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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—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: The Jia Family's Wedding Feast, I'm Coming with a Blade! 四合院：贾家婚宴，我提刀上门！ I open my eyes and find myself lying in a dilapidated house, with a younger brother named Gao Qisheng and a younger sister named Gao Qilan beside me. And this is Love in the Courtyard? And I seem to be a small-time fishmonger named Gao Qiqiang. Yi Zhonghai: “Are you saying you don't respect the neighborhood committee's appointed courtyard head?!” Gao Qiqiang: “It's not that I don't respect the courtyard head appointed by the neighborhood committee. I just don't respect you!” Liu Haizhong: “D 495Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 3 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—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: This Guy Never Lets Himself Lose Out 四合院：这人不吃一点亏啊 As Zhao Yuanming munches on sunflower seeds, everything suddenly goes black, and he transmigrates into the world of film and television! He becomes a resident of Love in the Courtyard. He has a wife, Zhou Li, and an adorable daughter, Zhao Xiaoyou. The original owner drank all day and beat his wife and daughter, but Zhao Yuanming, who has transmigrated into his body, won’t act that way. After activating the System, he enjoys a happy life with his wife and child by his side! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: My Little Crew Is a Billion Strong 四合院：我的小弟有亿点多 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he gets bound to a System that lets him recruit underlings! In this courtyard crawling with scoundrels, Zhao Cheng begins a very different life. What’s the point of merely dealing with the scoundrels? You have to make them submit to you completely! (A fresh take on life in the courtyard. Everyone’s welcome!) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 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
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 Siheyuan: Cao Cao Is Reborn as Silly Zhu, and the Door Gets Knocked to Pieces 四合院：曹操重生傻柱，门被敲烂 Cao Cao is dumbfounded: he's been reborn, and what's more, he's become Silly Zhu in a Siheyuan a thousand years in the future. But after meeting Qin Huairu, Lou Xiao'e, Qin Jingru, Ran Qiuyue, Yu Haitang, and the others, he puts aside thoughts of building an empire for the ages and decides to talk about life first. In his spare time, he has endless fun messing with the beasts in the compound. Before long, the Siheyuan is in an uproar. Bang Geng: “Uncle Zhu, please stop hitting me! I'll do whatev 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 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—Shelves
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 Siheyuan: Turning Trash into Treasure and Taking Over the Capital 四合院：变废为宝，玩转四九城 He Ping transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he binds himself to a Turn Trash Into Treasure System! Can he grow stronger by collecting scrap? Can the scrap-collecting System turn it into cash? Hahaha, does this mean I’m going to take off? Before long, while putting the courtyard’s troublemakers in their place, He Ping is already living a comfortable life… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: One Theme Song, and the Whole Courtyard Ends Up Behind Bars 四合院：一首主题曲，全院铁窗泪 Zhen Cheng transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. A pack of troublemakers lived all around him, and all Zhen Cheng wanted was to move away. But the God-Tier Lottery System forced him to stay for a whole year. Just as he was getting restless, his mother brought home two young women. A blind date? But I want to leave the courtyard! Still, who wouldn't like an outstanding woman? Who could possibly resist... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 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
- 16 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Happy Life 四合院：许大茂的幸福生活 Xu Damao arrives in Love in the Courtyard with the Peak System. In this perfect era, he plans to change everything and build a business empire of his own, making everyone see him in a whole new light… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 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—Shelves
- 18 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—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I Take Jia Zhangshi to Task 四合院：重生傻柱，怒怼贾张氏 After transmigrating to the 1960s, he becomes Silly Zhu, the fool everyone schemes against. He had thought that simply ignoring Widow Qin’s family would be enough. But when he came home with his lunchbox, Jia Zhangshi grabbed him of her own accord. Her eyes were fixed on his lunchbox. “Ding! Random quest triggered. Jia Zhangshi wants the Host’s lunchbox. The Host should show her that you’re not who you used to be, and that you’re no longer the old Silly Zhu. Give Jia Zhangshi a sharp tongue-lash —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat Banggeng to a Pulp with One Hammer Blow 四合院：开局暴揍棒梗，一锤八十 Zhou Fang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. When he wakes up, the first things he sees are peeling walls and shabby furniture. Looks like he's in for a rough time. As Zhou Fang sighs, a System voice rings out in his mind. [Congratulations, Host. You have awakened the Fortune Space System.] Anything stored inside can absorb the energy of creation and transform into something better! Zhou Fang feels a little comforted. After all, having a System is like getting cheat codes. Fr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 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
- 22 Siheyuan: The System Won’t Let Me Be a Slacker 四合院：系统不允许我做咸鱼 In the capital’s old city, in a traditional courtyard house. Li Aiguo woke from a drunken stupor and reached for the water by his bedside, but his hand found nothing. He touched only empty air, which struck him as strange. He reached around several more times, but still came up empty-handed. Only then did he realize this was no joke. He opened his eyes and saw an old, spacious house. The room was bare, everything in its most untouched state. He was utterly astonished… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Make a Wish and Become a God in the Siheyuan 我在四合院许愿成神 Welcome to my story. This is a tale about a modern person living peacefully in a courtyard full of beasts. It's also a story about someone who dreams of becoming a god. Life in a courtyard can take a thousand different forms. I simply want to tell the story of courtyard life as I imagine it. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 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—Shelves
- 25 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—Shelves
- 26 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
- 27 Siheyuan: Don't Try to Manipulate Me 四合院：不要算计我 5.3kReads6.6Score118Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: I Have a Backyard of My Own 四合院：我有一座后花园 “My dad is Li Gang?” No, I’m Li Gang! I return to the courtyard after leaving the army and am assigned a job at the local police station. My family has three spacious rooms, and there’s even a little pond in the backyard. The beasts still dare to pull their stunts? I’ll laugh as they hit the ground, knocking out their front teeth. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: A Ruthless One Arrives, Sending Everyone Straight to Prison 四合院：狠人降临，统统送监狱 From the start, his younger sister is bullied by Bangeng. She goes to Jia Zhangshi to demand an explanation, only for Silly Zhu to beat her unconscious on the spot? That’s a grudge worth killing over. A gentleman does not leave a debt of vengeance unpaid! Silly Zhu, just wait until you’re behind bars! Yi Zhonghai comes to plead for him, but you won’t get away either. Lock him up! Granny Deaf comes to plead for him. Do you think you’re any better than Yi Zhonghai? Lock her up! Qin Huairu doesn’t 3Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: I Asked You to Treat an Illness, Not Take a Beast's Life 四合院：让你治个病，你要禽兽命 After transmigrating into "Love in the Courtyard", Zhang Yuan became a legendary doctor. The moment he opened his eyes, Zhang Yuan was devastated... I've freaking transmigrated into the body of an old man. A one-hundred-year-old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Just as Zhang Yuan was sighing, a mechanical voice rang out. Ding! The System is beginning its automatic binding process. The more serious the illness you cure with the Divine Doctor System, the richer the reward! Although he's alr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 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
- 32 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—Shelves
- 33 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
- 34 Siheyuan: I Want to Be the Boss 四合院之我要当大爷 A young person from the new era finds their soul transported to the 1960s. With a scheming neighbor on one side and tangled workplace rivalries on the other, can they come out on top at every turn with nothing but an unreliable System? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 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—Shelves
- 36 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
- 37 Siheyuan: Tripping Up the Vile Neighbors Today, Earning Immortal Merit for Tomorrow 四合院：坑禽兽在当代，功在千秋 Did I transmigrate? When Zhao Yuanming opened his eyes and saw the unfamiliar surroundings, he freaked out. Zhao Yuanming felt like crying, but couldn't shed a tear. Just as he was feeling miserable, a voice rang out in his mind. Starting assets: one mu of farmland and three kinds of seeds. The farmland would expand as his abilities grew, and the variety of seeds would increase as well. The harvest could be exchanged for various skills. Special ability: Infinite Space. Farming? Space? Seeds? How —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 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
- 39 Siheyuan: Filling Workers' Stomachs to the Brim 四合院，让工人的胃满满登登 (This novel focuses on everyday life and realistic details, mainly depicting local customs and the historical traces of that extraordinary era.) Liu Dong, furious after being bullied by fifteen-year-old Silly Zhu, heads back to his hometown. He arrives just as his village is fighting with neighboring Qin Family Village over water. Rushing in to help, Liu Dong is unlucky enough to be beaten to death with a stick by Qin Gang, Qin Huairu's younger brother. A twenty-first-century man named Liu Don 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 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—Shelves
- 41 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—Shelves
- 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—Shelves
- 43 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—Shelves
- 44 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
- 45 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—Shelves
- 46 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
- 47 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—Shelves
- 48 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—Shelves
- 49 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
- 50 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—Shelves
