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- 1 Transmigrating, Starting in the Siheyuan 穿越从四合院开始 A Cao Cao-style novel. Gold, antiques, ginseng, jade, you name it, he gets his hands on it. It's hard to let loose back home, so he starts in Hong Kong, then moves on to Japan... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: I, Silly Zhu, Will Never Be a Lapdog 四合院：我傻柱绝不做舔狗 He Yuzhu, who died miserably beneath a bridge, is reborn at the age of twenty-five. In this life, I refuse to be a simp. Whoever wants to fawn over that bitch can do it themselves. Yi Zhonghai is impotent? I'll cure him. Once he has a child, will he still help the Jia family? From the start, I go straight to Qin Huairu for money. It's time to pay back everything you've borrowed over the years, isn't it? Xu Damao: “Why are you eyeing my ex-wife after my divorce?” He Yuzhu: “If the enemy can come —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: Transmigrate as Silly Zhu and Live an Amazing Life 四合院：穿越傻柱，活出精彩人生 He transmigrates into the world of a fanfiction based on The Poultry-Filled Siheyuan. He becomes the young He Yuzhu. Here, there are ungrateful parasites, bloodsuckers, self-righteous moralizers, and even the chosen one, Li Weihua. He faces a tragic fate: Qin Huairu is about to leech off him, Li Weihua will brutally crush him, and in the end, Banggeng will kick him out of his home, leaving him to freeze to death beneath a bridge. He Yuzhu's Proficiency System comes online. He fights the birds an 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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—14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: Black-Market Trader, Where Night Is Dawn 四合院：黑市商人，黑夜就是黎明 I transmigrated to the 1960s and became a black-market peddler. Up before dawn and home after dark. Then I unexpectedly bonded with a System, and my supernatural powers awakened. That Deaf Granny making trouble? Yi Zhonghai trying to guilt-trip me with morality? I’ll take them on headfirst! (The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Read the story!) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 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—14d adds
- 7 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—14d adds
- 8 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—14d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu, and I Won't Back Down 四合院：我何雨柱，绝对硬气 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he becomes the protagonist, He Yuzhu. In this life, he will live a dazzling life unlike any other. He'll stay away from bloodsuckers, ingrates, and moral blackmail... —Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Sets the Fowl Straight 四合院之傻柱调理众禽 Wang Chengcheng transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes Silly Zhu. He takes on everyone and specializes in putting Xu Damao in his place. This time, he will make Silly Zhu live for himself, turning the whole courtyard upside down while quietly reaping the rewards. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 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—14d adds
- 12 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—14d adds
- 13 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
- 14 Siheyuan: Don't Try to Manipulate Me 四合院：不要算计我 5.3kReads6.6Score11814d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: Reborn with a Vengeful Heart 四合院之逆血重生 Silly Zhu’s life was a tragedy. Few people know how miserable his old age was. Once he was no longer useful, he was thrown out of his own home and eventually died a wretched death on the street... But Heaven has given him a chance to be reborn. Watch as he turns the tide... 293Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: A Different He Yuzhu 四合院之不一样的何雨柱 Zhang Ming unexpectedly found himself reborn as He Yuzhu in this era. Remembering He Yuzhu’s tragic fate in his previous life, he resolved to take down the holier-than-thou Qin Huairu and kick the treacherous thief Jia Geng to the curb. Neighborhood solidarity? Qin Huairu’s saintly act? Just watch me turn the tide and ride the waves of this era. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 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—14d adds
- 18 Silly Zhu’s Second Life 傻柱的二次人生 Everyone knows that Silly Zhu sacrificed his entire life for the greater good, but no one knows how miserable his final years were. Now that he has been reborn once more, how will he face it all?... Step into the story and discover a different kind of life in the courtyard. 395Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 19 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 194Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 A Leisurely Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之悠闲小日子 The early chapters focus on family and everyday life, with the story developing later on. Now that he’s returned to this era, he’ll simply take the time to experience life as it was. No angst, just Cao Cao’s laid-back life as he enjoys the little things. There’s a System in the early part of the story, but it leaves around the middle. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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
- 25 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 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: Chaos in the Courtyard 四合院：鸡飞狗跳 While slacking off at work, he suddenly transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes He Yuzhu, the ultimate doormat. Just as he's about to curse, he suddenly awakens a System and receives countless billions of exchange points, then the System crashes and disappears... 359Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 27 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—14d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take Out Yi Zhonghai 四合院：开局先噶易中海 After a viewer recommended it, film commentator Zhang Xiaobai watched Love in the Courtyard from beginning to end three times. The first time, he thought it was an ordinary period drama about everyday family life in old Beijing and the lives of ordinary people. The second time, he found it horrifying the more he thought about it. Everyone looked like a villain, and he wanted to smash the screen. The third time, he watched it alongside his audience, cursing the plot’s many absurdities as he we 271Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: The Foolish Zhu Turns Dark 四合院，傻柱黑化 In 1997, during a bitter winter, Shazhu died beneath a bridge. Only at the moment of his death did he finally see the truth. Heaven took pity on him and gave him a chance to be reborn, sending him back to that day in 1965. He refuses to be a widow’s pack mule ever again, or to raise three ungrateful ingrates. He’ll deal with Qin the Widow and tear Jia Zhangshi to pieces. He’s taking back everything that belongs to him! 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: From the Start, He Was No Human Being 开局四合院，他就不是个人 When Guo Qinshou opened his eyes again, he made up his mind: in this life... Sha Zhu: “Guo Dapi, try acting like a decent human being for once...” Qin Huairu: “Guo Dapi, you’re not even human...” Yi Zhonghai: “You’re not even human...” Liu Haizhong: “Not human...” Yan Bugui: “Human...” [This is purely a comedy novel, with no historical or real-world significance. It is an absurd work set in an imaginary world. Much of the description differs from reality, so please don't take it too seriously.] 274Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 31 Starting from This Eerie Siheyuan 从这诡异的四合院开始 This courtyard story definitely has some unusual relationships in the mix! Whether the content feels fresh is for you to decide! It also features different settings and fantasy elements! Come give it a try! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: Putting the Neighbors in Their Place, Huairu Panics 四合院：收拾众禽，淮茹心慌 Zhang Yu transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a resident of the compound. Everyone around him is a beast? Sorry, but I’m even more of a beast than you are. Bang Geng comes to my house to steal? He’s just a kid, no need to punish him. I’ll just keep Qin Huairu in line. Xu Damao tries to sabotage me behind my back? I’m not going to stoop to his level. I’ll just go complain to Lou Xiaoe. As for Silly Zhu, Jia Zhangshi, and First Uncle, they can go cool their heels somewhere else. 37Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 33 A Different Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之不一样的人生 Ye Chen unexpectedly finds himself in a courtyard home and gains access to a food-filled world thousands of times larger than Blue Star. The mountains, rivers, and streams are all delicious. Trees growing on the ground bear rice bowls topped with all kinds of dishes, while the rivers flow not with water but with premium brandy and other drinks. The mountains are made of every kind of ice cream, and even the clouds in the sky are cotton candy. Watch as Ye Chen brings this world overflowing with f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: A Veteran Detective Arrests Every Criminal in the Courtyard 四合院：退伍刑警，抓捕满院罪犯 In the 1950s, Ma Baoguo, who has transmigrated from another time, becomes a demobilized soldier. As soon as he steps off the train, he catches several pickpockets and two spies, awakens the Police God System, and unlocks the Eye of Evil. Before he's even assigned a job, the police bureau recruits him, and he becomes a proud neighborhood officer. When he follows the neighborhood committee to his assigned housing, he discovers that it's a whole courtyard full of scoundrels. And with the Eye of Evi 342Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 35 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—14d adds
- 36 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
- 37 Siheyuan: Bad Luck Follows Me as I Take Down the Beasts 四合院：霉运缠身坑杀禽兽 (This is a mindless power fantasy) Lin Li unexpectedly drops dead, only to transmigrate straight into the courtyard house. His parents are both dead, and the beasts are watching him like hawks. From the start, Jia Zhangshi tries to snatch his food, while Yi Zhonghai takes her side. At the crucial moment, he awakens the Bad Luck System. Whoever dares mess with me will be plagued by bad luck! One misfortune after another! What?! Banggeng and Jia Zhangshi snuck in at night to steal my fish?! I'll h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Egg-and-Meat Lover's Second Book 爱吃鸡蛋肉的第2本书 When I was little, I was always hearing my parents talk about the 1960s: how honest people were and how wonderful life was. I came to long for that era too. Never in a million years did I expect to end up there, in a courtyard house, awakened to an unreliable System, and start... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 My Happy Life in the Courtyard House 四合院我的快乐生活 305Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: Qin Jingru Regrets It and Wants to Throw Herself at Me? No Chance 四合院：秦京茹后悔想倒贴？没门 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Qin Hao is humiliated and rejected by Qin Jingru from the start. Qin Hao refuses to indulge her. He exposes her ugly true colors on the spot! He inherits the old man’s house and moves into the courtyard. When Bang Geng steals from him, Qin Hao sets a trap that leaves him with a broken leg! Qin Huairu wants to use her charms to bleed him dry, and Qin Jingru regrets turning him down and tries to throw herself at him? No way! The First M 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: My Job Is Fixing Beasts 四合院：我的工作，修理禽兽 Transmigrate into Xiang Qianjin. After being struck by the shockwave from an artillery shell, he had no choice but to retire, only to discover that he was in the world of the courtyard house. With the System at his side, his career takes off, and he tramples all the clowns in the courtyard underfoot. 111Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: A Carefree Life Since Childhood 四合院：从小开始的悠闲生活 Chen Jianye wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated to the 1960s and become an orphan with no parents!! Most importantly, he's only twelve, and he's stuck in a Siheyuan full of scoundrels!!! This is a recipe for disaster. What should he do? Accept his fate or fight back? To be or not to be?? Well, if you can't beat them, join them. As long as he becomes the strongest scoundrel of them all, everyone in the courtyard will be a good person! 1kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: Stealing Qin Huairu Away and Driving Jia Dongxu Mad 四合院：截胡秦淮茹，气疯贾东旭 Li Xiangdong transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and awakens a snatching System. He hears Jia Dongxu is going on a blind date, so of course he has to swoop in. Isn’t Qin Huairu, fresh off the market, just perfect? With a little guidance, she can still be set straight. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you successfully snatched her! You’ve been rewarded with a ten-mu pocket dimension, three thousand yuan in cash, and various supplies!” “Ding! Reward...” What? Jia Dongxu is furious? What’s t 311Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: I'm Eight, and Everyone's Drooling over My Food! 四合院：八岁的我馋哭众禽！ “Damn! How did I transmigrate into this courtyard full of beasts?” Before, anyone could bully me, curse me, and beat me? Then I’ll show you whether you can afford to mess with me now. Watch how an eight-year-old with a talent for painting from the start takes over this courtyard full of beasts! “You’re the ones who bullied me, aren’t you?” “The principal’s on my side. Do you dare try anything?” “Didn’t you call me an idiot?” “Is my title of child prodigy enough to make you eat your words?” 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 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
- 46 Films and TV Across the Heavens: Starting in Siheyuan, I Play a Loving Father 诸天影视：从四合院开始扮演慈父 Fu Ci transmigrates into the Courtyard and activates the All-Heavens Loving Father System. From then on, he travels through the worlds, embarking on a journey of playing loving fathers everywhere. First world: The Courtyard Second world: All Is Well Third world: If There Is No Tomorrow Fourth world: The Qiao Family Children Fifth world: A Little Reunion … 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 I'm the Beast King of the Siheyuan 四合院我是禽兽之王 A stunt double from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard compound and becomes Xu Damao, the worst scoundrel among a yard full of scoundrels. How will she survive in this den of beasts? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Redirected Jia Dongxu's Romantic Luck 四合院：开局转移贾东旭的桃花运 Zhou Quan: Jia Dongxu, I’m taking your luck with women. The original, authentic Thirteenth Aunt? Delicious. Silly Zhu, I’m taking your martial luck. That arm you’ve trained for over a decade is mine now. Xu Damao, I’m taking your fortune. Deputy Director Li, I’m taking yours too. From now on, finding money just by going out is no dream. You could even dig up a gold bar while looking for worms to use as fishing bait. First Master, Second Master, I’m taking your career luck. From now on, you can b 38Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Is Ruthless and Keeps the Yard's Vermin in Line 四合院心狠手辣何雨柱拿捏众禽 He got so angry watching Love in the Courtyard that he died! Then he transmigrated into He Yuzhu, the protagonist! Was it just because they had the same name? Fortunately, he activated the Nanny System. All you courtyard beasts, die! You want to leech off me? Keep dreaming! What, you’re the First Master, Second Master, and Third Master? You’re all getting kicked out! Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi want to use moral blackmail? I don’t have any morals to begin with! In this courtyard, my rules are th 366Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 50 Siheyuan: I Became Xu Damao 四合院：我成为了许大茂 Reborn as Xu Damao in the Love in the Courtyard world, he receives a God-Tier Choice System. With not a single worthy opponent in his courtyard, Xu Damao feels utterly helpless!!! And with Xu Damao's arrival, the times slowly begin to take an unknown turn. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
