Novels like Siheyuan: Life Got Even Better During the Three-Year Famine
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- 101 A Master Plan for the Siheyuan: Everyone Is in the Palm of My Hand 计定四合院：所有人在我股掌之间 Silly Zhu died and transmigrated back to 1976. In his previous life, once he was old and useless, the whole Bang Geng family drove him out of the courtyard compound, and he froze to death beneath a bridge. In this new life, Silly Zhu awakened the Prank System. The crueler his pranks, and the closer he pushed people to death, the richer his rewards! Qin Huairu, wasn’t everything you did for Bang Geng? Weren’t you afraid the Jia family would have no heirs? Fine, then I’ll castrate Bang Geng first! 102Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: An Engineer from the Start, Defying Fate 四合院：开局工程师，逆天改命 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Li Yang becomes an engineering student. After graduating, he is assigned to work at the Hongxing Steel Plant. With his own intelligence and the System's incredible abilities, Li Yang thrives at the factory. The beasts want to make things difficult for him? He won't go easy on them! Lou Zhenhua wants to marry his daughter to him? He'll think about it! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Siheyuan Chaotic Matchmaking System 四合院乱点鸳鸯谱系统 Out of nowhere, I ended up in this notorious courtyard that people are afraid even to talk about. Other people awaken a god-tier System, a spirit spring, a planting System, or, at worst, a quest or sign-in System. But me... Forget it, I’ve had the worst luck. The System I awakened is called the Matchmaking Mayhem System. Have you ever heard of it? Exactly, I’m baffled too. Since you’ve never heard of it, let me explain it to everyone in detail...! 394Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: After Ending the Jia Family Line, I Take Off 四合院：绝种贾家后，直接起飞 Chen Feng unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan, becoming an ordinary resident there. From the start, he awakens the Killer System and receives a mission. After learning that the original owner took his own life because Jia Dongxu led the others in ostracizing him, Chen Feng immediately decides to get revenge. From that moment on, he starts a killing spree through the entire compound! Jia Banggeng, the chicken thief: dead! Liu Haizhong, the pompous hypocrite: dead! Granny Dea —Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: A Furious Slap for the Old Man with No Heirs 四合院：怒扇老绝户 Liu Ming wakes up one morning to discover that he has transmigrated into the TV drama set in the courtyard. What? The three courtyard officials are forcing his mother to remarry? And they keep saying they’re doing what’s best for his family. Yeah, right. What a joke. Those shameless beasts saw his father die in the line of duty and figured they could gang up on his family. But Liu Ming, a man from the 21st century, has arrived, and he’s brought a golden finger with him. The Beast-Bullying System 1.5kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 106 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
- 107 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
- 108 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
- 109 Siheyuan: The System Makes Me Complete Missions 四合院：系统要我完成任务 Wang Jian was on his way to work when he was suddenly in a car accident. After waking up, he found himself inside Love in the Courtyard, and the System had designated him as its Host. From that moment on, his life took a different path... 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: Starting Out on the Fast Track to Becoming Deputy Factory Director 四合院：步步高升成为副厂长开始 Reborn in the 1960s, he unexpectedly becomes Silly Zhu. He thought ignoring the Qin widow's family would be enough, but when he came home with his lunchbox, he caught Bang Geng stealing and eating chicken. Then Xu Damao falsely accused him. “Ding! Quest triggered: Xu Damao has accused the Host of stealing chicken. Does he think the Host is an easy target? Give Xu Damao a piece of your mind and show him the Host can't be pushed around. Reward: All attributes +1, cooking skill +1!” 391Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 111 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Taught Yi Zhonghai a Lesson 四合院：开局教训易中海 After transmigrating into The Birds of the Courtyard, the whole lot of them actually want to gang up and get me killed? Fortunately, I transmigrated with a golden finger. After turning the tables, I snatch victory from the jaws of defeat! It’s either you die or I do! 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: Starting in 1962, I Put the Jia Family in Their Place 四合院：1962开局整治贾家 No System + Slice of Life + Period Piece + One Female Lead Isn't a System essential when transmigrating into a courtyard house? My transmigration was an absolute failure. I saw with my own eyes how old I looked. No wonder no girls liked me. I don't care what happens to Silly Zhu, but anyone who messes with me will pay for it! 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Starting with That Siheyuan 从那个四合院开始 He has only his memories, no System. The greatest golden finger he has is the knowledge stored in his mind!!! He transmigrated here from another world. He studied mechanical manufacturing and spent more than a decade loafing around at a firearms research institute without accomplishing a thing. He took part in plenty of projects, but always as a gofer. After more than ten years at an institute full of talented people, Li Shengli was still just a researcher. Now he has arrived in 1961, in the leg 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Siheyuan: My System of More Children, More Blessings 四合院之我的多子多福系统 After I transmigrated, do I still have to have more children, more blessings? I'm Wang Gang, and every day I have to ask myself: Do I still have any limits? Can I afford to raise all those kids? What? Having a child means you'll definitely have twins? Can I give this blessing away to someone else? Anyone interested? Elder One, come have some. Elder Two, you too. Even you, Grandma... Nobody gets to fight over it!!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 More Children, More Blessings in the Siheyuan 我在四合院多子多福 My new work is out! Welcome to Tomato Novel to read it. I'm a newcomer just starting to write, so please give my work your support. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your attention motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! Bai Ziwei transmigrates to a parallel world of courtyard houses. See how he sets the whole courtyard of troublemakers straight, builds his career, and lives life on his own terms. How far can the motherland go with his help? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Traveling Through the Myriad Realms, Starting from Siheyuan 诸天旅行从四合院开始 [Myriad Worlds + Wild Imagination + Cao Thief] Hua Xiaochen's soul transmigrates to another world, where he awakens the Myriad Worlds Travel System and sets out on a journey across countless worlds. In Love in the Courtyard, he saves the ill-fated Lou Xiao'e. In The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he meets the disheartened Ning Zhongze. During the Battle of Lingguan, he turns the tide... The noble spirit of Jian'an, the lingering legacy of the Wei dynasty. This story is entirely fictional. Any resembla —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: I'm the Security Chief, and I Get Itchy Hands If I Don't Hit Someone 四合院，我保卫处长，不打人手痒 The plot of this book moves so fast you can't keep up. Even the author can't keep up. The goal of this book: Get everyone in the courtyard admitted to Qingshan Hospital… The author's integrity fluctuates wildly. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I Live in the Siheyuan, and Yi Zhonghai Is My Brother! 人在四合院，易中海是我亲哥！ Courtyard setting + one heroine + period piece, focused on everyday life with very little angst. Yi Zhonghe transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Yi Zhonghai's younger half-brother. With a high school diploma, he gets a chance to work at the steel mill with Yi Zhonghai's help. From then on, Yi Zhonghe begins his smooth ascent to success. With the System backing him, he won't miss out on a promotion, a fortune, or a wife! 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Siheyuan: My Invincible Beast-Taming Plan 四合院：我的无敌驯兽计划 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] After transmigrating into a siheyuan, Liu Xuan helplessly finds himself on the fringes of the neighborhood. With the courtyard packed full of beastly neighbors, Liu Xuan honestly has no idea how he’s supposed to get along with them peacefully. Because they don’t deserve it! So Liu Xuan, once an honest, simple man who let everyone walk all over him, transforms overnight. He becomes the sharpest-tongued, most forceful, and most domineering man in the courtyard. Bang Geng: 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: I'm Done Being a Doormat 四合院之我不再当冤种 Reborn as Liu Hongchang, one of the three biggest suckers alongside Silly Zhu, he is framed as a hooligan by his sister-in-law from the start! What? Married for a year and still haven't shared a bed? A whole family of ungrateful leeches is sucking him dry? His own elderly mother is bedridden, with no one to care for her? Sorry, I'm done putting up with this. I'm getting a divorce! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Siheyuan: Punishing the Wicked from the Start 四合院：开局惩治恶人 He transmigrates into the son of Wang Jianguo, only to discover that everyone is hoping he and his father will die so they can inherit the family business. If that's how they want it, then they can't blame him for being ruthless. Wang Cheng also gets a medical System, and immediately punishes the villains. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: Nobody Messes with an Eight-Year-Old 四合院：八岁娃娃惹不起 A soldier king transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old boy. Orphaned, with Japanese invaders running rampant, he flees alone with his three-year-old little sister to the capital. He moves into a courtyard residence, summons his brothers, dotes on his sister, and stirs up trouble. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: This Reporter Has a Conscience, But Not Much of One 四合院：这个记者有点良心但不多 Zhang Xuewu, who stayed up late reading novels, transmigrates into the world of "The Loveable Courtyard". As a noble transmigrator, he’s bound to have a golden finger. He moves into the courtyard, along with Louzi, Huai Jing, Haitang, Moli, Qiuye, and Yushui. Heh heh... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 I Transmigrate to a Siheyuan and Discover I Can Disguise Myself 穿越四合院：竟然可以易容 He transmigrates to a courtyard compound, becomes a full-time factory employee, and moves into the compound! To his surprise, he can disguise himself... Ever since he gained the ability to change his appearance, the courtyard compound has grown more and more chaotic... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: Back from Studying Abroad, Starting as an Engineer 四合院：留学归来，开局工程师 Li Weidong transmigrates into the world of Full Courtyard! From the start, he returns from studying abroad and awakens a golden finger, setting his life on easy mode. This is an age of heroes, an age when the motherland is developing and building at full speed! Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it and devote his passion to the country! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: Killing Jia Geng Is Just the Appetizer 四合院：弄死贾梗只是开胃菜 On a cold winter's day, Han Xiaodong transmigrated into a courtyard house. He woke up completely bewildered. Looking at his surroundings and the original owner's memories, Han Xiaodong decided he was done being human. And so, one bizarre incident after another began unfolding in the courtyard! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Siheyuan: I’m Silly Zhu, and I Refuse to Be a Simp 四合院：我傻柱，拒做舔狗 After He Qiliao accidentally saw his girlfriend's true colors, he was reborn as Silly Zhu. When Qin Huairu asked him for help, he swore he would never be a simp again and resolutely refused her. From then on, the courtyard's whole dynamic changed. One hapless Silly Zhu was gone, replaced by a sigma male. He thought that being a sigma male, combined with Silly Zhu's face that looked far too old for his age, meant no woman would ever come near him again. But to his surprise, Qin Huairu, Yu Haitang —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: A King from the Start 四合院之王者开局 [Note: The book doesn’t suck up to anyone, but it doesn’t get too hostile, either.] “Come on... I just got my fortune told by the roadside and transmigrated. I’m starting to think that old man was messing with me.” Where’s the transmigrator’s standard-issue golden finger? Where’s the System? System, are you there? Your little brother can’t make it without you! Ye Tian had been in this world for eighteen years. When he stood in the courtyard at Number 95 Nanluoguxiang, the dawn of his life finall 10Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 129 Reborn: I Start with a Siheyuan of My Own 重生之开局拥有一套四合院 My new work is out! 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! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: The Thief Saint Is My Son 四合院：盗圣是我儿 After transmigrating into a period drama, Cui Dake was a little confused. What? You say I stole a cow? Don't you dare slander an innocent man! He'd planned to become a factory worker, marry the factory's prettiest doctor, and build a good life. But before he knew it, he'd been transferred to the main factory and assigned a place in a courtyard full of troublemakers. He couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Silly Zhu: "Sister Qin has another old flame?" Some Thieving Sage: "So my name isn't J —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: I'm a Thug, and I Mean It 四合院：流氓我是认真的 Am I a Hooligan? Have I Been Reborn? The Siheyuan! Am I a street loafer? Do I live off women? Do I even flirt with them? Qin Huairu blinked, gazing at Liu Mang with longing. Hooligan: Qin Jingru, look what you've done to my bike! Pay up! Five hundred! You don't have it? Then you'll be my slave! Hooligan: Lou Xiaoe, I've sent Damao away. Now you can give birth to my child in peace! Hooligan: Hey, hey, stop pushing! Any more and you'll get pregnant! Hooligan: Yu Li, I got you a jar of Xuehua cream 24Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Gets Married from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱直接娶媳妇 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! 1Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: The Neighbors Are So Terrified They Beg Me for Mercy 四合院：几位大爷怕得要命直求饶 One Female Lead + Everyday Life + No System or Storage Space A doctoral student drives into a river and transmigrates, only to be inexplicably rescued by the protagonist of a TV drama! To his surprise, he ends up in the body of someone with an extraordinary identity. Right from the start, he sends Banggeng to prison. Even Deaf Granny treats him especially well. Lou Xiao'e has run away, and Qin Huairu is figuring out how to marry Silly Zhu. Then a stranger suddenly shows up and ruins her plans. I 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Siheyuan's Troublesome Neighbors: Begging for Forgiveness 四合院众禽：求原谅 Fang Chang is reborn in a Beijing courtyard compound in 1963. In the courtyard opposite the Beast-Filled Courtyard, Yi Zhonghai shows up from the start with his apprentice Jia Dongxu and his family, trying to force Fang Chang to lend them his house. Fang Chang smiles and sends Yi Zhonghai off to the station for a cup of tea, then slowly strips Qin Huairu of her henchmen one by one. 3Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 135 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—14d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Stole Jia's Wife 四合院：开局抢了贾家的媳妇 Zhao Tian transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. There, he deals with the whole courtyard's rotten lot and, to right a wrong that weighs on his heart, finds Silly Zhu a match and changes his tragic ending. At the same time, Zhao Tian starts a very different life of his own. But as he learns more and more about this world, he realizes it is far from what it seems. To find out what happens next, read the story. 261Reads6.1Score11214d adds
- 137 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
- 138 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
- 139 Siheyuan: Starting by Reclaiming My Property 四合院：从收回房产开始 [Kindness gets you pushed around. Being too kind makes you an idiot.] After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Xu Anping receives the house his father left him. He immediately sets out, traveling from the Northeast to the capital. On his very first day there to claim the property, he catches Qin Huairu bathing in his house! Only then does he realize that the Jia family had long since taken over his home! The other courtyard residents have even divided up all the furniture! U —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 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—14d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I Win the Heart of a Beauty 四合院：重生傻柱，抱得美人归 After waking up, he found himself as He Yuzhu in the 1960s. His father, He Daqing, had just run off with a widow. Before he could even grieve, the System arrived! Then he met Chen Xueru. Forget widows. I’m going after a gorgeous beauty and living a happy life! 28Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: So You're All Just Messing with Me, Huh?! 四合院：合着你们逗我玩是吧！ Scheming against Silly Zhu is one thing. Pulling the wool over the eyes of those rubberneckers is one thing, too. Heh! I, Wang Erdan, have barely stepped into the courtyard, and you’ve already joined forces to guilt-trip me? You want a house? You want money? Oh, come on! Silly Zhu, no wonder you’re such a fool! Wow! Granny, you’re getting on in years! Wouldn’t it be nice to stay home and enjoy your retirement? Stop sticking your nose into everything! Hey! I flip the table, and you still say it’s 412Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 143 Siheyuan: After Becoming He Yuzhu, I Defied Fate 四合院：变成何雨柱后我逆天了 After transmigrating to a courtyard compound world in 1955, he became He Yuzhu. Apart from inheriting two rooms, he was practically good for nothing. No mother, and his good-for-nothing father had run off with someone else! He and his younger sister, He Yushui, had only each other. Luckily, he awakened the God Chef System and received a beginner's gift pack from the start! A space where time moved ten times faster! A Marrow-Cleansing Pill! And a constant stream of newly unlocked recipes! Rejuven 2.2kReads—Score10014d adds
- 144 Siheyuan: After Jia Dongxu Split Qin Huairu and Me Apart 四合院：贾东旭拆散我和秦淮茹后 Xu Qianfan transmigrates into the world of Full Courtyard of Beasts. He and Qin Huairu are childhood sweethearts, deeply in love. Jia Dongxu lusts after Qin Huairu and teams up with his master, Yi Zhonghai, to frame Xu Qianfan and send him to prison, hoping to force Qin Huairu to marry him. But Qin Huairu would rather die than marry anyone but Xu Qianfan! Xu Qianfan awakens a System in prison and earns a major merit, securing his release. “I'm marrying Qin Huairu, no matter what! Nobody can stop 22Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: Rising Step by Step at the Steel Mill 四合院：在轧钢厂步步高升的日子 23Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 146 A Century-Old Family Rises to Power, Starting in Siheyuan 家族百年，从四合院开始崛起 Synopsis: Rong Yao transmigrates to 1952 and, to his surprise, finds himself in the Siheyuan Courtyard from a TV drama. He also gains a pocket dimension. After getting to Qin Huairu first, Rong Yao secretly makes his way to Hong Kong. He starts out in the media industry, then branches into clothing, beverages, real estate, retail, hotels and entertainment, and more. He establishes a security group and builds the Rong family empire. After the turn of the century, people are astonished to discover 2Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 147 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—14d adds
- 148 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
- 149 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu from the Future 四合院：来自未来的何雨柱 A small machine-shop owner from the twenty-first century has his soul transported into Silly Zhu's body in the TV series Love in the Courtyard. From then on, he begins his rags-to-riches reversal and rewrites the life of this foolish simp. 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 150 Siheyuan: A Spirit Spring Space from the Start, Living Life to the Fullest 四合院：开局灵泉空间，快意人生 [Farming + Spirit Spring Space + Claiming a Mountain] He woke up one day and transmigrated to the famine years of the 1950s. While everyone else was digging up wild vegetables and eating tree bark, he had an entire Spirit Spring Space at his disposal. He could grow whatever he wanted and raise whatever he pleased. Not only did he transform from a scrawny, ugly toad into a handsome young man with rosy lips and pearly white teeth, he also raised his little sister to be plump and rosy-cheeked. In a 40Reads5.6Score—14d adds
