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- 101 Starting with Tree Planting at Saihanba 从塞罕坝种树开始 Lin Sen woke up one morning and found himself in 1955. It was a vibrant, passionate era. Like other transmigrators, he had his own golden finger. The Tree-Planting System. He'd get a reward for every tree he planted. But the System stipulated where he had to plant them: Saihanba, where the wind blew just once a year, from the first day of the first lunar month to the thirtieth day of the twelfth. So Lin Sen packed his bags and left the Jiangnan water towns for the highland plateau. 2.6kReads8.6Score13314d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: Entering the Dao Through Martial Arts, Building an Immortal Clan! 四合院：以武入道，建长生家族！ [Siheyuan] [One Female Lead] [No System] [No Pocket Dimension] [Transmigration] A modern young man takes a nap by chance. When he wakes up, he has been reborn as He Yuzhu, a character of the same name from Love in the Courtyard. He is only fifteen years old. To make matters worse, his father, He Daqing, ran off with Widow Bai yesterday, leaving him and his six-year-old sister, He Yushui, to depend on each other. 4.8kReads6.7Score11414d adds
- 103 Period: A Carefree Little Life Starting with Going to the Countryside 年代：从下乡开始的自在小日子 After accidentally transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhou Yunhuai becomes an educated youth about to be sent to the countryside for a stint in the production brigades. But there's no need to worry. With a pocket dimension at his disposal, he might actually find country life more comfortable… 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 104 Transmigrating to a Siheyuan, I Begin a Life of Glory and Power! 穿越四合院，开启叱咤风云一生！ Before the economic reforms, the focus is on wacky antics and comedy; afterward, it shifts to business rivalries, so the style changes. The story leans heavily toward comedy, and the male lead isn't very domineering. The plot focuses on romantic entanglements, so don't read it if that's not your thing. Zhao Wansheng has just been dumped by his girlfriend of four years when an electric bike hits and kills him. He transmigrates into the world of the TV series Love in the Courtyard. After living a 1.2kReads5.9Score—14d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to the Golden Age 四合院：穿越黄金年代 He Yuting transmigrates to the 1980s and becomes Silly Zhu's cousin. In an era where gold seems to lie everywhere, who has time to fool around with those rotten people? The only sensible rule is to focus on making money! 4.7kReads7.7Score20114d adds
- 106 Starting in the Siheyuan by Refusing to Switch Homes 四合院从拒绝换房开始 A new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 838Reads5.5Score10514d adds
- 107 Highland Ranch 高原牧场 The sky stretches overhead, the grassland rolls away, and the wind parts the grass to reveal cattle and sheep. How many people envy the pastoral life of a herder? At the meeting point of three regions, a ranch is slowly gaining fame. Guard dogs, yak herds, Simmental cattle, Limousin cattle, Small-Tailed Han sheep, Boer goats, Mongolian horses, Xinjiang horses, and more... 2kReads7.1Score10314d adds
- 108 A Blood-Red Romance: I Have a Pocket Dimension 血色浪漫之我有空间 I said Zhong Yuemin was useless, and you made me transmigrate? I've become Zhong Yuemin? Then I'm about to take off! What, I even have pocket space? I'm Zhong Yuemin, invincible in this world. Those monkeys dare to invade? Wipe them out! The Yasukuni Shrine is disgusting? Blow it up! The British Museum? Raid it! I also have regrets to make up for! —Reads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 109 Hunting in the Mountains: Back in 1978, I Was a Fearsome Hunter 赶山：回到1978我打猎超猛的 [Reborn + Period Piece + Hunting] Good news: I’ve been reborn… in 1978. Bad news: I nearly got beaten half to death. Good news: The mountains are rich in resources, wild animals are everywhere, and hunting is allowed. Bad news: I can’t afford a gun… Good news: I’ve become the village girls’ crush. Bad news: This is an era of scarcity. Every meal is cornbread, steamed corn buns, or sweet potato porridge. We’re so poor we can barely scrape by. Good news: My shooting is godlike. I never miss. To ch 4kReads8.4Score17514d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: From He Xiao to the Great Hong Kong Era 四合院：从何晓开始到香江大时代 Reborn as He Xiao, the eight-year-old son of Silly Zhu from Love in the Courtyard, He Xiao activates the Love in the Courtyard and Hong Kong The Greed of Man crossover sign-in System. Aunt Qin, my dad's money must be paid back with interest! You ungrateful wretch Bang Geng, this house was left to my dad by Grandma Deaf. Get out! Xu Damao: He Xiao, I'm begging you, can I just keep the house and not sell it? 604Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 111 Siheyuan: I Have a Skill System 四合院：我有一个技能系统 A world where period dramas collide! Pei Xingyuan is reborn. After his memories merge, he discovers that he is now in the capital in 1965! When the thrilled Pei Xingyuan discovers he also has a skill System, he gets even more excited! What? The System is incomplete? And the damn System is bound to the courtyard from that Beastly Courtyard, so he can only earn experience points by checking in there? The Thief Saint, Banggeng, isn't just his neighbor, but also his classmate? 8Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 112 Reborn in 1985: A House Full of Warmth 重生1985：温馨满屋 [A Scumbag's Atonement + Pampering His Wife and Kids + Building Wealth + A Couple Starting a Business] After graduating from vocational college, Dong Jiajun is framed and loses his chance at a secure government job. Everyone assumes he'll lose heart and waste his life. But to everyone's amazement, he manages to persuade the campus belle to move back to his village, reclaim wasteland, farm it, and give birth to his boy-and-girl twins... Then one day, the news comes on TV: Dong Jiajun is holding 1.2kReads8.8Score10014d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: A Nobody’s Carefree Life, Powered by Sign-Ins 四合院：小人物，靠签到逍遥世间 Jiang Weiguo accidentally transmigrates to 1962, into Love in the Courtyard, a place plagued by shortages and crawling with beasts. Watch how he rises to the top with the help of a sign-in System. The Jia family, don’t even think about taking a single advantage of me. Silly Zhu, you deserve to die without an heir. The First Master is a hypocrite; the Second Master is a useless fool; the Third Master is still scheming. P.S. Later on, he’ll go to Xiangjiang, and characters from other movies and TV 23Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 114 Siheyuan: Taking Silly Zhu’s Place from the Start 四合院开局替代傻柱 9.2kReads7.5Score22614d adds
- 115 1961: I Was Only Eight the Year I Was Reborn 1961：重生那年我才八岁 Note: This is a slow-paced, slow-burn novel!! Not much excitement; the focus is on amusing everyday life!! The figures in this story belong to a parallel world. Please don't compare them with reality! [Homesteading] + [Period] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Laid-back] + [Homesteading] + [Raising children] + [Transmigration] + [Lighthearted] + [Slow-paced] + [Slow-burn] + [Daily life] + [Amusing moments] + [Nonsense] + [Made up] A young man had possessed a mysterious pocket dimension since modern times. 1.2kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 116 Under Zhengyang Gate: Marrying Guan Xiaoguan 正阳门下：娶妻关小关 Gu Yuemin was a struggling author in 2025. While watching the TV drama Under the Zhengyang Gate, Han Chunming made him furious! Of all people, why did he have to fall for someone who was “all looks and no substance”? In a fit of anger, Gu Yuemin got angry for a moment! And then...! 13.4kReads7.1Score42614d adds
- 117 Reborn in 1977, I Marry the Girl of My Dreams from the Start 重生1977，开局娶白月光知青 If spring winds could pity the flowers, would you let me be young once more? Zhang Pan woke up to find himself back in 1977! As long-forgotten memories came alive, the young man faced a choice that would determine his fate. He would fight against the current... 636Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 118 Back in the 1980s, I Returned to Beijing to Rule the Scene 80年代，杀回京圈当大佬 In 1985, even a pig could take flight if it stood in the right place at the right time. Xiao Guofeng returns to this era reborn, bringing his seed shop with him. Standing before his family's fishpond, he vows, “In this life, I won't let you exploit and squeeze us dry ever again. I'll take good care of Grandpa, protect my little sister, and marry the wife who's suffered a lifetime of hardship. Our whole family will live well!” 905Reads6.6Score10414d adds
- 119 Siheyuan: A Hundred-Year-Old Man Drives the Beasts to Madness 四合院：百岁老头，逼疯禽兽 [Miracle Doctor + Siheyuan + Cunning Protagonist + System + One Female Lead] Zhou Changsheng transmigrated into the world of Siheyuan and became a dying centenarian. From the start, he rose from the dead at his own funeral, scaring the whole flock of scheming neighbors into chaos. Silly Zhu stole my coffin money? I'll give him a good, full-force slap! Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip me with morality? Sorry, old man here has neither morals nor manners! Granny Deaf tries to throw her weight around 1.6kReads7.7Score10114d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: Froakie Is Here, Thanks for Not Sucking Me In 四合院:蛙崽上线，感谢不吸之恩 A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.8kReads7.5Score10014d adds
- 121 Officialdom: Rising from the Grassroots 官场：从基层崛起 Wang Lilun was silenced by a “benefactor.” Now he is reborn on the day before he returns to the city. This time, he makes a decision that goes against everything his family taught him: he will stay in this remote corner of the Northwest and rise from an unknown nobody into a powerful figure capable of standing up to his “benefactor” face-to-face... 1.2kReads7.2Score10814d adds
- 122 Reborn in 1976: Starting Over as a Sent-Down Youth 重生1976从知青开始 [A refreshing, long-running political drama] In a freak car accident, Liu Yan gives his life to protect the woman he loves. When he wakes up, he has transmigrated to the 1970s and been reborn as a young educated urbanite sent to the countryside, who shares his name. To his surprise, his new self’s wife has the same name as the woman he loved in his previous life. From then on, Liu Yan embarks on a successful path to a career in government… 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Back to 1975 重回1975年 He dug in mines, hauled bricks, and did time! He worked as a bodyguard and scavenged through trash! In his later years, he was left utterly alone, living a miserable, wretched life! Zhang Wendong is reborn in 1975. This time, he’ll live for himself alone and begin a new chapter in life! 169Reads7.9Score23914d adds
- 124 Wasn't This Supposed to Be the Apocalypse? How Did It Turn Into a Siheyuan? 说好的末世呢，怎么是四合院 My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 9.8kReads7.6Score44714d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: The Siege of Beiping Begins 四合院：从北平围城开始 This is the author's second book. I hope readers enjoy it. In 1949, Beiping was still a city ruled by shit and piss. The whole city was covered in manure, and everyone in town forged ahead through it all. The protagonist, He Yuzhu, is learning to cook at Fengzeyuan alongside He Daqing. He Daqing is destined to have nothing to do with the widow Bai, because with He Yuzhu's support, he'll soon remarry. From 1965 to 1976: taking refuge on Songshan Island. In the 1980s: Lou Xiao'e visits relatives i 5.8kReads8.4Score12814d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: They Squeezed Me Dry, So I Got a Billionfold Return 四合院：我，被吸血，亿万倍回报 I transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard. Everyone else is afraid of being exploited. Me, Xu Yuanchao, get exploited and receive a reward worth billions of times more. Jia Zhangshi's youngest son steals cabbage from my garden, and I get modern greenhouse farming technology. Bang Geng steals a string of firecrackers from me, and I get rocket launch technology. I teach Qin Huairu to become a Grade Five worker, and get the complete technology for a nuclear aircraft carrier. Man, this System 70Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 127 The 1970s: A House Full of Descendants, Starting With the Countryside 年代，子孙满堂从下乡开始 After transmigrating, Jiang Lin plunges headfirst into the Northeast countryside during a fervent era and becomes an educated youth sent down to the countryside. While everyone else suffers through hard labor, his cheat turns him into a capable man beloved by the villagers. He starts hunting in the mountains and fishing in the rivers, enjoying this rare chapter of his life. All kinds of lovely girls stay by his side, leaving him unsure which one to choose. When the country opens up, he takes off 135.3kReads8.1Score15.1k14d adds
- 128 Back to 1980: From the Start, I Marry the Factory Belle 重返1980：开局娶了厂花 He left home to pursue his dreams, only to return and find his entire family dead. He was left all alone. After living in regret and loneliness for forty years, the tycoon Li Wenjun was reborn in 1980. This time, he would settle old scores and live life to the fullest. He would give his family wealth, health, peace, and happiness, and make his enemies pay with their lives. This time, he would strengthen the nation through industry, leading every sector to achieve technological advances twenty ye 2kReads8.3Score17114d adds
- 129 In 1970, I Kicked My First Love to the Curb, Went to the Countryside, and Married the Village Belle 七零，踹白月光后下乡发家娶村花 [Space powers + mountain hunting + getting rich + family life + punishing scumbags + satisfying read + countryside + educated youth + everyday life] Lin Ziyang only learned that his son wasn't his own after the boy pulled out his oxygen mask. The woman he had adored all his life had been cheating on him for decades. He had worked himself to the bone his entire life, only to discover he'd been raising another man's wife and child. The King of Hell saw that he had spent his life doing good deeds a 34.1kReads8.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 130 A Mogul Reborn: Back to 1977 as an Educated Youth 大佬重生：回到1977当知青 [Reborn in the 1970s + daily life + no System + building a career] Reborn in the late 1970s, he is immediately framed for hooliganism and thrown in jail. “Officer, I'm innocent!” Watch Fang Xu turn the tables with his knowledge of the future and bring the village's hooligans to justice. He hunts in the mountains and fishes in the river, saving up his first bit of capital. When the college entrance exam is reinstated, he gets into university. He studies abroad and pits his wits against foreign po 203Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 131 Reborn with the Ultimate System for Chinese Street Food 重生之，中华小吃最强系统 A disastrous start: a programmer fresh out of school, reborn amid the cutthroat competition of the industry. By a stroke of luck, he gets bound to a System and sets out to revive China’s famous street snacks. Bowl after bowl of simple, unassuming food leaves countless customers overwhelmed, some even breaking down in tears. The Strongest System Missions By completing a series of System missions, the protagonist obtains recipes and preparation methods for every ingredient. After Li Long recreates 13Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: A House Full of Happiness 四合院之合家欢乐 A family of four living in the northwest returns by accident to a parallel-space version of Beijing, to Love in the Courtyard. They do their best to build an earnest life together amid different times and cultures. They work hard and strive to improve, each with their own principles for how to live. A clash of completely different ideas and attitudes toward life! Please go easy on this newbie! Thank you!!! 55Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 133 Zhang Erlü, Hunter of the Northeast 东北猎户张二驴 Reborn + hunting + sign-in + folk tales. Return to the Changbai Mountains in Northeast China in the 1970s, and experience the hunting and mountain-running legends of the educated youth years, folk tales of spirit mediums founding their halls, and wilderness survival with hunting dogs. Everything you're looking for is here. 1.4kReads6.7Score10214d adds
- 134 I Was Just Reborn, and My Wife Divorced Me and Went Back to the City 刚重生，老婆就离婚回城了 [Rural Rebirth + A Scumbag Turns Over a New Leaf + Dad Life + Devoted Husband + Building a Fortune] Because he was a complete mess back then, his wife divorced him and left. One night of carousing and failing to come home led to their son and daughter being kidnapped and sold. More than twenty years later, Qin Xianghe returned to the hometown he had fled. Just as he was losing heart, he unexpectedly returned to the night his children were abducted. In this life, he would not only take good care 17.1kReads8.3Score2k14d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: Crushing the Neighborhood Bullies from the Start 四合院：开局锤爆众禽兽 [System] [Multiple heroines, don't read if you dislike that] [Multiple TV and film worlds] [System, self-interest, and goody-two-shoes, keep out] [No original heroines added] [Low on angst, more everyday life] [Family and neighborhood drama] While delivering food, Cao Wen had an unbelievably lucky accident. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and found that the System had brought him to 1958, transmigrating him into the body of a man in the notorious Courtyard Full of Birds who shared his nam —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Reborn as Dorgon: I Want Dorgon, Da Yuer, and Hailanzhu 重生多尔衮大玉儿海兰珠我都要 A modern soul transmigrates into the young Dorgon just as Nurhaci dies. He faces the desperate prospect of his mother, Abahai, being forced to die with her husband, while behind the scenes, Huangtaiji, Daišan, and other factions plot and scheme. Caught at the heart of this struggle for power, Dorgon draws on his knowledge of the future and modern way of thinking to try to change his mother's fate, seize the khan's throne, and unite the Great Qing. However, Huangtaiji and the other antagonists th 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: A Troublemaker Moves In 四合院之顽主入院 Ding-dong... A new quest has been issued: Blend into the courtyard as soon as possible. Zhang Weimin transmigrated to the 1960s. Following the System’s quests, he gradually uncovered the secrets of this unfamiliar world. With the soul of a modern man, watch how he thrives in an era of scarce resources. 1.8kReads7.6Score10514d adds
- 138 Reborn as Sixth Brother in Kite 重生风筝六哥 A stabbing pain shot through his skull, and Zheng Yaoxian suddenly opened his eyes. A familiar carved ceiling came into view, silk curtains hanging low as the faint scent of sandalwood filled the room. He sat up and looked around. This was his bedroom from his days with the Juntong, and on the wall still hung the words he had written himself: “Loyal and Brave in Service to the Nation.” “I'm... not dead?” He touched his chest. The bullet hole he had expected was gone, replaced by a strong, health 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Siheyuan: I'm the Head of Security, and I Specialize in Killing Beasts 四合院：我保卫科长，专杀禽兽 After waking up, Chen Weijun discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of Birds Fill the Courtyard. He is gravely ill and bedridden, while the scoundrels in the courtyard are plotting to seize his property. Fortunately, Chen Weijun awakens a System and makes a full recovery. Not a single one of these scoundrels will get away. He'll send every last one of them to prison. But this is only the beginning: Chen Weijun rises to become head of the security department, dedicated to taking down 6.2kReads6.8Score21214d adds
- 140 Bearing All Things: Feng Dajiao 生万物之封大脚 A modern agricultural science student transmigrates into Feng Dajiao, a barefoot village man in southern Shandong in 1926. Bound to a farm space with a spirit spring, he joins forces with women such as Ning Xiuxiu (played by Yang Mi), Ning Susu (played by Xing Fei), and Yin Zi (played by Lan Yingying) to defy fate and build an ideal home amid the chaos of war. Fan fiction. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Reborn in the Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Road to a Comeback 重生四合院何雨柱逆袭路 He Yuzhu is unexpectedly reborn in 1955. At just sixteen, he faces his father, He Daqing, who is about to run off with the White Widow. Drawing on memories of his previous life, he exposes his father's plans on the spot and successfully forces him to leave behind the house deed and his job. He joins forces with his younger sister, He Yushui, and sets out to change the fate of being exploited by everyone around him. In the courtyard, Xu Damao, Qin Huairu, and other beastly characters try to keep 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Domineering CEO's Starry Love 霸道总裁之星河爱恋 In a near-future AI industrial park in Shanghai, Lin Wan is an AI engineer devoted to leading the development of an AI emotional interaction system, guided by the belief that technology should serve humanity. Shen Yan is a tech CEO who seems cold on the outside but is warm beneath the surface. However, Lin Wan mistakes his business tactics for proof that he puts profit above all else. When Shen Yan's company rejects her project over ethical concerns, Lin Wan angrily strikes out on her own. Shen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 In All Things, I Am Fei Wengdian 生万物之我是费文典 The protagonist watches the TV series Sheng Wanwu and is so infuriated by Fei Wendian's cowardice that he curses at him. The curse triggers his transmigration into Fei Wendian. He makes plans in advance and rescues his childhood sweetheart, Ning Xiuxiu, leading Ning Susu to fall in love with this brave and extraordinary brother-in-law. A series of events follows. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Grandpa Reborn in 1925 爷爷重生1925年 My new work is now available! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 It All Began in 1983 一切从1983那年开始 He opens his eyes to find himself back on the day before his wife gives birth, the day when everything can still be changed. His wife was pushed, causing their son to be born a month premature and suffer from poor health ever since. The couple worked from dawn till late at night to pay for their child’s treatment, until his wife died in a mining accident. This is where all their hardships began, and where they will end. 3.6kReads8.9Score15114d adds
- 146 Myriad Worlds: Starting with Beating the Vermin in the Siheyuan 诸天：从四合院打禽开始 [Not a Saintly Doormat] [Multiple TV Worlds] [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Fast-Paced and Humorous] After waking up, Cao Yue finds himself in a world full of shameless scoundrels. He had always believed in the life motto, “The jianghu isn’t about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social savvy.” But it turns out that motto doesn’t work in a world full of scoundrels. … 10kReads7.5Score46714d adds
- 147 I'm He Yuzhu, the God of Cooking in the Siheyuan 四合院我何雨柱是厨神 A modern man transmigrates into He Yuzhu. He refuses to be a doormat, and he certainly won’t support a bunch of people who have nothing to do with him in their old age. He Yuzhu is not only the king of the courtyard, but also a master chef. Dongpo pork, kung pao chicken, twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, husband-and-wife lung slices... It smells so good, enough to make every beast in the courtyard drool with envy. 11.6kReads7.5Score44914d adds
- 148 Siheyuan: I Am Liu Guangtian 四合院之我是刘光天 Liu Tian unexpectedly finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes Liu Guangtian, the second son of Liu Haizhong, the Second Master. Then his miserable life begins. He never has enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, and gets beaten every three days. Liu Tian decides things can’t go on like this. If he doesn’t starve to death, he’ll get beaten to death, so he resolutely cuts ties with the Liu family, shuts his door, and starts living a quiet life of his own. 5kReads6.2Score15114d adds
- 149 I'm Reborn, So Who Would Still Marry Into His Wife's Family? 都重生了，谁还倒插门？ [Period Setting, Countryside, Space, Building Wealth, No Simping] Hao Weiguo was starved to death by his three stepsons at the old family home in a mountain village. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and found himself back in a cornfield in the 1980s. There he met the most important woman in his life. That day marked the turning point in his tragic fate... For the woman he couldn't stop thinking about, in an era when communal meals made life especially hard, Hao Weiguo knew she was a widow with three 386Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 150 1960: Making It Big in Hong Kong 1960，发迹在香港 Period Setting + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + One Female Lead + Unusual Development + Stirring Up Trouble Yang Jing transmigrates to 1960 in a parallel world, right in the midst of a nationwide famine. He has a beautiful wife, two underage sisters, and just a few pounds of grain to last them half a year. Fortunately, he gains a pocket dimension that can grow over time. Besides farming, it can also transport him to different places once he collects all its formation flags. So a British nuc 6.1kReads7.9Score35614d adds
