Novels like Siheyuan: An Ordinary Life Beginning in 1958
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- 51 Siheyuan: You Rejected My Confession, So I Left. Why Are You Crying? 四合院：表白你不接受我走你哭啥 [System + period setting + farming + everyday life + sweet romance] This book is also known as Love in the Courtyard: Refusing to Be a Doormat, Qin Huairu Panics, Reborn Without Becoming Someone's Fall Guy, Qin Huairu Is Panicking, and Reborn: Returning to the Sixties to Become a Tycoon. After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Han Jianguo becomes an ordinary resident. That year, Qin Huairu is still unmarried. Having been poisoned by novels, Han Jianguo promptly decides to g 130Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 52 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Train Qin Huairu 四合院：开局调教秦淮茹 There are too many beasts in this courtyard? Qin Huairu is leading the way in bleeding me, Silly Zhu, dry? I used to think that being a good person would pay off, but all I got was misery. Fine, I'll come clean: I, He Yuzhu, am the biggest bloodsucker of them all. Not one of you is getting away! With the System on my side, I'll teach them all a lesson. In this courtyard, I call the shots! 151Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Siheyuan: Free and Easy 四合院：自在逍遥 He transmigrates into the courtyard and immediately finds himself facing moral blackmail. With Zhou Yuan's arrival, the times slowly begin to take an unknown turn. When he finally looks back, Zhou Yuan has become the one stirring up the storm. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Siheyuan: I Thrive in the Siheyuan 四合院：我在四合院如鱼得水 Li Weiguo, a young man with nothing to his name, transmigrates into a world centered on the drama Full Courtyard, where multiple storylines converge. The beloved Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru, Chen Xueru, Liang Ladi, Ding Qiunan, and others will all appear as the story unfolds. This is a work I've poured my heart and soul into. Every word has been carefully considered and revised. You're all welcome to come and read it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 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
- 56 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. 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Siheyuan: I Just Can't Figure It Out 四合院：我百思不得其解 “What? I’ve been reborn? And in Love in the Courtyard? OMG, oh my god, are they trying to get this clueless little idiot killed?” Ding! The Completely Incomprehensible System is online. Quest System activated. Quest 1: … Quest 2: … Oh, what’s this thing? Isn’t this the hehehe System? I’m Cao Cao’s heir, after all. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 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
- 59 Siheyuan: Driving Everyone Mad at the Compound Meeting 四合院：从全院大会逼疯众人 When Lin Hai arrived at the courtyard compound, he looked at all the familiar faces and gave them a benevolent smile. What, you want me to support you? What, you want me to give you money? Get lost, all of you. A story about a post-2000s youngster whipping the courtyard compound into shape. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 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
- 61 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
- 62 Siheyuan: Marrying Xu Banxia, Becoming Rich Beyond Measure 四合院：娶妻许半夏，多财多亿 Li Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Daoist disciple. His master has just died, and now he is forced to leave the mountain. On the way, he rescues a woman from drowning, only for her to demand that he marry her on the spot. Looking closer, he realizes it's Xu Banxia! Just then, the System binds to him. If he breaks his vows and takes a wife, he can earn rewards from the System! Naturally, there's no need to hesitate. If he won't marry Xu Banxia when she's right in front of him —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 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—Shelves
- 64 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
- 65 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—Shelves
- 66 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—Shelves
- 67 Siheyuan: You Forced Me to the Countryside, and Now You Expect Things to Go Well? 四合院：逼我下乡，你们还想好？ Ren Zhen transmigrates into the courtyard. The original owner was timid and had lost both parents. From the start, Yi Zhonghai joins forces with Silly Zhu and the Jia family to seize his home. That’s not all: Yi Zhonghai also wants to pocket the compensation money owed to Ren Zhen’s parents and even force him to register as a rural resident. He insists that he’s doing all this for Ren Zhen’s own good… As a member of the 21st-century transmigration wave, how could Ren Zhen put up with that? Ren Z —Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 68 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—Shelves
- 69 My Happy Life in the Courtyard House 四合院我的快乐生活 302Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 70 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—Shelves
- 71 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Reborn 四合院之傻柱重生 If He Yuzhu returned to the past with a divine-artifact System space, what kinds of trials would he face? Let's wait and see, actually, this synopsis is nonsense. This story is meant to be satirical. 4.3kReads8.6Score168Shelves
- 72 Keeping a Low Profile in the Siheyuan, Watching the Neighbors Fight Among Themselves 苟在四合院看众禽内斗 If you accidentally transmigrated into a courtyard, and happened to arrive just as Banggeng stole a chicken, what would you do? Slap all those awful people? Or work hard to build your own career? Following the principle, “If you don't mess with me, I won't mess with you. If you do, I'll hit back,” Zhang Cheng makes his way through the courtyard and thrives at the steel mill. Of course, he hasn't forgotten his goal: to build his own career in this era of surging change. And his goal is to reach f 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 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 309Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: Opening Treasure Chests at the Security Office 四合院：在保卫科开宝箱 At first, given his background and abilities, he thought he could treat the beasts in the compound as targets to fleece, so everyone could get along and be happy. But Chen Youli soon realized it was all too easy. There was a reason the place was known as the Beast-Filled Courtyard. Chen Youli decided to bring the axe down on some of those beasts. 17Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 75 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?” 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 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
- 77 Roaming Through Film and Television, Starting in Siheyuan 从四合院开始漫游影视 [Love in the Courtyard + The Knockout + ...] Chen Xing can transmigrate into TV dramas and change every regretful outcome. He walks other people's paths but lives his own life. After traversing myriad worlds, he is no longer lost. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 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. 4Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 79 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
- 80 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
- 81 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Marries Jia Zhangshi from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱娶了贾张氏 The courtyard was never about fighting and killing. It was more about human relationships and the ways of the world. Liu Xuan accidentally transmigrates into the courtyard and, from the start, sends Jia Zhangshi straight to Silly Zhu's wedding room. The Third Uncle dares to scheme? He gets hauled straight in. Bang Geng dares to steal? Toss him into the cesspit! Liu Xuan kills anyone who stands in his way, be they gods or Buddhas. From then on, he's king of the courtyard, and the other birds can —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 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 363Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 83 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm Worth Ten Thousand Yuan 四合院之开局万元户 The rich kid Lin Sen accidentally transmigrates back to 1960. What if there's no System? No problem. We'll make it on our own. What if the three years of famine leave us with nothing to eat? No problem. We'll provide for ourselves. What if there's no entertainment? No problem. The whole courtyard is full of clowns to keep us amused. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 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 1kReads5.5Score103Shelves
- 85 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
- 86 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—Shelves
- 87 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
- 88 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
- 89 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
- 90 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
- 91 Siheyuan: The Perfect 6.19 Edition 四合院六点一九完美版 Title: The Courtyard, Perfect Edition, June 19 There are countless courtyard stories on Tomatoes. And countless more courtyards that readers have seen. My courtyard story has no System! Pay attention! No System! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Siheyuan: After Cutting Ties, the Second Master Breaks Down in Tears 四合院：断绝关系后，二大爷泪崩 [One heroine + Period setting + Farming + Siheyuan] Reborn as Liu Guangtian, the son of Second Uncle, the stingy miser. He gets a diligence-rewarded System: as long as he perseveres, he can become an all-around grandmaster! He had planned to contribute to the country's development, but first he has to deal with Liu Haizhong, who keeps squeezing him dry. And all the beasts in the courtyard! From then on, he uses the System to fight the courtyard's beasts while building the country, setting off on 2Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 93 Siheyuan: My Name Is Cao Chengxiang 四合院之我叫曹成象 Cao Chengxiang transmigrates to a parallel world based on the novel "The Birds Fill the Courtyard", where he has no overpowered status, just an ordinary job inherited from his predecessor. After observing the place for a few months, he realizes these jerks aren't nearly as formidable as he'd imagined. They're just people with two shoulders and one head like anyone else. When the Jia family starts trouble and Yi Zhonghai backs them up, Cao Chengxiang refuses to put up with it. He beats Yi Zhongha 5Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 94 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. 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: I Tricked Silly Zhu into Ruining His Life 四合院：把傻柱忽悠瘸了 [Courtyard setting + no System + altered plot + everyday life] Lin Chen, a modern-day overworked office worker, transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He reforms the people in the courtyard and gets them to turn over a new leaf! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Siheyuan: King of the Beasts 四合院：禽兽之王 In this menagerie of a courtyard, Lou Xiao'e is the one who leaves the deepest regret. From the start, I became Xu Damao, fleeced Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu until they were completely broke, submitted Miss Qiu's design blueprints, and became a deputy factory director. So after working hard for so long, can't I finally enjoy myself? 10Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 97 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Live in Peace 四合院：我只想好好的 [Brutally Eliminate the Courtyard's Beasts] He accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard house. Watch how our protagonist hones himself among scoundrels and rids the world of this bunch of nuisances. From the start, he beats Silly Zhu to a pulp. The Thief Saint turns into the last eunuch, but still comes looking for trouble, so he gets crippled on the spot. The White Lotus tries to mess with me, and I make sure she can't hook anyone. Jia Zhangshi uses a spell to summon a ghost, so I make her m 1.6kReads6.2Score100Shelves
- 98 Siheyuan: Starting by Driving Jia Zhangshi Mad 四合院：从气疯贾张氏开始 [Courtyard Setting + Lighthearted Humor + Taming the Harem + One Female Lead] Li Yang transmigrates to the courtyard and is framed by Jia Zhangshi for stealing a chicken. Then he awakens the Insulting People System. Watch as the protagonist gradually drives the ungrateful Jia Zhangshi mad, humiliates the hypocritical Qin Huairu, and beats up the ultimate simp, Silly Zhu... 744Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 99 Siheyuan: Taking Jia Dongxu as My Disciple in the 1950s 四合院：50年代，收贾东旭为徒 After falling down the stairs drunk, I transmigrated to an impoverished era and became Li Huaimin, a quiet, taciturn man. Bound to the Disciple Recruitment System, I began taking on disciples in a courtyard house. Old Jia had just died, so I took Jia Dongxu as my first disciple... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Siheyuan: Marrying Lou Xiao'e and Making It Big in Hong Kong 四合院：娶娄晓娥，香江大展宏图 Yang Jianhua transmigrated into the world of the courtyard and activated the Modern Shopping Mall System. By completing the System’s inspection missions, he could earn points to exchange for merchandise. He might also trigger a mall raffle for a chance to win luxury goods. With the System at his command, Yang Jianhua cast off his old, simple-minded image and began throwing his weight around the courtyard. He disciplined Jia Zhangshi, teased Qin Huairu, beat up He Yuzhu, and more. The troublemake 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
