Novels like Reborn in an Era of Great Change
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- 51 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—14d adds
- 52 My Cultivation Life in the Siheyuan 四合院我的修仙生活 This book has no angst. It’s all about taking it easy, enjoying life, and having fun~ Multiple heroines Song Cheng transmigrates into the world of the courtyard houses. As the only cultivator, watch how he lives his life. Relaxed, happy, carefree, and at ease 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 53 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—14d adds
- 54 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—14d adds
- 55 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 120Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 56 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! 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 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—14d adds
- 58 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. 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Sending Someone to Prison from the Start 四合院：开局送人进监狱 He transmigrated into the world of the courtyard. And in this world, his background was utterly tragic! So what should he do? Of course, send that person straight to prison! 519Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take Down Silly Zhu, and the Troublemakers Rage 四合院：开局干翻傻柱，众禽怒了 Li Jiafei transmigrates into the world of The Courtyard Full of Scheming Neighbors and unexpectedly binds to the Outrage System. To make myself stronger, I go up against all those scheming neighbors. They’re furious! I’m making a killing... 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 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—14d adds
- 63 Beasts in the Siheyuan: I'm a Beast Tamer! 禽满四合院：我是训禽师！ Li Guang transmigrates into the world of "Four-Courtyard Shadows", where sign-in rewards make life a joy. Uncle One earns a high salary. Li Guang says he’s only a tiny bit behind him. How much is a tiny bit? About as much as Mount Everest. Uncle Two is obsessed with becoming an official? Consider it done. You’re now the director of the steel mill toilets! Uncle Three is stingy. Great. I’ll make sure you don’t even have a door to skimp on. Silly Zhu? Hold on. What did you just call me? Your godfa 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 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—14d adds
- 65 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—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: The Beasts Are Sickos, but I'm Even Worse 四合院：禽兽变态，我更变态 Liu Junlin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and activates the Ghost-Control System from the start. If those scoundrels come looking for trouble, they’re just asking for trouble. Starting with Jia Dongxu, they’ll all come knocking just to get themselves killed! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 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—14d adds
- 68 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—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: A Good Life, All Thanks to the Netizens 四合院：美好生活，全靠网友 [Reader Interaction] + [Serving the Motherland] + [Building the Nation Through Science and Technology] + [One Female Lead] Zhang Fan transmigrated into a courtyard compound, bringing with him the online shopping System from his previous life. Qin Huairu wants to mooch off me? I’ll kick her out! Yi Zhonghai wants to guilt-trip me? Go ahead, try it on me! He Yuzhu is a big idiot? What’s that got to do with me! Zhang Fan stands above the fray, ignoring all the squabbling in the courtyard. In this l 2Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 70 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
- 71 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
- 72 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—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: Reborn in Silly Zhu’s Body, I Embark on a Dark Path 四合院：魂穿傻柱，开启黑化之路 “Damn, I'm still alive?” “Who am I?” “Where am I?” “Didn't I die beneath a car after saving a little girl?” “I've become He Yuzhu, also known as Silly Zhu.” “Since things have come to this, I'll be He Yuzhu. But I'm no fool, and you can forget about squeezing any more out of me.” 460Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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
- 75 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—14d adds
- 76 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—14d adds
- 77 Siheyuan: Fleeing Famine to the Forty-Nine City 四合院：逃荒来到四九城 Wu Guoqing grew up in a famine-stricken village. After his parents died, he had no choice but to flee with his younger sister. On the way back, he fell gravely ill and his memories awakened. Protecting his sister every step of the way, he eventually ended up at a street relief center in Sijiu City. Through his own efforts, he got a job at a steel mill and a home of his own. He realized he was doing quite well, and he and his sister went on to live happily together. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Have Descended from the Heavens! 四合院：我何雨柱就是天神下凡！ The Jade Emperor obtained a scroll depicting an extremely masculine man named He Yuzhu, then sent his soul into the River of Time. But unexpectedly, just as the River of Time was about to head for its intended world, a flash of light suddenly appeared from nowhere and smashed into it, knocking it toward a different point in space. That chosen one, He Yuzhu, was struck by the flash and sent straight into the year 1950, five years before the founding of Xia Country. When did I become a pillar? Wha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Old Fox of the Siheyuan 四合院里的老六 As a transmigrator from the 21st century, Wang Mingluo joins the countless others swept into another world. His sly, troublemaking nature plays out again and again in the courtyard compound. Guided by the principle of doing nothing when there’s trouble, since doing more means making more mistakes, doing less means making fewer mistakes, and doing nothing means making none, the protagonist keeps trying and trying. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 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
- 81 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—14d adds
- 82 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—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, with Lou Xiao'e as My Wife 四合院：重生傻柱，老婆娄小娥 For the Jia family, for Qin Huairu, and for Banggen, He Yuzhu gave it everything he had! When he grew old and could no longer earn a living, he was thrown out of the courtyard and froze to death beneath an overpass! Worse still, as he lay dying, wild dogs gnawed at his flesh! But his archenemy, Xu Damao, snatched his body away from a stray dog, leaving him with an intact corpse. He opens his eyes and is reborn at eighteen. With extraordinary talent and an incredible knack for mastering the culin 5Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 84 Livestreaming from the Siheyuan: Pranking Every Beast 直播四合院：整蛊所有禽兽 [Livestreaming + period story set in a Beijing courtyard, with a fun, humorous tone] Zhang Sanfeng wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Birds Filling the Courtyard and activated a Livestreaming System. The more viewers his livestream attracts, the more points he earns. He can redeem his points for all kinds of items in the System's shop. To build a better life, Zhang Sanfeng sets out to drive the courtyard's troublemakers crazy with one prank after another. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm a Culinary God, Competing with Silly Zhu for Women 四合院：开局食神，跟傻柱抢女人 [God of Food System + Justice Arrives + Sharpening Knives to Slaughter Poultry + Gradual Growth] As everyone knows, The Birds Fill the Courtyard is also known as Silly Zhu's Diary of a Lovesick Fool. The bloodsucking widow Qin Huairu, the village beauty Qin Jingru The innocent young Lou Xiao'e, and the steel mill beauty Yu Haitang I, Liu Changjun, am a bona fide graduate of Lanxiang Technical School, a three-star chef with a gourmet System. In no time, I'll shove Silly Zhu aside and take over as —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 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
- 87 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... 749Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 88 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
- 89 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—14d adds
- 90 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—14d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: Reborn for a Second Life, I’m Going to Study 四合院：重活一世，我要读书 I don’t know if the He family’s ancestors must have had smoke rising from their graves, because this kid is nothing like the rest of them. He’s been a born student since childhood, and he’s made it all the way through school. Now, not long after the college entrance exam was announced, he’s getting ready to take it and go to university... —Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 92 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—14d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: Starting on June 1, I Immediately Began Buying Scrap 四合院：人在六一开局直接收废品 Liu Yue thought he’d run into disaster, but his allotted lifespan wasn’t over yet. That was why he was reborn more than sixty years in the past, in an era when no one went hungry. Bound to an overpowered System, he starts out by collecting scrap and gradually climbs to the pinnacle of life! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: My Uncle Is Yi Zhonghai 四合院：我大伯是易中海 He grew up in a major heavy-industry city in Northeast China. Only then did he learn that he also had an uncle in the Forty-Nine City, named Yi Zhonghai. What the hell, how could there be such a coincidence? Could it be that they just had the same name? By then, he was already a seventh-level engineer and had been assigned to a steel mill in the Forty-Nine City. There was no choice but to seek out his uncle, his own uncle, that is. When he entered the courtyard house, he saw that everyone there —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Siheyuan: Taking Yi Zhonghai Down First from the Start 四合院：开局先搞垮易中海 Wang Kaixuan transmigrates to the 1960s and gains a sign-in System, enjoying a carefree and happy life. His older sister marries into the capital, only to be viciously bullied by the Siheyuan's packed house of beasts. Wang Kaixuan rushes to the Siheyuan in the capital to help her, beating the courtyard's brutes and vowing to give his sister a fair and peaceful world! 514Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 96 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
- 97 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
- 98 Siheyuan: This Is Ridiculous! I Have an Infinite Supply of Meat 四合院：离谱！我竟然有无限肉吃 [Courtyard-house setting + System + slice of life + mild edge + period flavor + historical inventor] The story has a mild edge, so there won't be violence at the drop of a hat, though there'll still be schemes when needed. The tone is light and cheerful. Reborn as He Yuzhu, he brings his little sister along and takes in Xiaodang, whom she was supposed to replace, so he can dismantle the bloodsucking family from within. The bloodsucking mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can't drain He Yuzhu anymo 416Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 99 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—14d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: I Refuse to Be Silly Zhu! 四合院：我，拒绝当傻柱！ When Silly Zhu transmigrates and activates a System, gaining a mysterious space, he unexpectedly goes into business in this era. With the System at his feet and a space at his command, getting rich is no dream. 197Reads5.6Score—14d adds
