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- 101 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—14d adds
- 102 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—14d adds
- 103 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu 四合院：重生傻柱 In his old age, He Yuzhu was completely drained and left destitute. His own son and family were nowhere to be found, and he had no one to care for him. Relying on the three ungrateful members of the Jia family to look after him was nothing but wishful thinking. At last, he was driven out of his own home, his own courtyard. Looking back on his life, He Yuzhu regretted everything. On that freezing winter day, the cold and snow gave him one final layer of warmth, letting him leave this world unseen 415Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: The System Blesses My Path to Ascension 四合院：系统祝我飞升路 If you transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, what would you do? Liu Chongfeng chooses to strengthen the nation while taking down scumbags. The scoundrels regret ever being born, while the protagonist ascends on the spot. 107Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: Sending Someone to Prison from the Start 四合院：开局送人进监狱 He transmigrated into the world of the courtyard. And in this world, his background was utterly tragic! So what should he do? Of course, send that person straight to prison! 519Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu as My Reward from the Start 四合院：开局奖励秦淮茹 (Courtyard House + System!) Chen Liang was playing a game when, in the middle of it, he transmigrated into a courtyard house and returned to the 1960s. Faced with the beasts filling the courtyard, he was rewarded with Qin Huairu from the start. With a farming System of his own, he accidentally cultivated a wondrous world unlike any other! What? You can even grow planes and cannons through farming? 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated into a Chicken and Pranked the Whole Flock 四合院：穿越成鸡，整蛊众禽 [Courtyard drama + System + comedy + absurdity] Chen Yufei gives his life to save his girlfriend, then transmigrates into a courtyard full of scheming neighbors. Maybe he transmigrated the wrong way. At least other people transmigrate as humans, but he’s become a chicken... Fortunately, just as he falls into despair, he awakens a System... From then on, whether the courtyard is in chaos is up to me, Chen Yufei. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 After the Qin Sisters Turned Against Each Other, I Decided to Lie Flat 秦家姐妹反目后，我躺平了 Courtyard loafer He Yuzhu missed a step while going downstairs. With one stride, he transmigrated into the world of the courtyard house. He also successfully replaced He Yuzhu. Now he would live in this world. Since that's how things are, let me take the original owner's place and break free from this lovesick fool's life! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: I Can Simplify Technology 四合院：我能简化技术 “Xu Yang” [Occupation: Repair Technician] [Skills: Clamp Work (Beginner), Table Tennis (Beginner), Cooking (Beginner)] [Special Ability: Simplified Version] Using this ability requires a certain amount of energy.] [Energy: 1] This System automatically replenishes one stamina point each day. The System updates once every day at midnight.] “Tailoring skills.” “Beginning basic operation.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Pinnacle of Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之人生巅峰 A modern-day overworked employee, a 007 who never stops working, is reborn in a parallel world. By chance, he gains a golden finger. This is the story of how, starting with nothing but a middle-school education, he gradually leads his whole family out of poverty and into prosperity. It all begins in a courtyard house. 4.1kReads8.3Score16114d adds
- 111 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
- 112 Siheyuan: From the Start, Taking Qin Huairu to a Motel 四合院：开局带秦淮茹去小旅馆 Xia Yang transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan stories. He became a deliveryman for Hulu Commune. With no parents and still a virgin at twenty-three, he had no one to rely on. To get a Beijing household registration, he tricked Qin Huairu into marrying him from the start. He also married into Jia Zhangshi's family and immediately started living off them. The already struggling Jia family found themselves in even worse straits. From then on, a powerful newcomer arrived in the Siheyuan. The 332Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Make Waves in the Security Department 四合院：开局从保卫科狂飙 Yang Changwen, an overworked 996 wage slave, transmigrates into the wildly fantastical drama The Courtyard Full of Beasts. From then on, the courtyard’s whole world changes. First Uncle, did you even ask me before saying that? Silly Zhu, looks like you’re itching for a beating! Xu Damao, I hear you’ve got quite a few little gold bars hidden at home. Watch how our protagonist, Yang Changwen, uses the System’s golden finger to blaze his way up, starting from the steel mill’s security departmen 1kReads5.5Score10314d adds
- 114 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—14d adds
- 115 Siheyuan: Becoming an Engineer 四合院之成为工程师 Gao Deliang transmigrates to the year 1953 by accident and takes over the body of a university student with the same name. After passing the junior engineer qualification exam, he graduates and is assigned to work as an engineer at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, beginning his life in the Hongxing courtyard. See how he deals with the whole bunch of scoundrels and, with a vision far beyond his time, contributes through his hard work to the great rejuvenation of Huaguo. 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Siheyuan: Robbed at Home from the Start 四合院：开局被偷家 [He has a System, which he uses at crucial moments. His medical skills are unmatched.] After their parents passed away, Shen Zhaoyang and his younger sister, Shen Xia, were bullied by everyone in the courtyard house. They studied hard and worked toward university entrance exams, but the original Shen Zhaoyang died of exhaustion just before the exam. Shen Zhaoyang from the 21st century transmigrates into his body, gets into medical school, and becomes a doctor at the Hongxing Steel Plant Affiliat 743Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 My Cultivation Life in the Siheyuan 四合院我的修仙生活 This book has no angst. It’s all about taking it easy, enjoying life, and having fun~ Multiple heroines Song Cheng transmigrates into the world of the courtyard houses. As the only cultivator, watch how he lives his life. Relaxed, happy, carefree, and at ease 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 118 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—14d adds
- 119 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
- 120 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
- 121 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
- 122 Siheyuan: I Have a Cultivation System 四合院之我有一个修行系统 Given another life, I’ll live it with my eyes open and enjoy every minute. I’ll never let anyone control me again. For my own happiness, let them all hate me if they want. I’m He Yuzhu. Same old courtyard, a completely different life. I’m here, dear neighbors! 526Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 123 My Happy Life in the Courtyard House 四合院我的快乐生活 305Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 124 Courtyard House: Am I the Foolish One? I Can't Even Cook 四合院之我是傻住？我不会做菜啊 He Yuzhu choked to death while eating barbecue and woke up in the body of Silly Zhu. He had no memories, no System, and no cooking skills. He was doomed. How was he supposed to survive? He Daqing had run off, he couldn’t get into the steel mill, he still couldn’t cook, and there were petty people scheming against him behind his back. What was he supposed to do? Help, urgent! 1.1kReads6.1Score—14d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, with Lou Xiao'e as My Wife 四合院：重生傻柱，老婆娄小娥 For the Jia family, for Qin Huairu, and for Banggen, He Yuzhu gave it everything he had! When he grew old and could no longer earn a living, he was thrown out of the courtyard and froze to death beneath an overpass! Worse still, as he lay dying, wild dogs gnawed at his flesh! But his archenemy, Xu Damao, snatched his body away from a stray dog, leaving him with an intact corpse. He opens his eyes and is reborn at eighteen. With extraordinary talent and an incredible knack for mastering the culin 5Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm a Culinary God, Competing with Silly Zhu for Women 四合院：开局食神，跟傻柱抢女人 [God of Food System + Justice Arrives + Sharpening Knives to Slaughter Poultry + Gradual Growth] As everyone knows, The Birds Fill the Courtyard is also known as Silly Zhu's Diary of a Lovesick Fool. The bloodsucking widow Qin Huairu, the village beauty Qin Jingru The innocent young Lou Xiao'e, and the steel mill beauty Yu Haitang I, Liu Changjun, am a bona fide graduate of Lanxiang Technical School, a three-star chef with a gourmet System. In no time, I'll shove Silly Zhu aside and take over as —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 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—14d adds
- 128 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—14d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: What Harm Could a Fishmonger Like Me Do? 四合院：我卖鱼的能有什么坏心思 In the midst of a wild ride, he ate a peanut and, through sheer luck, a big shot well-versed in Sun Tzu's Art of War was reborn in the 1960s. He meant to keep selling fish and building up his strength, waiting for the great tide to rise in the years ahead... Who knew that from the start, Yi Zhonghai and his wife would show up claiming to be his relatives? And he even got bound to a System that lets him choose how to make people suffer bad luck? If he can make it on a bigger, more influential sta —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: This Is Ridiculous! I Have an Infinite Supply of Meat 四合院：离谱！我竟然有无限肉吃 [Courtyard-house setting + System + slice of life + mild edge + period flavor + historical inventor] The story has a mild edge, so there won't be violence at the drop of a hat, though there'll still be schemes when needed. The tone is light and cheerful. Reborn as He Yuzhu, he brings his little sister along and takes in Xiaodang, whom she was supposed to replace, so he can dismantle the bloodsucking family from within. The bloodsucking mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can't drain He Yuzhu anymo 416Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: I Am He Yuzhu, Defying Fate 四合院：我何雨柱，逆天改命 He Yuzhu, who froze to death under a bridge, is reborn in 1951. At the time, He Daqing has just run off with White Widow. Qin Huairu has only recently married into the courtyard, and Xu Damao is still single. Watching the three courtyard elders call a general meeting at the drop of a hat, Silly Zhu decides he won’t make the same mistakes again. He awakens a practice-makes-perfect System: repeat an action enough times, and he can become a master of anything. The capital’s number-one chef, its num 1.9kReads7.0Score10214d adds
- 132 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—14d adds
- 133 Teaching for a Living in Siheyuan 四合院之舌耕 A scoundrel transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard, becomes the night-school director at a steel mill, and has big ambitions but little ability, though he’s great with words. He starts out cautious and timid, then relies on his golden finger to build himself a reputation as someone who knows, understands, and obeys the law, hoping to create a better environment for himself. Who knew he’d keep clashing with Silly Zhu? So in Silly Zhu’s eyes, no matter how helpless and pitiful Sister 61Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 134 Siheyuan: Send the Villains to Heaven, and Their Power Is Boundless 四合院：禽兽祭天，法力无边 Yang Sheng transmigrated! He found himself in Love in the Courtyard of Beasts. In the animal-filled courtyard, Yang Sheng activated the Beast-Bullying Sacrifice System. And so began his campaign of tormenting the courtyard's fools. First, he went after Deaf Granny. Blood sprayed everywhere, and the old geezer ended up with a broken leg and crippled for life. Next, he went after Silly Zhu, making him swallow an egg and ensuring the He family line would end with him. Then he gave the so-called par —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: I Shed My Loser Label from the Start 四合院：开局摆脱败家子头衔 The moment Lin Qiufeng opens his eyes, he discovers he’s transmigrated into a siheyuan full of beasts, and he’s currently a good-for-nothing wastrel! Plenty of vermin are scheming against him and sucking up to him! Lin Qiufeng just laughs. In response to their contempt and schemes, he turns every trick right back on them! Got a problem with that? Go eat shit! Looking for trouble? Watch your step on those dark roads, or you might break a leg! While he’s at it, he’ll become a Level Eight fitter 2.3kReads5.6Score10514d adds
- 136 A Promising Young Man in the Siheyuan 四合院的有为青年 Director Yang of the Red Star Steelworks hired Wang Longbin, a senior maintenance technician, from the south at a high salary. By chance, Wang Longbin was assigned a home in the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, where a very different story of beasts filling the courtyard unfolded. This novel has no System and no transmigrated male lead!! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 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—14d adds
- 138 Siheyuan: A Different Silly Zhu 四合院：不一样的傻柱 A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 322Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 139 The Siheyuan’s First Master Gets Chased Three Alleys by Silly Zhu, Who Swings His Cleaver 四合院一大爷被傻柱狂砍三条胡同 In the real world, He Yuzhu was hit by a dump truck while trying to save a kitten. He transmigrated into the world of the courtyard and became Silly Zhu. The story begins in 1949, the year He Daqing ran off, when Silly Zhu was only fourteen. Just a child, he had to hold the whole family together! This book is also known as Reborn in the Courtyard: Silly Zhu's Rise in a New Era! 2.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: Fleeing Famine to the Forty-Nine City 四合院：逃荒来到四九城 Wu Guoqing grew up in a famine-stricken village. After his parents died, he had no choice but to flee with his younger sister. On the way back, he fell gravely ill and his memories awakened. Protecting his sister every step of the way, he eventually ended up at a street relief center in Sijiu City. Through his own efforts, he got a job at a steel mill and a home of his own. He realized he was doing quite well, and he and his sister went on to live happily together. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: I Say You're Sick, So You Must Be 四合院：我说你们有病，指定有病 No morals + absurd humor + sly tricks + terrible puns + comedy. After transmigrating into the world of Birds Full of the Courtyard, he becomes a psychiatrist. Liu Jianshe says: I’m a psychiatrist. If I say you’re sick, then you’re sick. Silly Zhu is a simp? No! You’re not a simp, you’re a lunatic! It’s a kind of delusional disorder, and you need an amputation from the eyebrows down. Yi Zhonghai is using moral blackmail? No! You’re sick too. One slap, and you’re cured on the spot! Years later, lo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Have Descended from the Heavens! 四合院：我何雨柱就是天神下凡！ The Jade Emperor obtained a scroll depicting an extremely masculine man named He Yuzhu, then sent his soul into the River of Time. But unexpectedly, just as the River of Time was about to head for its intended world, a flash of light suddenly appeared from nowhere and smashed into it, knocking it toward a different point in space. That chosen one, He Yuzhu, was struck by the flash and sent straight into the year 1950, five years before the founding of Xia Country. When did I become a pillar? Wha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Nice Guy of the Siheyuan: The Road to a Strong Nation 四合院的老好人，强国之路 (A heavily altered plot, the legacy of Wei Wu, a parallel universe) Zhang Changsheng, a transmigrator and the “good guy” of the courtyard compound, obtains a System and helps others while building up his influence. The story is a little disjointed. The courtyard compound is just a stepping stone. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 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—14d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Taught Yi Zhonghai a Lesson 四合院：开局教训易中海 After transmigrating into The Birds of the Courtyard, the whole lot of them actually want to gang up and get me killed? Fortunately, I transmigrated with a golden finger. After turning the tables, I snatch victory from the jaws of defeat! It’s either you die or I do! 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Marries Li Mochou from the Start 四合院：傻柱开局迎娶李莫愁 [Low-angst martial arts adventure] [Siheyuan] [Characters stay true to the original] [Everyday family life, too] One is a murderous villain, twisted by love and trapped by his feelings! The other is a devoted lover who was betrayed, died miserably beneath a bridge, and was left with nothing! When these two souls, both hurt by love, meet in a world of martial arts, will they save each other, or will they love and destroy each other? What will happen when the brutes of the Siheyuan come up against 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Living in a Siheyuan: I Turned Out to Be He Yuzhu 人在四合院：我居然是何雨柱 He woke up one morning and found he had transmigrated into He Yuzhu in a Siheyuan. Standing at the entrance to the infamous courtyard, He Yuzhu wore a cold smile. With He Yuzhu’s arrival, the train of the times began picking up speed. The courtyard full of beasts would no longer be ruled by beasts. A warm, simple, everyday story... Come along and step into that era... 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Siheyuan: Sign-In Surprises, Caution Every Day 四合院之签到有意外，每日需谨慎 Picking up the story from Four-Sided Courtyard: Taking a Loss Is a Blessing, also known as Four-Sided Courtyard: The Story of He Yuzhu’s Childhood, this continues the tale as Wang Ming enters the courtyard, claiming to be a descendant of Zhen Xiaoxiao’s benefactor. No holier-than-thou saint, a miracle doctor, decisive and ruthless, full of surprises, twists, and laughs 206Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Siheyuan: A Hundred Chapters of Slaughter 四合院：百章开杀 Qin Zhaoyang is struck by lightning while fishing in a thunderstorm and unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a courtyard-house drama, becoming the younger brother of Qin Huairu's family. To make a living, he takes up fishing again, only to unexpectedly acquire a fishing interface. After four years of building himself up, he opens the Little Fish Shop. It comes with the ability to exchange for supplies. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Siheyuan: Starting in 1962, I Put the Jia Family in Their Place 四合院：1962开局整治贾家 No System + Slice of Life + Period Piece + One Female Lead Isn't a System essential when transmigrating into a courtyard house? My transmigration was an absolute failure. I saw with my own eyes how old I looked. No wonder no girls liked me. I don't care what happens to Silly Zhu, but anyone who messes with me will pay for it! 96Reads—Score—14d adds
