Novels like Siheyuan: Cao Cao Is Reborn as Silly Zhu, and the Door Gets Knocked to Pieces
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- 101 Siheyuan: Starting with Getting Qin Huairu Under My Thumb 四合院：从拿捏秦淮茹开始 “Wang Weiguo, about last night... If you don't lend me this half a jin of pork, I'll report you for hooliganism!” “Qin Huairu, you came to my house in the middle of the night, stole my meat, slept in my bed, and ate my grilled sausages, and now you want to report me?” “Wang Weiguo, I won't report you if you do this: from now on, give me your wages, savings, and property deed. Hand over the wages you got yesterday, right now!” 1. Obey without complaint and give Qin Huairu your wages, savings, and 1.1kReads5.2Score10114d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: Taking a Loss Is a Blessing 四合院之吃亏是福 Now that Silly Zhu has a System, will his fate change? Or will he keep following the same path as before? No one knows, and neither does he. But when another soul takes Silly Zhu's place and carries on with his life, will it still follow the same old path? 3.6kReads7.2Score10114d adds
- 103 Brothers Become Husband and Wife, Watching the Siheyuan from the Sidelines 兄弟变夫妻，冷眼旁观四合院 Two friends as close as brothers die unexpectedly from electrocution, then transmigrate into "Love in a Courtyard". They quietly get by in the courtyard and at the Red Star Steel Mill, watching from the sidelines as the neighborhood changes over the decades. 514Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: I Live in the Back Courtyard with a Little Yard 四合院：我住后院带小院 This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, but a slice-of-life chronicle that stays close to ordinary life in the 1960s. Social relationships, prices, dialogue, and everyday routines are all kept as true to the era as possible. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into the past. He has no System or talismans, just a pretty decent pocket dimension. The story is based on the original drama and follows its main plot, with a few characters and events from A Little Woman and Men Are Made of Iron, Blood ad 3.8kReads8.0Score10414d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: Starting by Winning Over Qin Huairu 四合院：从拿下秦淮茹开始 Transmigrated into the courtyard compound, the protagonist wins over Qin Huairu from the start and fully activates the System. The protagonist is a hooligan from the start, so don't talk about morality. Volumes 1 and 2 are a continuous story linking the courtyard compound with The Legend of Lei Luo. Volume 3: A Lifelong Journey. This is a transition for special reasons, and the protagonist's morals begin to decline. Volume 4: Nothing but Thirty. The protagonist's morals are thoroughly discarded, 15Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 106 He Yuzhu, the Kitchen Knife Hero 菜刀大侠何雨柱 [Siheyuan] + [Wuxia], with a touch of comedy After mastering a set of knife techniques by practicing with a kitchen cleaver, He Yuzhu sets off to roam the martial world. Thanks to his signature move, “Little He’s Cleaver,” he earns the nickname “Little He the Heartbreaker.” Bold because of his “superior” skills, he leaves a trail of broken hearts wherever he goes. Along the way, he encounters such famous figures of the martial world as Qin Huairu and Lou Xiaoe. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: An Unusual System and a Portable Dimension 四合院：不一样系统随身空间 After transmigrating to become Liu Haizhong’s eldest son, he competes with Jia Dongxu for Qin Huairu. Why has Young Master Liu yet to make an appearance? The mystery of why Liu Guangqi went south is revealed from the start… 5.1kReads7.4Score28714d adds
- 108 The 13th Book by Zhiguang Xingyuan 知广行远第13本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads5.5Score714d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: Xu Rongguang, a Good Man 四合院：好人徐荣光 [A little wicked, a little kind, with plenty of beauties and quite a few confidantes. Pure do-gooders and pure villains, please steer clear.] Xu Rongguang, an older homebody, transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compound. At first, he only wants to live a quiet, comfortable life of his own. But gradually, he realizes that something is off about this courtyard. Over here: Jia Zhangshi sneaks into Xu Damao's house in the middle of the night. Liu Haizhong and the Deaf Granny each lean on a 391Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: A Level-Five Engineer from the Start 四合院：开局五级工程师 Lu Mingyu gets drunk and transmigrates into a courtyard compound, becoming its only university student. His parents were war heroes, and he was raised entirely by his grandfather. On the eve of his graduation, his grandfather passes away. Lu Mingyu returns to the compound, only to discover that someone has occupied his home. In a fit of rage, he has Jia Zhangshi and her gang thrown in jail… With the Great Nation System at his disposal, Lu Mingyu creates a host of cutting-edge technologies and he 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 111 Siheyuan: I Spoiled Qin Huairu to the Heavens 四合院之秦淮茹被我宠上天了 I transmigrated to the era of the Beast-Filled Siheyuan, only to discover that Qin Huairu and I had been childhood sweethearts. Faced with this whole bunch of beasts, I was lucky to have a System. Let me write a different kind of life in this great era. This book has no angst, one female lead, and a slow, low-key rise to power. 3.6kReads8.2Score12814d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: I'm Nothing Like Xu Damao 四合院：我可不是许大茂 Xu Damao transmigrates into Xu Damao. Fortunately, he gets a quest-based System to give him something to look forward to. He completes missions, earns rewards, and heads to Xiangjiang with Ezi. While Xu Damao is in Xiangjiang, the Courtyard is still in chaos. When An Jiahe, a twisted and violent man, barges into the courtyard, a new story begins to unfold. In short, he becomes a big shot in the 1960s, gets into real estate in the 1970s, makes it in entertainment in the 1980s, and gives back to s 4.6kReads8.1Score12914d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: The Treasure Chest System Makes Me Invincible with Ten Pulls 四合院：宝箱系统，十连抽无敌 Watching the TV drama set in a traditional courtyard, Yang Weiguo was so furious at the bunch of scoundrels that his teeth were practically itching. The next moment, he transmigrated into the world of the courtyard and became one of its residents. The whole place was full of scoundrels. Silly Zhu was a fool, and he had only himself to blame! Qin Huairu was a bloodsucker! Banggeng was an ungrateful wretch! Xu Damao was full of bad intentions! First Uncle was a sanctimonious old bachelor, Second U 2.6kReads7.4Score11814d adds
- 114 Siheyuan: Reborn as a Scoundrel, but My Beautiful Wife Won't Leave 四合院：重生为人渣，美妻不愿离 (Siheyuan Courtyard + farming + daily life + food + System + reborn) Billionaire Chen Mingzhi could get anything he wanted, from power and wealth to beautiful women. Yet he carried one great regret to his grave: he had never been able to find his wife and daughter, who had left after divorcing him sixty years earlier, so he could make amends and ease his guilt. The white-haired old man lay in his recliner, reminiscing with a sigh. “How I wish I could do it all over again.” Reborn in a Siheyuan C —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 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 5.9kReads8.4Score12414d adds
- 116 Siheyuan: I Want Both Worlds 四合院：两界我全都要 Jiang Chen transmigrates into the world of the courtyard complex, becoming an unemployed street loafer with no parents. Fortunately, a System is never absent for someone who has transmigrated, and he gets a livestreaming System that lets him choose to go live every day. Each day, completing a livestream challenge earns him a treasure chest. Opening one can grant all sorts of rewards, and from then on his life becomes wonderfully eventful. 6.1kReads8.5Score26414d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: A Life of Divine Sign-Ins 四合院：神级签到人生 After transmigrating to a courtyard compound in 1961, Yan Jiefang gets a sign-in System and starts doing whatever he wants in this era. Sign-in at the restroom successful... Reward: durian. “Yan Jiefang, why are you eating shit? Here, take this ten cents,” Qin Huairu says sympathetically. 2.7kReads7.9Score10714d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: Forcing the Beasts to Turn Themselves In from the Start 四合院：开局逼众禽自首 Ye Fan's soul entered the world of Love in the Courtyard. He learned that the original owner's parents, wife, and daughter had all been murdered by the beasts living in the compound. He immediately swore to kill his enemies with his own hands and make them pay in blood. Just then, the System activated. If the Host could make the beasts of the compound turn themselves in and face justice, he would be able to start from the beginning again. In other words, everything could begin anew, returning 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Siheyuan: Dad, Drink This Bowl of Rat Poison 四合院，爹，喝了这碗老鼠药 After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, he's tormenting a woman from the start. Xu Nini: "Dad, drink this bowl of porridge and we'll call it even." Xu Chang'an: "Heh... This porridge has already gone bad..." There's not much edge to it, and no cultivation. 2.2kReads8.0Score10214d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: Revitalizing the Nation Through Science and Technology, Rewarded with Nanotech Armor 四合院科技兴国奖励纳米战甲 Synopsis: In a shabby, cramped room, Li Qiuye and her husband gaze at Shen Qiangguo's familiar face, the unique birthmark on his arm, and the Shen family's treasured heirloom hanging around his neck. They burst into tears. The next day, Li Qiuye and her husband return, beaming with pride. “Qiangguo, the steelmaking technology you submitted has been examined by expert researchers and judged to be world-class. It represents a major leap forward in efficiency, quality, and safety.” On the nth day, 113Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 121 No Compromises in the Siheyuan 四合院绝不妥协 A grandmaster of Dan Jin transmigrates to the 1960s and moves into a courtyard full of bird-brained troublemakers. When they start giving him a hard time, he makes it clear he won’t put up with any of it! I’m a grandmaster when it comes to martial arts, and my uncle is Li Yunlong when it comes to connections. Come on, if you’re not satisfied, keep it coming... 5.5kReads8.7Score15714d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: I'm Bang Geng's Biological Uncle 四合院：我是棒梗亲叔叔 I transmigrated. In my previous life I was a chef, and now I’ve become the heir to a traditional Chinese medicine practice. That’s not the important part. The real problem is that my biological mother is Jia Zhangshi, my sister-in-law is Qin Huairu, and I have a backstabbing nephew named Banggeng. What am I supposed to do? Asking for help onl 97Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: A Sixty-Year-Old Doctor's Leisurely Life 四合院：甲子老中医，悠闲小日子 Chen Manshan opened his eyes and discovered that he had transmigrated to a courtyard house in the 1960s, becoming an elderly traditional Chinese doctor at Red Star Hospital. He was old and frail, with a bunch of vicious people eyeing him from the outside. It was like a lamb walking into a tiger's den. Luckily, he activated the Old Doctor System. Storage rings, Xingyi Fist, Marrow-Cleansing Pills, the works. Treating patients earned him treasure chests filled with all kinds of goodies. From then 10.4kReads8.6Score53314d adds
- 124 Siheyuan: Giving the Nation a Little Boost 四合院：带给国家亿点小发展 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + putting troublemakers in their place + strengthening the nation through science and technology + period novel] This book has a lot of hostility. Don’t read it if you don’t like that. If you mindlessly flame me, I’ll flame you back, so don’t come looking for trouble. Developing science and technology to strengthen the nation is what matters most. Teaching troublemakers a lesson is just a bit of fun on the side. Li Wangting transmigrates back to 1962, arriving in the 6.7kReads8.0Score31314d adds
- 125 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
- 126 Siheyuan: I'm a Street Loafer, and I Play Dirty 四合院：我，街溜子，不讲武德 Qin Shan transmigrates into a courtyard-house neighborhood and becomes an idle street loafer. Qin Shan folds his arms and thinks, “Ha! I know this world!” [Comedy + troublemaker protagonist + crushing the whole courtyard's cast of nuisances + a tough family + everyday food] [Grandma chops them up, little sister hands over the knife, and I’ve got their backs!] [] 8.5kReads8.5Score17914d adds
- 127 A Happy Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之美满生活 Yang Song transmigrates in an instant into a blended world of Love in the Courtyard and Little Women. From the start, he has to face Qin Huairu breaking off their engagement and the grandmother who raised him dying of anger. See how he handles it, gradually unmasks the scheming people around him, and builds a happy life that others will envy. (No System, no womanizing.) 6.9kReads8.0Score18014d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: Don't Call Me Silly Zhu 四合院：别叫我傻柱 He transmigrated by accident into the world of the Siheyuan and became He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu suddenly discovered that in this era of scarcity, he had become incredibly popular. Qin Huairu, Lou Xiao'e, Yu Haitang, Ran Qiuye... One after another, they all came chasing after him. And then there were Liang Ladi, Ding Qiunan, Xu Huizhen, Chen Xueru, Zhou Xiaobai, and other characters from different worlds who came after him too. Sigh, do you really have to be this enthusiastic? I just have one extra Sys 157Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 129 Laughing Proudly in Siheyuan 笑傲四合院 Also known as Laughing at the Courtyard, this novel is full of humor and wit. Set in a traditional courtyard compound, it tells a series of hilarious stories about the tangled relationships and everyday lives of the different families in this unique community. With vivid descriptions and a sharp eye, it deftly combines the human dramas of courtyard life with the bustle of the city, capturing the joys and sorrows of urban living. To prove that Silly Zhu isn't stupid, he sneaks into the TV drama L 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: From Lou Xiao'e and Yu Li to Zhou Xiaobai 四合院：从娄晓娥于莉到周小白 A System, but no overpowered cheat + spatial storage + no brainless wish fulfillment. A crossover of TV dramas: The Story of the Ordinary People, Zhengyang Gate, Blood-Red, and People and Iron, Food and Steel. Low on angst, with a slow-burn plot. Multiple heroines: as the story unfolds, the first heroine will be Lou Xiao'e, the second Yu Li, and the third Zhou Xiaobai... Others to be decided. After a night of heavy drinking, the protagonist Zhao Dahai transmigrates to the 1960s. As someone from 14.8kReads7.7Score92614d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Outsmart Yi Zhonghai 四合院：开局先把易中海算死 [Novel over one million words] [Every plot thread being set up now will be resolved later] [The slower parts are groundwork] [If you don’t want a peaceful pace, you can add it to your library for now] [Includes a System] [Not for nitpickers] [If you like it, please leave lots of comments] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s New Beginning 四合院：何雨柱的新生 Reborn in Love in the Courtyard, with less hostility. See the everyday family squabbles in the courtyard from different perspectives. When faced with moral blackmail and scheming green tea, he firmly says no. Now that he's transmigrated, he intends to live life on his own terms. Change the plot, and change the people and events in the courtyard. Write a different story about the courtyard and experience the spirit of the era. In short, I'll be the one to decide how I live! Reborn, He Yuzhu will 22.9kReads8.7Score74314d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Report the Old Deaf Lady as a Spy 四合院开局：举报聋老太是间谍 A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9.9kReads6.0Score27514d adds
- 134 Siheyuan: Good Fortune Brings Me a New Life 四合院：大运送我新生 A long-haul truck driver transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard compound in 1949, where he experiences the everyday ups and downs of family life in that era. This is a story about trying to fit into the times and witnessing them firsthand. 10.6kReads8.1Score31514d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: From Forty-Nine City to Hong Kong Cinema 四合院：从四九城到港综 He transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and returns to the 1960s. Faced with a courtyard full of people scheming for petty gains, Xia Chen just wants to live a quiet life of his own. There's no hostility here, only warmth. The Siheyuan setting features only briefly at first. Later, he establishes himself in Hong Kong and expands worldwide. He builds the largest family business and becomes the richest hidden boss. Antiques, industry, farms, film and entertainment, technology and the inter 28.3kReads8.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 136 A Common Man in the Siheyuan 四合院小市民 A single heroine, in a gentler era without hostility. This story is simply about the quiet, ordinary life of that time, the helplessness of everyday people, and life in a courtyard house amid the sweeping changes of a great age. 5.3kReads8.9Score16714d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn in 1953 四合院：傻柱重生从53年开始 Winter in the capital is especially bitter. Beneath an overpass, Silly Zhu curls into a ball, driven out of his home by the ungrateful Bang Geng, cold and hungry. In the biting wind, he thinks of the three-courtyard siheyuan, of Qin Huairu, of all the men and women in the courtyard, and of the absurd life in which he was schemed against until he had nothing left. Silly Zhu swears that if he gets another chance, he'll escape their schemes and live a life of his own. 77.3kReads8.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 138 Siheyuan: Starting in 1953 四合院从1953开始 He Yuzhu, who shares the same name as Silly Zhu, complained about the plot of the courtyard story and was chosen by the System. He was sent into the world where the story takes place and became Silly Zhu. Fortunately, the System showed some consideration: instead of dropping He Yuzhu into the story at the beginning, it sent him back to before He Daqing ran off with the widow. Since I’m here, and I have a System, I won’t be fooled again or act like a simp this time around. I’ll live for myself an 23.5kReads8.7Score67714d adds
- 139 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Swapped My Name on the Promotion List 四合院：我被易中海偷换晋升名单 [This book is full of anger, so don’t read if that’s not your thing. It’s about taking down scoundrels, not fawning over them.] After Chen Yu transmigrated, he discovered that the original owner had been killed by Jia Dongxu with a brick. Worse, his only family was his younger sister, who had stomach cancer and urgently needed money for medicine. From the original owner’s memories, he learned that after putting in enough years on the job, he was finally eligible for promotion to Level One fitter 22kReads7.8Score1k14d adds
- 140 Love in the Courtyard: Bixia Yuanjun 情满四合院之碧霞元君 With the protection of Bixia Yuanjun of Mount Tai, also known as Granny Mount Tai, Wang Shengwen's soul transmigrates into the story of Love in the Courtyard in the 1960s. He carries out the duties of “helping the nation prosper and its people thrive, aiding those in peril and rescuing those in danger, rewarding merit and punishing wrongdoing,” using real events as they happen to change the outlook of the people of that era. The protagonist has been deeply shaped by traditional Chinese Taoist th 2.3kReads8.1Score11214d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: My Pocket Dimension Can Store Anything 四合院：我的空间能收取万物 It's been nearly three years since the novel ended, and I'm still getting such great results. I'm so flattered, so I've added some bonus chapters to thank my longtime readers. Zhang Jianjun wakes up one morning scared out of his wits. He's transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard! With the arrival of his golden finger, Zhang Jianjun's path to cheating begins. Beating people up is for brutes. Stabbing them in the back is an art. By the middle of the story, he starts traveling the world and sets u 49.9kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: Is There Any Future in Being a Factory Doctor? 四合院：当厂医有搞头吗？ While delivering food, delivery rider Li Huaishui is sent back to 1944 by a truck, into the womb of a family in Shandong. As he slowly grows up, he learns that his brother, who is more than twenty years older and rarely comes home, is named Li Huaide. Then he discovers that his eldest brother works at the Red Star Steel Mill in the capital… 17.7kReads5.5Score91614d adds
- 143 Xu Damao's Story Begins in the Siheyuan 许大茂从四合院开始 The courtyard is just where Xu Damao's story begins. How could an era of dramatic change and burning passion go by without me, in the prime of my youth? See how Xu Damao, once a genuine hypocrite and villain, and his two little companions build lives unlike any other. With an unreliable little System, we're not counting on him. The missions are yours, so what do they have to do with me? We'll make our own decisions and live our own lives! (A note: this is a slow-burn story that spans a long peri 2.1kReads5.8Score—14d adds
- 144 Siheyuan: Wang Dapeng the Jester's Happy Life 四合院，乐子人王大鹏的快乐人生 A hilarious, low-conflict period piece set in a Beijing courtyard, with a scheming protagonist, a professional troublemaker, and a real scoundrel's way of doing things. Wang Dapeng transmigrates into a courtyard full of villains, where he goes head-to-head with the residents and discovers that his reputation is taking a hit. His motto is: if you can't adapt to your surroundings, make them adapt to you. If you get soaked, don't let your opponents have umbrellas. So Wang Dapeng decides to make sur 60.2kReads8.9Score2.7k14d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: A Carpenter Moves into the Courtyard 四合院：院里来了个木匠 He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a level-two carpenter, one of the Eight Great Tradesmen. Faced with the whole courtyard full of scheming neighbors, Jiang Chen just wants to live in peace. You can plot your schemes, and I'll live my life. When Qin Huairu comes over to borrow something, he makes her write an IOU. When Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum and refuses to take no for an answer, he reports her to the authorities. When Xu Damao tries to sow discord, Jiang Chen shuts 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Siheyuan: Happiness Begins with a One-Cent Instant Kill 四合院：从一分钱秒杀开始幸福 [Courtyard Drama + System + Everyday Life + Changing the Plot] Zhou Jianjun transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, only to discover that his arrival had changed some of the plot. This world was great: not only did he have a house, but also a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter. He even had a System that let him buy anything for a penny. Not enough food or supplies? Not a problem. Zhou Jianjun just wanted to live happily with his wife and daughter for the rest of his life, so nobody had be 46.2kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
