Novels like Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s New Beginning
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- 151 Siheyuan: I Became Silly Zhu's Newlywed Wife 四合院:穿成了傻柱的新婚媳妇儿 Wang Xueqin wakes up to find herself newly married to Silly Zhu... Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu, open the door! Hurry up and open the door... From the start, she tracks down He Daqing, exposes Yi Zhonghai, and lands herself a stay in the little black room... With Qin Huairu having lost her two biggest backers, can she still stir up trouble in the courtyard? Qin Huairu: You don't understand my charm... Wang Xueqin: Ha! You think you're ready to take on Aunt Xue? You're still too green! 352Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Siheyuan: Studying at Technical College and Becoming a Cadre to Help the Nation Rise 四合院:读中专当干部助大国崛起 He transmigrates into the world of a TV drama and becomes He Yuzhu from the courtyard house. Remembering He Yuzhu’s frustrating life, he refuses to repeat the same mistakes. In this life, he’ll go to college, learn technical skills, and become a cadre instead of a cook. He’ll ride the tide of the times, become a senior leader, accelerate industrial development, and revitalize the nation’s industry. Yi Zhonghai: “Who would dare expect him to support them in their old age? Our courtyard has never 5.8kReads7.4Score185Shelves
- 153 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. 6kReads7.9Score205Shelves
- 154 Siheyuan: I'm More Beastly Than All the Beasts 四合院:我比众禽还禽 [Courtyard setting + Absolute Protection + No Moral Blackmail] Transmigrated as Silly Zhu, the courtyard's biggest punching bag? Sorry. The goody-two-shoes script has been torn up. I'm here to become the scoundrels' ancestor! The scoundrels acting up? Great, my [Karmic Retribution System] has another KPI! Jia Zhangshi wants to summon a spirit? I'll give her a hard slap! The uncles want to lecture me about principles? I'll make sure they have nothing left to lecture about! In this cour 1.4kReads5.6Score100Shelves
- 155 Siheyuan: I Made Silly Zhu Marry Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院之开局让傻柱娶秦淮茹 Bai Hao is a gifted chef from the 21st century. Before turning thirty, he has already become a master chef, and the only thing separating him from the title of grandmaster is his age. Unfortunately, an accident sends his soul back to the 1950s, and into the world of the beast-infested Siheyuan... 943Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 156 Siheyuan: The Dog King Weeps Blood as He Is Reborn 四合院之狗王泣血重生 One snowy night in the twenty-first century, the north wind howled mercilessly. In Sijiu City, beneath a bridge, several stray dogs paid no heed to the bitter weather. Starving, they glared fiercely as they formed a triangle around a man in his seventies. The old man, grief-stricken, waved his right hand, trying to drive the dogs away. But how could hungry dogs pass up such a delicious late-night snack? In an instant, the lead dog spotted its chance and lunged, biting the old man's right hand. T 20.7kReads8.4Score941Shelves
- 157 Siheyuan: He Yushui’s Soul Travels Back to 1959 四合院:何雨水魂穿1959 He Tianjiao was a heaven-blessed prodigy from a powerful martial arts family in a future era. After an unexpected incident during a martial arts match, she transmigrates to the world of a Siheyuan in 1959, where her soul merges with He Yushui, who has fainted from the cold and hunger. Save He Yuzhu, and watch how I, He Yushui, defeat every scheming beast without fail! 2.5kReads6.7Score—Shelves
- 158 Siheyuan: Blind Dates Make You Stronger 四合院:相亲就变强 [No saintly heroine] [Cooking-focused] [Plenty of everyday life] [Putting Yi Jia in his place] [Leisurely pace] [Don’t read if you dislike it] He is accidentally reborn as He Yuzhu, only to find that He Daqing has run off, leaving him and little Yushui behind. He Yuzhu goes straight to the police and arranges for Yushui to be returned to He Daqing, so she can enjoy the fatherly love she never had in her previous life and stop dragging her brother down! Back at the courtyard, he sees a family arr 23.8kReads7.2Score1.4kShelves
- 159 Siheyuan: I'm Only Eighteen, and You Want Me to Support You in Your Old Age? 四合院:年仅十八就让我养老? After Peng Guodong's soul transmigrates into the Siheyuan, people covet his two rooms and frame him as a traitor. From the start, the neighborhood committee comes to check on him. After great joy and sorrow, three deaths, and one serious illness, he clears his name and gets a job. But then he's set up and sent to guard the storeroom? What the hell! Are they trying to make me retire here? I'm only eighteen! This is a city-life growth story, not a face-slapping power fantasy. It's not easy being a 2.9kReads6.4Score100Shelves
- 160 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—Shelves
- 161 He Yuzhu, the Moral Paragon: A Young Man Who Wins People Over with Reason 道德楷模何雨柱,以理服人好青年 As the 2008 Olympics approach, elderly He Yuzhu, under Bang Geng’s persuasion, is about to transfer the three rooms in the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang to him. Bang Geng thinks his scheme has succeeded. But he never expected that He Yuzhu, transmigrated from Blue Star, would take over the old He Yuzhu’s body. With the help of the Old Six System, he successfully foils the schemes of Bang Geng and Qin Huairu, and makes their lives worse than death. With the Old Six System’s help, He Yuzhu, th 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 Siheyuan: I Turn Gao Qiqiang into a Big Shot 四合院:我把高启强培养成了大佬 After accidentally transmigrating into the beast-filled Siheyuan, Yang Wei opened his eyes to discover that the Yi Zhonghai family had seized the property that should have been his. Worse still, women from every quarter were scheming to drive him out of the courtyard. Faced with one problem after another, Yang Wei stayed calm and handled everything with composure. Then a young fishmonger moved into the Siheyuan, and little by little, everything began to change. “The bigger the waves, the more ex —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 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
- 164 Reborn as Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan, Only to Find Myself in The Outcast? 穿成四合院傻柱,竟是一人之下? After his soul transmigrates into Silly Zhu, he arrives in the Siheyuan, thinking he might spend this life as a cook, struggling to get along with the courtyard’s beasts. But then he realizes something is off about this place! The beasts can cultivate qi! He awakens a System and discovers that it even provides him with a wife! Oh my! It’s Feng Baobao! 1kReads6.0Score103Shelves
- 165 The Journey of Life: The Siheyuan Arc 人间征途之四合院篇 Modern-day unemployed middle-aged man He Chengshu is playing an SF game when his soul transmigrates into He Yuzhu just as He Daqing is about to run off. Living as He Yuzhu, he experiences the sweeping changes of the era and the joys and sorrows of ordinary people. With a golden finger game world at his side, he raises his younger sister to adulthood and builds a happy life of his own. After being reborn in the game, He Yuzhu will begin another cycle... The sequel, or perhaps the second book, The 19.7kReads7.5Score657Shelves
- 166 Siheyuan: This Tough Guy from Sichuan Is No One to Mess With 四合院:这个川蛮子可不好惹 [Period Siheyuan + smart, satisfying fiction + no saintly protagonist + decisive and ruthless + never fawns on anyone + no involvement with the women in the story + pocket dimension] After transmigrating to 1957, Wang Erheng only wants to live a quiet life. But the residents of Courtyard No. 95 won't let him. Jia Zhangshi tries to lay a hand on his younger sister, Liu Haizhong wants to impose rules, and Yi Zhonghai tries to use a mass meeting to bully him. He slaps them one by one and sends them 11.1kReads6.3Score429Shelves
- 167 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Triumphant Return 四合院之傻柱强势归来 A young man from the modern era accidentally transmigrates into He Yuzhu's body. With a System at his side, he rises to become the cafeteria director and marries a stunning beauty. As for the assorted nuisances in the courtyard, they can go cool their heels somewhere else. 5.9kReads6.3Score200Shelves
- 168 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 477Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 169 Siheyuan: Rising Step by Step in a Red-Hot Era 四合院,从火红年代开始步步高升 [No hostility]+ [Enjoying the show]+ [Watching the courtyard's wretches turn on one another]. When his father is transferred for work, You Fang moves into this courtyard full of monsters and demons. He lives next door and enjoys the show. Also known as My District Chief Father in the Courtyard. 15.1kReads7.0Score526Shelves
- 170 Siheyuan: The Beast He Yuzhu 四合院之禽兽何雨柱 Don’t call me Silly Zhu! I like it when people call me a beast. I just want to write a novel I’ll enjoy. This is my first time writing, so please share any valuable feedback. 9.1kReads7.9Score332Shelves
- 171 Siheyuan: Reborn as Damao, I Ruin the Beasts' Lives 四合院:重生大茂,坑惨众禽 At death's door, Xu Damao finally saw the light. He realized that everything he'd done over the years had been utterly ridiculous. Sadly, he was already old, with no chance to make amends. He had completely failed to return Lou Xiao'e's deep devotion, and marrying Qin Huairu's cousin, Qin Jingru, had been a disastrous move. Everyone despised him. He'd also been so blinded that Li Huaide swindled him out of every last cent, leaving him destitute and alone in his old age. It seemed being left with 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Master Eight Extremes Fist and Beat Jia Dongxu to a Pulp 四合院:开局八极拳,暴打贾东旭 Lin Dongqiang, from the 21st century, transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. To protect himself from being bullied by his neighbors, he trains hard in Bajiquan. After a minor dispute, he beats Jia Dongxu to a pulp. Unexpectedly, this activates a hidden System and rewards him with a cellar. In the cellar, all he has to do is swing a pickaxe to dig up all kinds of treasures and rewards. Beef, pork, food, and other essentials are no longer a problem. Magical items and special reward 290Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 173 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu, and My Scumbag Father Fled from the Start 四合院:穿越傻柱,开局渣父跑路 He transmigrated and became the young He Yuzhu. “Zhuzi!” “Dad? What is it?” “I want to transfer our house into your name.” “What? Why do you suddenly want to transfer it to me?” “Dad… Dad has let you and your sister down. I want to leave here and go away with the widow Bai.” “What? You’re abandoning us?” “Zhuzi, don’t blame me. I have no choice.” “Fine! So you’d already planned this! You bastard!” “Zhuzi, don’t talk to your father like that. I don’t want this either, but I really love her.” “Wha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 Siheyuan: Changing He Yuzhu's Life 四合院:改变何雨柱人生 In a Beijing Siheyuan where warmth and coldness in human relationships intertwine, Silly Zhu, He Yuzhu, is a righteous cook who is constantly taken advantage of. For the sake of getting along with his neighbors, he gives them everything, yet keeps getting the short end of the stick. His life is trapped in petty squabbles and suffocating debts of gratitude. But this time, after He Dazhu transmigrates into He Yuzhu, he unexpectedly awakens and sees through the selfish schemes of certain people in 2.9kReads7.0Score104Shelves
- 175 Reborn as Silly Zhu, I Marry a Bride and Raise Eight Kids! 穿成傻柱,娶新妇,养八娃! This novel has one female lead and little angst. Don’t read if that bothers you! The number-one fanboy Shazhu has been cursed, and something is off about him. Not only does he ignore the alluring Qin Huairu, he even brings a young maiden home as his wife. She’s fair-skinned and beautiful, virtuous and good at managing the household. Best of all, she can have triplets in one go, and eight children in three pregnancies! An eight-year cancer survivor transmigrates into He Yuzhu. From then on, Shazh 8.7kReads8.2Score361Shelves
- 176 Siheyuan: Starting with Lou Xiao'e 四合院:从娄小蛾开始 [Mostly everyday life] + [A little edge] + [No over-the-top antics] + [Love in the Courtyard] + [The Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate] Lin Xuan transmigrates into a courtyard house. Orphaned with both parents dead, he is fortunate enough to gain a lottery System and receives god-tier medical skills and a portable dimension. He only wants to keep a low profile and enjoy a modest life, but trouble keeps finding him. He makes a name for himself with his medical skills and protects his family with 1.1kReads—Score110Shelves
- 177 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Rise to Success 四合院:我何雨柱,功成名就 He gently reached out and closed the refrigerator door, as if shutting a door to the past. Then he turned to face Lin Zhan, his gaze firm yet warm. “From now on, no matter what happens, we'll face it together, okay?” 139Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Expose Jia Zhangshi for Murdering Her Husband 四合院开局揭穿贾张氏谋杀亲夫 One female lead, not too much angst, and a fairly lighthearted tone. If that bothers you, don't come in! In his previous life, the male lead was a prince. Bored out of his mind, he even arranged his own funeral to pass the time and make a little money from the funeral gifts. Who knew the fake funeral would become real? One moment he was in the mourning hall, the next he was fleeing famine! The Qing dynasty was gone, and the imperial palace had become a museum. Pork, which he once looked down on, 106Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 179 Siheyuan: I Buried Bang Geng from the Start, and Went on a Killing Spree 四合院:开局埋了棒梗,杀疯了 [Courtyard Drama + Period Piece + System + Pocket Dimension + Slaughtering the Beasts] Li Xiangyang transmigrates to a courtyard in 1960. The original owner, bullied by the courtyard’s beasts, hanged himself. Bang Geng happens to come by to steal something? I’ll drag him into the mountains and bury him! They spread rumors that the original owner is infertile? I’ll expose the courtyard as a den of childless households and make sure every beast ends up without an heir. That still isn’t enough. My 7Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 180 Siheyuan: The Daily Lives of Scoundrels 四合院,禽兽的日常 He Yuzhu lived a whole life only to find that his kindness had gone to waste. When he gets the chance to be reborn, everything will change. Things won’t go the way they did before. Yi Zhonghai, you want to scheme against me and guilt-trip me with morality? Then we’ll see whose morals are stronger. Qin Huairu, you were the one who hurt me the most. This life, I’ll take pleasure in tormenting you. Otherwise, I’ll never be able to rest easy. Liu Haizhong, you should be focusing on raising your two 566Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 181 Siheyuan: I Actually Transmigrated into Qin Huairu? 四合院:我居然穿越成了秦淮茹? Qin Xiaonan, a full-time web novelist, unexpectedly transmigrates into Qin Huairu. Luckily, she isn't married yet. So she decides to escape. When a matchmaker comes to take her into the city for a blind date, she signs up for the army instead. She thought that this time she would have nothing more to do with that “bird-brained” courtyard compound. Who could have guessed that on the very first day of her escape, she'd end up living in the compound? … —Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 182 I Seek Immortality in the Siheyuan 我从四合院求长生 [Courtyard House + System + Changing the Plot + Transmigrating Across the Heavens + A Love for All] Han Fei came across a TV drama with utterly warped values. As he angrily cursed a bunch of bloodsucking scumbags, the TV short-circuited. His body transmigrated into He Yuzhu's, and he fulfilled Banggeng's dream of going to prison, then arranged for Damao to marry Jia, the worn-out old shoe. Han Fei found all sorts of ways to make the shameless, unfilial, unkind, and unrighteous get what they dese 1.9kReads6.1Score101Shelves
- 183 Siheyuan: My Sister-in-Law Helps Me Grow Stronger 四合院:嫂子能助我变强 [Golden Finger] [Early Start] [No Hostility] He Yu, a homebody from Blue Star, never expected to open his eyes and find himself in a courtyard house, as the young He Yuzhu. He stares at the golden finger before him and falls into deep thought... 32Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 184 A Nobody in the Siheyuan 四合院一边缘人 A fine young man from the 21st century transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. With a System, Li Miao only wants to live a good life with his mother. But in this courtyard full of people who resent others’ good fortune, laugh at their misfortune, despise you for being poor and fear you’ll become rich, staying out of trouble is impossible. So Li Miao has no choice but to outwit the courtyard’s bullies! A story about giving them a run for their money and turning the place upside down! 34Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 185 Siheyuan: My Son Is Silly Zhu 四合院:我的儿子是傻柱 He transmigrates as He Daqing, the biological father of Silly Zhu. Faced with the troublemakers of the Courtyard, He Daqing has the Positive Energy System. His first move is to marry Qin Huairu, leaving the Jia family without an heir! Only magic can defeat magic! 1.9kReads8.9Score102Shelves
- 186 I Can Hear People's Thoughts, and the Siheyuan Plot Is Ruined 偷听心声,四合院剧情崩了 In the second story, Yi Zhonghai makes up a tale that Deaf Granny is a martyr’s family member, then schemes to get Wang Jianshe to show her filial respect. Wang Jianshe decides he really ought to make Deaf Granny and Yi Zhonghai famous, so he takes a group of fifth- and sixth-grade students deep into the courtyard to have Deaf Granny tell them how she smashed Japanese soldiers’ heads with her cane. Deaf Granny is stunned. Yi Zhonghai falls to his knees. 7.9kReads8.1Score273Shelves
- 187 Siheyuan: Does This Qin Huairu Come with a System? 四合院:这届秦淮茹自带系统? Transmigrating into a Siheyuan in 1955, he finds Qin Huairu has snatched him up from the start? Happiness had come so suddenly that Lin Changsheng was completely stunned. Just as he was at a loss, the Soft Rice, Hard to Swallow System arrived. Eat soft rice, and earn rewards! “Stay out of my business, okay?” Reward earned: a perfect physique! “From now on, don't badmouth my friends in front of me!” Reward earned: Master-Level Eighth-Grade Fitter Skills! “Are you trying to tell me what to do?” Re 650Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 188 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—Shelves
- 189 Siheyuan: I Can Hear Their Thoughts, So I Married Ding Qiunan 四合院:偷听心声,娶妻丁秋楠 [Plot changes + less hostility + several period dramas combined + putting the scoundrels in their place] He Yuzhu suddenly discovers that he can hear other people's thoughts! Is this Siheyuan really full of scoundrels? Is there not a single good person here? Good thing I'm no saint myself! With all the secrets he overhears, He Yuzhu thrives. In this vibrant era, all He Yuzhu wants is a loving wife, children, a warm bed, and a quiet life of his own! Elder Yi: Why has Silly Zhu suddenly stopped a 442Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 190 Siheyuan: Well, I Know a Little Too 四合院:那个,我也会一点点 Maybe it was because he shared the protagonist’s name, maybe it was because he felt the protagonist had been treated unfairly, or maybe it was because the ending was simply too hard to accept... This promising young man from the 21st century just couldn’t get over the ending of Love in the Courtyard. He wished he could take the protagonist’s place and change everything! He had often imagined that if he were the protagonist, wouldn’t the ending be much happier? But just as he became so immersed i 3.4kReads7.6Score133Shelves
- 191 I Transmigrated into a Siheyuan and Got a Sign-In System 穿到四合院我有签到系统 Li Chenyu transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard with a golden finger of his own: he awakens a sign-in System, picks up a few bargains along the way, and buys several courtyard houses. From then on, his life becomes a total cheat code. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Siheyuan: My Uncle Is the Great Rascal of the Capital 四合院:我的舅舅是京城大顽主 The Longest Day in Chang'an + Siheyuan + Blood-Colored Romance + period drama + streetwise troublemaker + In the Name of the People. The old troublemaker Li Yuanchao returns from the army, fists hard, tongue sharper, and connections far-reaching. He specializes in putting arrogant people in their place. The eldest lord is a hypocrite, the second is power-hungry, the third is calculating, Xu Damao is vicious, and Qin Huairu's whole family has sucked Shazhu dry. After thirty years of swallowing 8.6kReads—Score517Shelves
- 193 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 1.9kReads8.2Score102Shelves
- 194 Love in the Courtyard: I Don't Want to Be Silly Zhu 情满四合院:我不要当傻柱 With the System in hand, the world is mine! A young man from the 21st century is suddenly in a car accident and transmigrates to a parallel world of Love in the Courtyard! As if that weren’t bad enough, he becomes the “Silly Zhu” everyone talks about! There’s the sweet-talking Qin Huairu, the ungrateful Jia Zhangshi, the heartless Banggeng, the somewhat sanctimonious First Master, the Second Master who flies into impotent rages, and the calculating Third Master... A colorful cast of characters m 7.7kReads6.8Score286Shelves
- 195 Siheyuan: I Caused Trouble, and It's Totally Legal! 四合院:捅娄子,我是合法的! Xu Damao: I wanted to get along with you all as an ordinary person, but you had to provoke me. I’m done pretending. Here’s the truth! Getting into trouble? I’m doing it legally! Yi Zhonghai: Damao, I really don’t want to rely on anyone in my old age. Please stop causing trouble! He Yuzhu: Damao, I really regret what I did back then! Qin Huairu: Damao, I’m begging you, act like a decent person! Qin Jingru: Damao, I still... 13Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 196 I'm He Yuzhu, the God of Cooking in the Siheyuan 四合院我何雨柱是厨神 A modern man transmigrates into He Yuzhu. He refuses to be a doormat, and he certainly won’t support a bunch of people who have nothing to do with him in their old age. He Yuzhu is not only the king of the courtyard, but also a master chef. Dongpo pork, kung pao chicken, twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, husband-and-wife lung slices... It smells so good, enough to make every beast in the courtyard drool with envy. 12kReads7.5Score472Shelves
- 197 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Takes His Adorable Kids Out to Conquer the World 四合院:许大茂带着萌娃闯天下 Xu Damao from the courtyard has a chance encounter with an adorable little girl, gets a cornucopia, and returns to the age of eighteen. From then on, Xu Damao’s life goes into overdrive. He calls off his engagement, only to be forced into marriage by Lou Xiao'e. He befriends learned mentors and friends, quietly makes a fortune, and hopes to become a wealthy man in his corner of the world. But through a series of twists and turns, he ends up traveling through different eras. Everyone from the cou 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 Siheyuan: Beating He Yuzhu to a Pulp 四合院之暴打何雨柱 Reborn in a Siheyuan, he can transmigrate between the real world and the courtyard compound. He puts the bullies in their place, takes on Yi Zhonghai, slaps Jia Zhangshi, and sends Old Deaf Granny away. While taming the troublemakers, he flirts with the beautiful women in the compound. After reform and opening-up began, he planned to make a name for himself in the compound, but then he ran into Big Golden Tooth, who started trying to talk him into tomb raiding with him. The real world also began 587Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Siheyuan: Teaching the Beasts a Lesson in 1948 from the Start 四合院:开局1948年教训禽兽 [No morals + mild tormenting of the courtyard's beasts + everyday life at the heart of it + a powerful, practical golden finger] Li Mingxuan transmigrates into a courtyard in 1948, where he spends his days tormenting the beasts. The protagonist has no manners and often plays dirty. The whole point is: if I have no morals, you can't guilt-trip me... The courtyard's beasts definitely won't be killed off all at once. If I killed them immediately, there'd be nothing left to write about. Isn't it bet 318.4kReads7.3Score30.1kShelves
- 200 Siheyuan: Zhuzi, What Is Uncle Yi Supposed to Do? 四合院:柱子你让一大爷怎么办 In the summer of 1954, cicadas buzzed noisily in the Siheyuan. A newborn’s cries from the Jia family cut through the afternoon heat: the son of Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu had arrived. According to the family genealogy, he was named Jia Geng, with the childhood nickname Banggeng. No one knew that inside this scrunched-up baby lived a soul from the modern era. Lin Mo, a burned-out office worker who had watched Love in the Courtyard in his previous life, opens his eyes to find himself reborn as Bang 517Reads5.9Score—Shelves

















































