and Lou Xiao'e and Yu Li haven't married into the courtyard either. No bride price needed from the start, and he gets a beautiful wife, Sun Mingyue, for free. Xu Qingfeng says, “Qingfeng and Mingyue: a match made in heav 67Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 71 The Siheyuan, Starting in 4660 四合院从4660年开始 The protagonist, Li Chenghao, has his soul transmigrate from 2022 into the body of someone from the past who shares his name. A few days later, a System appears. Its first demand is that he move into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. When Li Chenghao arrives, he finds himself amid all the chaos in the courtyard. To earn the System’s rewards, he has to pull a few little tricks there from time to time, but the benefits are simply irresistible. From the moment he arrives at the courtyard, Li Cheng —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Hall of Reincarnation: Starting in Siheyuan 轮回殿堂从四合院开始 Lin Jianguo transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan and successfully stole Xu Damao's wife, Lou Xiaoe. Just as the couple were planning to settle down and live a good life, the Reincarnation Space descended upon the Siheyuan. This story is complete nonsense. Any resemblance to actual events is even more damn ridiculous. 2.4kReads7.1Score113Shelves
- 73 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Father-in-Law Has Returned 四合院：赘婿傻柱他爸回来了 [Courtyard life + plot twists + comedy] Ever since Silly Zhu's father, He Daqing, returned to the courtyard, one secret after another has come to light! Silly Zhu takes charge and angrily calls him a kept son-in-law. The Third Master wants to be the one calling the shots, so he makes fools of all three masters! Bang Geng challenges him, and he puts him down with one hand! Xiao Dang and Huai Hua try to wheedle him, but he calls them bloodsuckers. Qin Huairu schemes against him, but he turns her o 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 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—Shelves
- 75 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—Shelves
- 76 Siheyuan: I Get Along Great with the Beastly Neighbors 四合院：我和禽兽打成一片 “Huairu, make some room and let me have a couple of sips of Silly Zhu’s blood too...” “Everyone knows my family is poor and I can’t afford a wife. It’s only fair that I freeload a little from the neighbors, right?” “Let me say something fair about this... It’s not Big Hat’s fault. Of course, that has absolutely nothing to do with him giving me wild game!” “Living off a family with no heirs, picking on widows, throwing your weight around all day, hurting others without helping yourself... Wait, w 5Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 77 Siheyuan: Country Doctor, God of Wealth in the Making 四合院：下乡小神医，致富活财神 New title: "Courtyard: The Country Doctor Who Brings Wealth and Good Fortune". After transmigrating as Yan Jiedi, the youngest daughter of Third Master Yan in a 1960s courtyard, she gains a System and becomes the apprentice of an old folk doctor. After heading to the countryside, she treats people's illnesses to build her reputation, leads everyone to prosperity to earn prestige, and helps the army gain support... She also takes on a soldier king as her apprentice, and by a strange twist of fate 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Siheyuan: Back to 1960, Starting in the Security Division 四合院：回到六零，从保卫科开始 A new work is out! You can read my story on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 800Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 79 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—Shelves
- 80 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. 42Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 81 Siheyuan: From the Start, Kicking Jia Zhangshi Into the Outhouse 四合院：开局将贾张氏踢进厕所 Li Wei, a library administrator, gets drunk and accidentally falls into a black vortex. His soul transmigrates into a siheyuan, where he becomes Li Wei, the cultural center administrator at a steel mill. As he wonders what is going on, a voice suddenly rings in his mind: “Congratulations, Host, you have become the director of the Universal Library...” 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Siheyuan: The System Won’t Let Me Be a Slacker 四合院：系统不允许我做咸鱼 In the capital’s old city, in a traditional courtyard house. Li Aiguo woke from a drunken stupor and reached for the water by his bedside, but his hand found nothing. He touched only empty air, which struck him as strange. He reached around several more times, but still came up empty-handed. Only then did he realize this was no joke. He opened his eyes and saw an old, spacious house. The room was bare, everything in its most untouched state. He was utterly astonished… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Siheyuan: Enjoying Life With a Pocket Dimension 四合院：带着空间享受生活 Modern chef Zhang Sen brings his storage space with him when his soul transmigrates into the body of Zhang San in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He uses the space to live in luxury, beats down all the troublemakers in the courtyard, and finds success in both love and career. 5.4kReads7.9Score182Shelves
- 84 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
- 85 Making a Fortune Through Farming in the Siheyuan 四合院我靠种田发家致富 The protagonist, Zhang Jianguo, transmigrates to the Courtyard and gains a pocket dimension. He farms his way to prosperity and a happy life, punishing the villains while enjoying his own modest pleasures. He watches the Courtyard's drama unfold with a smile. 13Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 86 Siheyuan: While Others Eat Chaff, You Feed Meat to Dogs 四合院：别人吃糠咽菜你拿肉喂狗 [Slow-paced opening] [Please don't complain if it's not to your taste] Chen Zi'an was an upstanding young man of the twenty-first century. After dying in an accident, he woke up to discover that he'd transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard with a miraculous farmers' market. In this era of scarcity, while others go hungry, he can feast on meat and fish every day. When he first transmigrated, his family was so poor that even a mouse would leave in tears. Then Banggeng came to steal f 118Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 87 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—Shelves
- 88 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—Shelves
- 89 Siheyuan: I Tricked Silly Zhu into Ruining His Life 四合院：把傻柱忽悠瘸了 [Courtyard setting + no System + altered plot + everyday life] Lin Chen, a modern-day overworked office worker, transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He reforms the people in the courtyard and gets them to turn over a new leaf! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Siheyuan: The Legacy of Cao Wei 四合院之曹魏遗风 Cao Wei dies and unexpectedly transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, becoming one of the courtyard’s residents. Cao Wei, who has relied on his elder brother Cao Zheng for support, now finds the courtyard’s scoundrels plotting to take away his and his brother’s home. In the empty house, Cao Wei is reborn. Cao Wei is furious. I’m not a pushover anymore! In this life, Cao Wei decides to stand up for justice. This time, he’ll take back what belongs to him, get his job back, and reclaim everything 4Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 91 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
- 92 Liu Guangqi's Carefree Life Between the Siheyuan and the Modern World 刘光齐四合院与现代的逍遥日子 A working-class man from the modern world gets drunk one night and transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, becoming the beloved eldest son of Liu Haizhong, a man obsessed with officialdom. With the ability to travel back and forth between the modern world and his new world, Liu Guangqi takes advantage of the vast price differences between the two realms and easily builds a carefree life that everyone envies. 500Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 93 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became the Eldest Master’s Nephew 四合院：开局穿成一大爷的亲侄子 [Courtyard + Period Setting + Farming + Pocket Dimension] Yi Tianyu carries a mountain of mystery boxes when he accidentally falls into a rift in time and space. To his surprise, he transmigrates into the little world of "Love in the Courtyard". Yi Tianyu goes to the city to seek help from his uncle and becomes Yi Zhonghai's beloved eldest nephew. He soars through an era brimming with passion. Yi Tianyu matches wits and struggles with the courtyard's schemers, living a remarkable life of his own 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 A Successful Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之成功人生 A civil servant dies suddenly from working overtime and wakes up back in that special era. But why does this place feel so much like The Vermin of the Courtyard? The three old masters, the necromancer, the white-lotus widow, the Thief Saint, the God of War: nobody’s missing. His father is a former soldier turned cadre, and his mother is the women’s director at a steel mill. There are three children in the family, including two older sisters. As the only boy, Wang Yajun grows up cherished by the 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: A Wonderful Life Reborn 四合院：重活一世的精彩人生 Lin Guodong, a young office drone, drowns after heroically rescuing a child who fell into the water. When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself reborn in the world of a TV series he once watched, Love in the Courtyard. He has become an orphan about to starve to death in the courtyard. Let’s see what kind of stir Lin Guodong, who has worked hard all his life, can cause in an era this plain and simple... Watch how a young office drone in this new society carves out a future for himself and str —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Siheyuan: Taking the Jia Family in Hand from the Start 四合院：开局收拾贾家人 Siheyuan Courtyard + Daily Life + Changing the Plot Chen Jianjun wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Siheyuan Courtyard and become an ordinary resident there. The Jia family has taken over his house, and people are even eyeing his job. Everyone thinks Chen Jianjun is a little lamb they can push around. Then Chen Jianjun turns around and gives the Jia family a thorough beating. The self-righteous First Master tries to take their side, only for Chen Jianjun to shut him dow —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 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. , 448Reads7.4Score103Shelves
- 98 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—Shelves
- 99 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 4.3kReads7.6Score131Shelves
- 100 A Happy Siheyuan Life Beginning in the 1950s 四合院幸福生活从五十年代开始 [Siheyuan + transmigrate + Qin Huairu + golden finger] Not a brainless power fantasy, and not too much hostility After transmigrating into a siheyuan, he becomes the hapless fool Sha Zhu. Fortunately, it’s the 1950s, and nothing has started yet. Why keep chasing after a widow? Wouldn’t it be better to have Qin Huairu all to yourself? Life may be hard in the 1950s, but I have a System. See how the protagonist makes a happy life for himself in this era. 131Reads6.2Score—Shelves
