Novels like Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take Out Yi Zhonghai
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take Out Yi Zhonghai, best match first.
- 1 Love in the Courtyard: Taking Down the Jia Family from the Start 情满四合院开局先整贾家 Dark story + bizarre ideas + heavily altered setting Wu Lai is beaten to death by Silly Zhu. Wu Lai from the 21st century transmigrates into the past, inhabiting the Wu Lai of the courtyard compound and embarking on a life of conflict within the compound. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Transmigrating Through TV Dramas, Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的影视穿越 Liu Kai transmigrates with a Reader Wish System. He has to fulfill the readers' wish lists before he can move on to the next world. The early worlds mainly feature urban TV dramas, including Siheyuan, Thirty Only, Let's Get Married, Ode to Joy, The Golden Years, and more. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: The Third Uncle Knows How to Read 四合院:三大爷会读书 A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: An Ordinary Life Beginning in 1958 四合院:平凡从58年开始 Zhang Pingfan transmigrates to Love in the Courtyard in the late 1950s. At this point, Qin Huairu isn't a widow yet, and she hasn't awakened her dark talent for leeching off others. The courtyard isn't full of villains, either. Everyone is struggling to survive through this famine, and the neighbors still share the warmth of everyday life. They're not all heartless. Of course, there are a few people who make life difficult. The First Master, who's skilled at using morality to pressure others. Th 48Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Calls Off the Wedding, So I Marry Chen Xueru 四合院:秦淮如悔婚,我娶陈雪茹 Zhu Ping transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Qin Huairu won’t marry me? Then I’ll marry Chen Xueru, the silk shop owner. What do you have to regret? My life gets better with each passing day, so why are you jealous, you bunch of scoundrels? I, Zhu Ping, will make this clear: don’t go looking for trouble. Anyone who messes with me will get it back a hundredfold! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu, Livestreaming Ran Qiuye 四合院:我是何雨柱,直播冉秋叶 After transmigrating into a courtyard compound, He Yuzhu obtains the Myriad Worlds Livestream System! He can earn every reward through livestreaming! This time, He Yuzhu decides he won't be a pushover for others to exploit anymore! He starts livestreaming his everyday romance with Ran Qiuye! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu, and I Just Want to Be the Richest Man 四合院:我何雨柱,只想当首富 [Courtyard Life] [Everyday Life] [No System] [Business] [Not Too Grim] While charging his phone, He Yuzhu's phone exploded. He Yuzhu, from 2023, transmigrated to 1965 and into Love in the Courtyard. Knowing how the story went, he was determined not to be a sucker. He rode the tide of the times, seized every opportunity, and built his own business empire one step at a time, becoming the richest man in the world! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu's Older Brother 四合院:我是何雨柱大哥 An accident brings the soul of a 33-year-old from 2023 to an unfamiliar courtyard in the capital in 1949. In a strange environment, with a soul from the future and foreknowledge of the plot, should he follow the story and let events unfold, or make up for its regrets? A new story begins with our protagonist… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: I'm Going to Suck the Blood of Those Beasts 四合院:我要吸血众禽兽 Qin Yang transmigrates into the body of an ordinary courtyard resident in the 1960s. Once he sorts through the memories, he discovers that the courtyard’s troublemakers have already sucked their former owner dry. The next second, he binds himself to a System! Time to suck them dry in return! Fight fire with fire, and give those beasts a taste of their own medicine! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: Don't Try to Manipulate Me 四合院:不要算计我 5.3kReads6.6Score118Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: After Jia Dongxu Split Qin Huairu and Me Apart 四合院:贾东旭拆散我和秦淮茹后 Xu Qianfan transmigrates into the world of Full Courtyard of Beasts. He and Qin Huairu are childhood sweethearts, deeply in love. Jia Dongxu lusts after Qin Huairu and teams up with his master, Yi Zhonghai, to frame Xu Qianfan and send him to prison, hoping to force Qin Huairu to marry him. But Qin Huairu would rather die than marry anyone but Xu Qianfan! Xu Qianfan awakens a System in prison and earns a major merit, securing his release. “I'm marrying Qin Huairu, no matter what! Nobody can stop 22Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: I'm Really Not Silly Zhu 四合院之真不是傻柱 This is a book about living a quiet, ordinary life, with a wife and children at home and a warm bed to return to. It is not the kind of story where people are constantly fighting and killing. On the surface, he seems indifferent to everything, but in secret he is building up his first fortune. Antique furniture, houses, shops, and more. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: Mouthwatering Braised Meat That Has Adults and Kids Drooling 四合院:美味卤肉,馋哭大人小孩 Li Yue transmigrates into a courtyard compound and becomes the crazy man who's been raving mad for two years. Everyone in the compound witnesses Li Yue suddenly regain his senses and can't believe their eyes. Unable to find a job, Li Yue puts the skills he learned in his previous life to use and sets up a stall selling braised dishes. The residents of the compound expect to see him make a fool of himself. They never imagined his braised dishes would taste so good. They're a huge hit, and busines —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: My Girlfriend Started Playing Cards with Someone Else from the Start 四合院开局女朋友跟人打牌 I transmigrate into a courtyard house, the place He Yuzhu could never escape for the rest of his life. The First Master schemes to make him provide for him in old age, Qin Huairu schemes to make him raise her children, Xu Damao schemes to steal his blind date, and Banggeng steals his things. Now I’m here, and everything is going to change! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: Gao Qiqiang's Unstoppable Rise 四合院:高启强的狂飙人生 [Siheyuan + The Knockout + high martial arts + original story + martial arts world in a modern era] Gao Qiqiang is reborn in the Siheyuan! His high-flying life begins anew! What? My Gao family is a Wing Chun lineage? Is First Master Yi Zhonghai a successor to the Gentleman Sword style? Does Second Master Liu Haizhong beat his sons every day to practice the Golden Bell Shield? Is Jia Zhangshi's street-corner cursing actually shamanic magic? Is Qin Huairu the Holy Mother of the White Lotus Sect? C —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: Black Lotus Bang Geng Gets a Golden Finger from the Start 四合院:黑莲花棒梗开局金手指 Chen Shun, a literature graduate, transmigrates into Birds Fill the Courtyard and becomes eight-year-old Banggeng? He turns into a black-hearted Banggeng, and his golden finger arrives from the start! His path of making fun of the courtyard’s beasts begins. Xu Damao refuses to accept it? Beat him up! Yi Zhonghai wants to be his godfather? Ruin him! Jia Zhangshi gets on his nerves? Off to the nursing home! Banggeng is a versatile prodigy with a cheat. One day, he makes a name for himself thro 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Reborn in an Era of Great Change 重生大变革年代 Zhang Yang was sleeping in a park when he transmigrated to the year 1965. Starting out in a courtyard, he gradually made his way onto the world stage… Any similarities are purely coincidental. 286Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: Brother Zhu Is Invincible 四合院之柱哥无敌 Li Tianxia, the green-hat hero, got drunk and cursed the heavens. A bolt of lightning struck him down and sent him to Love in the Courtyard, where he became He Yuzhu. After being reborn, Li Tianxia retained all of He Yuzhu's memories from his previous life. He was determined to draw a clear line between himself and the beasts, and never sink to their level. His best future was a quiet life with a wife and a houseful of children. As for Qin Huairu, a modern woman, He Yuzhu would do everything he 191Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Reborn in the Siheyuan, I Won't Be a Fall Guy Like Zhu 重生四合院,我不当冤种柱 Given a second life, He Yuzhu turns the tables from the very start! He won’t fawn over Qin Huairu or indulge any of those awful people. Just watch as he uses his cooking skills and future knowledge to turn the whole courtyard upside down! 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Ordinary Life 四合院之何雨柱普通人生 Reborn as He Yuzhu, he uses his foresight to make money, buy antiques and houses, trade stocks, exchange yuan for dollars, and snap up the assets of Little Ukraine and Russia. He makes a small contribution to his country and people, then lives an ordinary life. 5Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: I Became a Tycoon by Talking Back 四合院:变成首富从怼人开始 [Siheyuan + System + lighthearted + reborn + transmigrate + tycoon + urban farming] “I transmigrated into a siheyuan?!” Xu Wan was dumbfounded. He'd actually transmigrated! “Xu Wan, get out here right now, you chicken thief!” “Xu Wan, come out and give us an explanation!” Xu Wan was already annoyed, and now he heard a crowd outside dumping the blame on him! “Get lost, all of you! Who wants your chicken? You have plenty of chickens!” [Ding! The Insulting People System has activated successfully.] 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: Old Yi, Hand It Over 四合院:老易啊,拿来吧你 Zhou Pingyuan transmigrates to a parallel world and gets bound to a System. Taking on a disciple is all it takes to grow stronger! And the stronger the disciple becomes, the stronger the master gets. Without a second thought, Zhou Pingyuan swoops in and takes Jia Dongxu for himself! The Venerable of Morality flies into a rage and comes after Zhou Pingyuan. Watch how he deals with the scoundrels. —Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: I Awaken the More Children, More Blessings System 四合院:我觉醒多子多福系统 Xu Weidu transmigrated into a siheyuan in 1961. Because of transmigration, he spent eighteen years in a daze and didn't come to his senses until he turned eighteen. But as soon as he did, he was faced with three problems. First, in this era, his golden finger was the More Children, More Blessings System. Second, after coming to his senses, he found his bed soaked. Third, after spending eighteen years as a fool, he hadn't inherited a job in the family and had to rely on his older sister to suppor 1Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: I’m Jia Dongxu, and I’m Critically Ill from the Start 四合院之我是贾东旭,开局病危 Lighthearted laughs + a crafty schemer + pure power fantasy After transmigrating into a courtyard compound, I became Jia Dongxu, with only three days left to live! Little Jia says, no need to panic. There's still time to have some fun! With three days left, shouldn't I have Qin Huairu take good care of me? After all, we're legally married! Who knew that one little session of being taken care of would nearly send me to the grave? Mostly because this body of mine is just too frail! Luckily, I've g —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 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? 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: Bang Geng Is Disabled, Send Him to Prison to Recuperate! 四合院:棒梗残疾,送监狱休养! After transmigrating to the 1960s, Xie Huaiqing becomes the breadwinner of a family in decline. His grandparents pass away, and his father disappears. His home is bleak, and he's bullied by the local scoundrels! By chance, he binds to a god-tier lottery System with endless space inside! Holy crap! Xie Huaiqing is stunned when he sees the rewards! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Descendant of the Japanese Army 四合院:从日军后代开始 Chen Shengjie transmigrates into this world, and at first thinks it is the world of Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy. But only after settling in the capital and meeting a boy about his own age named He Yuzhu does he realize that he has transmigrated into a world that combines multiple television dramas and films... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: The Bystander Life of an Extra 四合院:路人甲的围观生活 [System + growing male lead + lots of inner monologue + adorable kids and young men] He transmigrates to the 1960s, into a courtyard-house world headed for an unknown future. As an ordinary passerby, all he wants is to live quietly in the capital, enjoying an easy life beneath a roof with a fish tank and pomegranate tree, alongside a boy, a fat dog, and a chubby girl. Every now and then, he can enjoy a bit of gossip and watch the colorful lives of the characters unfold (in glorious chaos). But t —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: Cultivating with He Yushui, I Conquer the Heavens 四合院:合修何雨水,我战纵诸天 [Siheyuan fanfiction + xuanhuan + System + myriad worlds] After transmigrating into the Siheyuan, I got a sign-in System. Unfortunately, the System was a real pain, and could only be activated if I dual-cultivated with He Yushui! As soon as the System activated, I instantly reached the fourth level of the Xiantian realm. The System went absolutely wild! Forget ordinary mortals like He Yuzhu and Xu Damao. Even the gods of the myriad heavens will have to prostrate themselves at my feet! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: Cao Cao Transmigrates into Xu Damao 四合院:曹操穿越许大茂 After waking from a nap, Cao Cao found himself transformed into Xu Damao, the good man of the courtyard. What golden finger? I, Cao Cao, am the greatest golden finger of all. Do the Jian'an literary style and the poems of Wei Wudi count? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: My Life as a Cannon Fodder 四合院:我的炮灰生涯 He transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and becomes He Yuzhu. When He Yuzhu transforms himself, the entire courtyard’s balance of power changes. Because of him, the times themselves gradually begin to head in an unknown direction. 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 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—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: The Street Loafer Silly Zhu Wants Me to Be His Godfather 四合院:街溜子,傻柱认我当干爹 [Transmigration + face-slapping + period piece + from the start + fan fiction] After transmigrating to a Beijing courtyard compound in the 1950s, Li Jianjun finds himself a street loafer despised by everyone. He's at a loss. Luckily, he has a golden finger: the Godfather Recognition System. Whenever someone calls him their godfather, he gets a hundredfold return in goods, money, and skills. He Daqing runs off, so Li Jianjun lends a helping hand, and Silly Zhu calls him Dad on the spot. Xu Damao, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Transmigrating as the Liu Family's Prodigy 穿越刘家麒麟儿 Liu Guangqi, a young man from the modern era, dies suddenly in the street. After arriving in the underworld, he looks into his past and present lives and discovers that he is destined to be alone for thirteen lifetimes. If he is alone for yet another life after reincarnation, he will grow to hate the heavens and become a demon, unleashing a storm of bloodshed. The Great Luo Golden Immortals have no choice but to make an exception and defy fate to change his destiny. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 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—Shelves
- 36 Life in the Siheyuan, Starting at Age Eight 八岁开始的四合院生活 A System and an invention-focused story. There's nothing too intense here, so just relax and read. A soul from the 22nd century transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old child. In this passionate era, how will he shape the course of his life? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Traveling Through the Myriad Realms, Starting from Siheyuan 诸天旅行从四合院开始 [Myriad Worlds + Wild Imagination + Cao Thief] Hua Xiaochen's soul transmigrates to another world, where he awakens the Myriad Worlds Travel System and sets out on a journey across countless worlds. In Love in the Courtyard, he saves the ill-fated Lou Xiao'e. In The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he meets the disheartened Ning Zhongze. During the Battle of Lingguan, he turns the tide... The noble spirit of Jian'an, the lingering legacy of the Wei dynasty. This story is entirely fictional. Any resembla —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 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—Shelves
- 39 Transmigrated into Siheyuan: I’ve Got Cheats 穿越四合院:开挂了 Lin Le transmigrates to a courtyard house. In his previous life, he was an orphan. Now, all at once, he has a wife and son. He binds to a sign-in System. “Divine-level medical skills, divine-level cooking, divine-level restoration.” He makes a thriving life for himself in the courtyard. Teasing the troublemakers is pure bliss. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Photographer in the Publicity Department 四合院:从宣传科摄影师开始 Everyday life, low on conflict, so read without worry. The courtyard isn’t about fighting and killing, it’s about navigating human relationships. Lin Xiang transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a photographer in the propaganda department of a steel mill. Life seems peaceful, but under the surface, currents are running strong. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Reborn to Fill the Siheyuan 重生之噙满四合院 Reborn as He Yuzhu in Love in the Courtyard, he thought, if you want to bleed me dry, just see if I don't knock your teeth out. Qin Huairu, Xu Damao, just watch me beat you all down. And you so-called uncles? You're nothing in front of me. 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Begs Me to Let Her Go from the Start 四合院:开局要账,秦淮茹求放过 An accident causes Wang Jian'an to transmigrate to the 1960s, where he becomes a resident of a Beijing courtyard compound and binds himself to a choice System from the start. It happens to be payday at the steel mill. Wang Jian'an: Qin Huairu, when are you going to pay back the money your family owes me? Qin Huairu: Wang Jian'an, can we put this off for a while? Wang Jian'an: Paying back a debt is only right and proper. What gives you the right to ask me to wait? With Wang Jian'an’s arrival, the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: Huairu Gets Pregnant Before Marriage, I Marry Xu Huizhen 四合院:淮茹未婚孕,娶妻徐慧真 Qin Huairu has an affair with a married man from a neighboring village. Worried that the affair will come to light, Qin Huairu decides to ask He Shengli for help. He Shengli, whose body has been taken over, sees through Qin Huairu’s scheme and refuses to be her scapegoat. After politely turning down Qin Huairu’s offer, she marries Xu Huizhen and becomes one of the most prominent business tycoons in the capital. With Xu Huizhen’s help, he seems to do nothing, but in reality he keeps improving. Wi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Reborn in the Siheyuan with a Prank System 带着恶作剧系统重生四合院 [Transmigration] [Siheyuan] [Period] [No Simping] [Scheming]. This story has multiple female leads, so readers who dislike that should proceed with caution! Yi Liang can only sigh at his bad luck: he has transmigrated to the Red Star Siheyuan, a place crawling with scoundrels where there isn’t a decent person in sight. Fortunately, he awakens a System and, from the start, throws Xu Damao into a cesspit… Thus begins his campaign to punish the Siheyuan’s scoundrels! In this passionate, fie 541Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 My Happy Life in the Courtyard House 四合院我的快乐生活 302Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn, and the Doormat Is Turning Dark 四合院:傻柱重生,冤大头要黑化 [Siheyuan + Reborn + System + Period Drama + Feel-Good Story] In his old age, He Yuzhu was driven out of the Qin family home and died a miserable death. But he was given the chance to be reborn! He returned to the 1960s and even activated the “All Gain, No Loss” Favorability System! After being reborn, He Yuzhu learned the hard way that a lovesick loner who lets himself be used ends up with nothing. He was determined to stop being “Silly Zhu” and become “Scumbag Zhu” instead! The story begins wh 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, Could You Pick Up the Soap? 四合院:何雨柱,帮捡捡肥皂吧? After transmigrating into the world of "The Birds of the Courtyard", Zhen Cheng wants nothing more than to move out of the compound. By chance, he binds to a sign-in System. All he has to do is sign in to receive all kinds of generous rewards. The neighbors dare to mess with him? Silly Zhu, off to the station with you! Yi Zhonghai, same goes for you. The station can take care of you in your old age, so go on! At the compound's residents' meeting, Zhen Cheng shouts, “You birds of the compound, if —Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: If You Won't Let Me Live in Peace, None of You Will Live 四合院:不让我好过,你们还想活 After transmigrating into the world of "The Birds of the Courtyard", Zhou Dong becomes a sent-down youth. With the time to head to the countryside fast approaching, he's about to join the great wave of young people sent out to help build rural communities. But the courtyard's scoundrels want to ship him off to the Great Northern Wilderness instead, so he won't get to enjoy a good life. When Zhou Dong finds out, he understands. These scoundrels are going to pay! —Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 49 The Siheyuan Prank System: I’m Invincible! 四合院最强整蛊系统,无敌了! Geng Daniu transmigrates into the Courtyard and gets a prank System from the start. From then on, he thrives! Silly Zhu is jealous and tries to sabotage him? Sorted! One slap sends him flying! Jia Zhangshi makes a scene and refuses to listen to reason? Sorted! A whole pile of prank gadgets coming right up! Qin Huairu puts on an act, hoping to sponge off him? He smacks her across the face! Anyone who dares cross me, you troublemakers are done for! Yi Zhonghai, Old Mrs. Deaf, and the rest of the t 1.7kReads5.4Score—Shelves
- 50 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—Shelves

















































