Novels like Siheyuan: Starting Out in Patched Trousers
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- 151 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
- 152 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated to 1963 and Live-Stream the Siheyuan 四合院：穿越六三年，直播四合院 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Siheyuan: The Second Master’s Precious Eldest Son 四合院：二大爷的宝贝大儿子 Liu Guangqi closes his eyes and opens them again, and suddenly he’s gone from a Shanghai drifter to a local Beiping resident. He lives in a courtyard, his father is Second Uncle, and he starts out as the old man’s precious eldest son. His father may have ten measures of wisdom, but Liu Guangqi has nine all to himself. At first, he can’t summon a System, but just as he’s about to make it on his own, the System activates. He can’t quite lie back and enjoy life, but he doesn’t have the energy to co 101Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Siheyuan: A Yard Full of Beasts, Anyone Who Crosses Me Gets Wiped Out 四合院：满院禽兽，谁惹废谁 Zhou Yang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He becomes an ordinary resident. From the start, he awakens a sign-in System. Every sign-in brings a reward, and he can even gain god-tier skills! He eats meat at every meal, making the scoundrels drool with envy! Bang Geng steals from him? He breaks the kid’s legs! An elder tries to threaten him? He becomes an elder himself! Anyone tries to take advantage of him? He’ll cripple whoever dares! 198Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 155 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
- 156 Siheyuan: From the Start in the 1980s, I Watch the Storms Unfold 四合院：八零开局，笑看风云起 [A fusion of period dramas, centered on a Beijing courtyard house. Low on hostility, with a focus on rural life!] When Fang Yuan woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated into the world of the Beijing courtyard houses. But the timeline seemed a little off. The three neighborhood committee heads had retired long ago, there had been so many seasons of grass growing on Deaf Granny’s grave that he’d lost count, and the “Holy Thief” Bang Geng had grown into a young man a few years older than h 7Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 157 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
- 158 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
- 159 Siheyuan: I'm Done Being a Doormat 四合院：再不当老实人 By accident, Zhang Xiaofan transmigrates into a courtyard compound and becomes the hapless He Yuzhu. Zhang Xiaofan is so furious he wants to curse. Fortunately, He Yuzhu is only in his teens when Zhang Xiaofan transmigrates, and the beasts in the courtyard haven't started leeching off him yet. This time, he's going to live a different kind of life. 839Reads5.5Score10214d adds
- 160 Siheyuan: I Have Unlimited Supplies 四合院：我有无限物资 [Siheyuan Courtyard + System + Pocket Dimension + Sneaky Schemer + Backstabbing from the Shadows] The struggling author Liu Xiu was locked in solitary confinement for seven days yet again. Just before he lost consciousness, he bonded with the Sneaky Schemer System, which took him into the world of "The Birds of the Siheyuan Courtyard". The Sneaky Schemer System was made just for Liu Xiu. All he had to do was check in with the System every day to get sneaky-schemer tools. Acting like a sneaky sch 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Siheyuan: One Sign-In a Day 四合院：每天签到一次 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 After Unifying Siheyuan, You Invade a Parallel World 一统四合院后，你又入侵平行世界 I’d just died suddenly from overwork when I was recruited into the ranks of the immortals and dropped into the full-of-beasts courtyard from the start. My boss’s first beginner assignment was to steal the underwear of Xu Damao, a reborn man, and hang it outside the door of the hypocritical First Master? Me, Gu Ping’an, a burned-out office worker who just wants to lie flat, forced into becoming an outlaw who specializes in low-down tricks! Every beast in the courtyard has a cheat! Xu Damao has re 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Siheyuan: I Suck, Suck, Suck, Suck, Suck, Suck, Suck, Suck, Suck, Suck 四合院：我吸吸吸吸吸吸吸吸吸吸 Zhang Ye transmigrates to the mid-1950s and binds himself to a God-Tier Absorption System. As long as he makes physical contact with someone, he absorbs all their skills and experience, regardless of gender. From the start, Zhang Ye absorbs expert-level Grade Eight riveter skills. The moment he puts them to use, the whole factory is stunned! From then on, the gears of fate begin to turn... Jia Dongxu: We're both apprentices, so how did this kid Zhang Ye improve so fast? Yi Zhonghai: He's achieve 123Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: The Second Uncle Gave Me a Bicycle Right After Graduation 四合院，才毕业二大爷就送自行车 [Courtyard + One Female Lead + Sign-In + Raising Kids + Beautiful Wife] [The time period and characters' ages have been changed to suit the story. If that bothers you, please don't read. My apologies to readers who wanted to see the original TV plot.] Liu Guangqi receives modern information and changes his fate. He becomes a dutiful son, follows in his second uncle's footsteps as a minor official, changes his brothers' destinies, and marries a beautiful foodie wife. What? Jia Zhangshi is steali 41Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 165 Siheyuan: I Became He Yuzhu 四合院之我成了何雨柱 He Yuzhu, a young man from the 21st century, complained about Silly Zhu, the character in Love in the Courtyard who shares his name. The System forcibly pulled him into the world of the courtyard houses. See how Silly Zhu, with a new soul, outsmarts everyone in the courtyard, changes the plot, and creates a very different life for himself. 407Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 166 I Live Next Door to Siheyuan, and My Name Isn't Wang 四合院我住隔壁不姓王 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 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
- 168 God of War Who Guards the Nation: One Man Defends China, Unmatched Under Heaven 镇国战神：一人镇国，华夏无敌 [No Heroine] + [Changes to the Original Story] + [Supernatural Powers] + [Parallel Worlds] (Not much of the Love in the Courtyard storyline. Don’t read if that’s not your thing!) (I’m not very good at writing blurbs, so please head straight to the story!) New blurb: Reborn in the 1960s, Xu Tian thinks that with his knowledge of the future, he can make a little money just like the protagonists in other novels. Then he finds out this is a world where people awaken supernatural powers. “...What the 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 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
- 170 Fists Rule the Siheyuan 拳镇四合院 [A courtyard-house setting, martial arts, no System. Lots of jokes, little romantic push-and-pull, and Yi Zhonghai gets sent to a labor camp to spend his old age. The first few chapters are transitional, with troublemaking and teasing Qin Huairu. The protagonist has standards, so if that's not your thing, don't read.] Wang Min, a fanatical Taoism enthusiast, happens upon a thread-bound book called Lightning and Thunder Fist. After practicing for a while, he gets nothing but a strong body and mo 23Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 171 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, That Child Isn't Yours 四合院：傻柱，孩子不是你的 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 172 Siheyuan: Making Banggeng Incapable of Having Children from the Start 四合院：开局先让棒梗绝后 [Siheyuan + System + Period Novel + Brutally Punishing the Vermin] Note: This story is full of rage. If that's not your thing, don't read it, and don't come looking for a fight. Ren Jianping was browsing the internet when he meant to take a quick nap, but unexpectedly transmigrated to 1962, into a world of a Siheyuan packed with vermin. From the start, he finds himself at a whole-courtyard meeting. They took the compensation money for his father's death, and now they want to divide up his father —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Siheyuan: I, Silly Zhu, Want to Marry and Build a Career 四合院：我傻柱要娶老婆，干事业 [A hilarious tale of taking down scoundrels, with love and career both in the picture!] He won't fawn over Deaf Granny or Qin Huairu, and he definitely won't let Bang Geng off the hook! Given a second chance at life, Silly Zhu uses his System to take down scoundrels, find a wife, and build his career. He keeps his head down and develops before the times change, then snaps up antiques and paintings when they do. Once the storm passes, Director He’s career takes off! Qin Huairu clings to the car w 1.5kReads6.7Score—14d adds
- 174 Siheyuan: What’s a Letter of Forgiveness? Never Heard of One! 四合院：谅解书是啥？没见过！ Wu Tian wakes up one day and finds himself in a courtyard house. A pocket dimension, god-tier abilities, and a stingy System! He used to see people in the courtyard getting letters of forgiveness, but since arriving, he hasn't seen one even once! Using his pocket dimension and skills, he lives a simple, ordinary life! 1.8kReads5.5Score10014d adds
- 175 Siheyuan: Beginning in the 1950s 四合院之从五十年代开始 The story of a modern soul who transmigrates to the 1950s. People of that era each have their own ways of life. An ordinary city dweller will inevitably encounter all sorts of frustrations, but also meet plenty of interesting people. 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Rebuilding My Life in the Siheyuan 重塑四合院人生 This is a story about the everyday ups and downs of family life. Quite a few readers have suggested that I change the title to Stud Farm in the Siheyuan. Interesting. You can tell what it means just from the title. I apologize. I'm sorry I didn't make this clear beforehand and spoiled your reading experience. If it's not to your taste, that's fine. Please feel free to move on. 93Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 177 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Mind-Control Jia Zhangshi 四合院：开局心控贾张氏 Ling Yixuan and Qin Huairu were promised to each other as children. Hoping to move to the city, Qin Huairu broke off the engagement and married Jia Dongxu. They thought their paths would never cross again, but Ling Yixuan also moved to the city. He ended up living in the same courtyard as Qin Huairu and became a worker at the Red Star Steel Factory. The Jia family and the other courtyard residents ostracized Ling Yixuan. Meanwhile, Jia Dongxu was left disabled by an on-the-job injury, and life b 81Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 178 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
- 179 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
- 180 Siheyuan: You Stole My Childhood Sweetheart? Just Watch What I Do to You 四合院：抢我青梅？看我怎么整你 Love in the Courtyard + Hunter + Period Piece + Childhood Sweethearts + Stealing Someone's Love + Revenge on a Rival -------------------- —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Siheyuan: I Met Qin Huairu First, and Huaihua Burst into Tears 四合院：先认识淮茹，槐花哭了 Siheyuan courtyard + everyday life + Wei Wu's wild legacy Xu Feng arrives in the world of Love in the Courtyard. To get a place in the courtyard, he pretends to be Jia Dongxu's younger brother and tricks Qin Huairu into taking him in with a bicycle and cornmeal, becoming one of the courtyard's residents. “Sister Huairu, here's a photo of your nephew Banggeng stealing a chicken. You don't want him to go to jail, do you?” “Sister Yu Li, I have more ration coupons than I can spend. Want some?” “Lou 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Siheyuan: Making the Most of a Wonderful Life 四合院之玩转精彩人生 [Scheming, Face-Slapping, Cao Cao Archetype, Everything You Want] Fang Li transmigrates to Beijing in the 1960s after an accident. What? He's in the world of Love in the Courtyard, too! On his very first day after transmigrating, Jia Zhangshi picks a fight with him, and he gives her a good slap across the face! Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him with morality? Sorry, that won't work on me. Sha Zhu wants to get physical? Then he can forget about it. The title of Courtyard's Fighting Champion is —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 My Siheyuan Life Is All About Doing Whatever I Want 四合院之我的生活主打个随心随性 [System + not a power fantasy + one heroine + low aggression + slow-paced + laid-back and leisurely + leaves the courtyard compound later] Wang Yufan, an ultra, ultra, ultra-homebody, somehow transmigrated into 1961 and took the place of Zhang Xiaoyu, a sixteen-year-old descendant of a martyr living in the courtyard compound at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang in the capital. That’s right, he ended up in the parallel world of the TV series Love in the Courtyard. Also, the protagonist’s personality is set 2.2kReads5.8Score10314d adds
- 184 The Little Master Chef in Siheyuan 小神厨在四合院 [Siheyuan + pocket dimension + aggression + from ancient times to the present] Lou Wenliang, an imperial chef from the Qing Dynasty, traveled from ancient times to the present and woke up in a Siheyuan in the 1960s. The Siheyuan had already been divided up, so he would just have to buy it back! Lou Xiao'e was his eighteenth-generation descendant, and Xu Damao wanted to seize her home? Well, he'd have to see whether the old ancestor approved! Watch as the old ancestor turns the Siheyuan's crooked 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Siheyuan: Zhou Wenzhong 四合院之周文忠 Zhou Wenzhong's story of striving, viewing the world from another perspective. 33Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 186 Siheyuan: I Ruined Your Reputation from the Start. Are You Asking to Die? 四合院：开局毁我名声，找死是吗 From the start, Lin Fan is accused by the Jia family of being a quack. They claim he botched an emergency treatment, ruin his reputation, then demand compensation and that he give up his home! Lin Fan flips the table. “I’m done with this!” He reports them and moves out, gets Yi Zhonghai stripped of his position as the courtyard’s head, then moves into a private courtyard right across the way! With a god-tier sign-in System, he can sign in from time to time and receive max-level medical skills, a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Starting in the World of Siheyuan 从四合院世界开始 A soul from modern times transmigrates and is reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard. As he grows older, what kind of waves will he make? Will he uncover the truth about the world? 9Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 188 Siheyuan: I Have the Beasts Surrounded 四合院之我包围了众禽 He Yu, from the 21st century, transmigrates to the 1970s and lands right in the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, in the very same courtyard where all those miscreants live their “happy” lives. 293Reads7.7Score10914d adds
- 189 Siheyuan: The Quiet Life of an Angler 四合院之钓鱼佬的平淡生活 [Low on hostility, focused on everyday life] A fisherman's a fishing soul. A modern-day angler accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s, and ends up in a courtyard once dubbed by netizens the “Courtyard of a Hundred Beasts.” Watch as this humble fishing enthusiast makes his way through the beastly courtyard and lives a peaceful life. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Reborn in the Siheyuan: I Refuse to Be Anyone's Fool 重生四合院：打死不做冤大头 He Yuzhu transmigrates into the body of He Yuzhu. He becomes Ma Guobao's disciple! Knowing the original story's plot, he sets out on a different path of his own. Learn to cook? No way! I'm going to study hard and serve my country! 2Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 191 Siheyuan: Rain, Clear Skies, Food, Medicine, and Martial Arts 四合院之雨住天晴食医武 A modern-day traditional Chinese medicine practitioner is reborn as He Yuzhu, the protagonist of the TV series Love in the Courtyard. Watch as he calmly lays his plans, looks down on all those ridiculous people, and changes He Yuzhu's tragic life. 4Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 192 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1952 四合院之重生1952 Ye Zi is a corporate drone who thinks the only thing separating him from his seniors is being in the right place at the right time. Catch the express train of development, and even a pig can fly. After transmigrating into a courtyard compound, he's determined to be the king of all those pigs. He wants to get ahead, but more than that, he wants to enjoy life. Jia Zhangshi comes over to freeload? Sure, he gives her food, then secretly laces it with croton seeds. When she comes after him, he sets a 377Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 193 Siheyuan: He Daqing, 1965 四合院之何大清1965 A veteran spy in his fifties wakes up in He Daqing's body. Watch this middle-aged man whip the courtyard's miscreants into shape! There's a little violence and a bit of aggression. My first work has its flaws, and I hope to learn alongside all my readers. 1.2kReads8.9Score—14d adds
- 194 Siheyuan: Why Does Everyone Call Me a Dead Man? 四合院：咋都叫我死鬼 Zhao Dabao was a student at a third-rate medical university. When he graduated in his fourth year, he went out for a farewell dinner with a few good friends. He drank too much baijiu and died. When he woke up, he had transmigrated into a courtyard house. He’d transmigrated into the body of the factory doctor Zhao Dabao, who shared his name. Faced with a whole courtyard full of “beasts,” he decided to become a “veterinarian.” And so began a ridiculous, laugh-out-loud story… 271Reads7.6Score11714d adds
- 195 A Journey to Godhood Starting from Siheyuan 从四合院开始的超神之旅 After finally passing the civil service exam upon graduating in 2022, Xu Weiguo learns that his assigned workplace is in the Forty-Ninth City in 1958! After a chime, a gentle but unmistakably synthetic voice rings in his ear: “The Employee Service System of Huaxia No. 3 Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd. is now online. Please follow the instructions to learn how to use it and familiarize yourself with the employee regulations...” 283Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 196 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Returns as a Vengeful Ghost 四合院：化作厉鬼的傻柱归来 Everyone saw the ending, but they didn't see Silly Zhu, who had been swindled out of everything by the Jia family, getting taken away by the Pawnshop of All Things when Bang Geng kicked him out of the courtyard. Hahaha, you bastards never saw this coming, did you? I can use everything you own as collateral! 286Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 197 Siheyuan: I Have Powerful Connections, So Who Should I Fear? 四合院：我有后台我怕谁 [Courtyard, System, skills, face-slapping, putting the courtyard’s pests in their place] Unemployed and at home, Lin Weipeng just wanted to relax and watch some TV, but Love in the Courtyard disgusted him. The show featured the “foolish” He Yuzhu, the pitiful yet hateful Qin Huairu, the selfish and fiery Qin Jingru, the womanizing villain Xu Damao, the self-righteous Yi Zhonghai, the pompous Liu Haizhong, the calculating Yan Bugui, and the meddlesome Jia Zhangshi, a master at summoning spirits.. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 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
- 199 A Happy Life in the Siheyuan 人在四合院之幸福生活 [The Animal-Filled Siheyuan + Everyday Life + Mildly Violent Edge + Golden Finger] Ye Lin suddenly transmigrates into an animal-filled siheyuan. In his previous life, he was an orphan taken in by an old man. When Ye Lin turned eighteen, the old man passed away, and just like that, he transmigrated. Luckily, his golden finger arrives. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to get by. From here on, a happy life awaits. 70Reads—Score214d adds
- 200 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Simulated Life 四合院：何雨柱的模拟人生 In 1955, He Yuzhu obtained a Life Simulation System and learned that his future self would be a worn-out old ox, propping up the Jia family. The widowed Jia woman would leech off him, the old folks in the courtyard would guilt-trip him into supporting other people in their old age, and he would even raise a whole brood of ungrateful wolves. After much soul-searching, He Yuzhu decided to change his fate. He would start by changing what happened when his father, He Daqing, ran off with a widow. In 1Reads6.1Score—14d adds
