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- 51 Siheyuan: Living the Good Life by Relying on Women 四合院之我靠女人活得滋润生活 He transmigrated into the courtyard, but the protagonist wasn't filled with so much resentment and didn't have a System. He just wanted to live a decent life, but was dragged into all sorts of trouble because of various women. With no other choice, he could only beat up the rotten neighbors and level up along the way, though the ones leveling up were those women. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: Ladle in Hand, Riding the Beasts 四合院：大勺手中握，禽兽身上骑 He Yuzhu transmigrates by accident and finds himself in the capital in the 1960s. He accidentally activates a cultivation System. As long as he keeps repeating a task, he can master it completely. Cooking, carpentry, writing, metalworking, traditional Chinese medicine! And much more. He excels at it all. From now on, I, He Yuzhu, won't be a sucker anymore! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 A Man in the Siheyuan Becomes the Strongest Silly Zhu! 人在四合院，成为最强傻柱！ He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, expecting to become Silly Zhu, who’s hopelessly entangled with a widow! But instead, he transmigrates into Silly Zhu’s body when he’s not quite eighteen. That night, He Daqing sneaks away, planning to leave without saying goodbye! He Yuzhu chases him all the way to the bus station, hoping to squeeze one more handout out of him! There, he unexpectedly runs into nineteen-year-old Chen Xueru?! But this year, he’s no longer He Yuzhu, the famo 191Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 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
- 55 Siheyuan: Sending Silly Zhu to the Lockup from the Start 四合院之开局就送傻柱去小黑屋 After his soul transmigrates into the Siheyuan, he awakens an ability similar to a farm. Xu Damao immediately feels doomed. Every single busybody in the courtyard is scheming against him! Let’s see how I use my knowledge of the plot to scheme against them instead. Only by outscheming them can I enjoy a good life of my own! Silly Zhu: “Xu Damao, are you asking for a beating or what… No, no, Damao, I was wrong! Damao, you’re the boss. Lord Mao, please be the bigger man and let me off!” Qin Zhunru: 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: Reborn for a Second Life, I’m Going to Study 四合院：重活一世，我要读书 I don’t know if the He family’s ancestors must have had smoke rising from their graves, because this kid is nothing like the rest of them. He’s been a born student since childhood, and he’s made it all the way through school. Now, not long after the college entrance exam was announced, he’s getting ready to take it and go to university... —Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: I Got Cursed Out by Jia Zhangshi from the Start 四合院：居然开局就被贾张氏骂 What would an utterly ordinary wage worker do if he transmigrated into a world full of beasts? Ah, the whole courtyard is packed with beasts, and another one has popped up. What a nuisance! Why won't any of them behave? The protagonist is a bit too soft at first. Slow burn. 107Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Yuzhu, Defying Fate 四合院：重生何雨柱，逆天改命 He Yuzhu froze to death beneath an overpass, bringing his miserable life to an end. As he lay dying, he hated the Jia family with every fiber of his being. Heaven gave him the chance to be reborn, sending him back to the 1950s. With a mindset ahead of his time, he rose to incredible heights. From then on, everything in the courtyard changed completely! All the residents were left with nothing but envy, jealousy, and endless regret... 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: I’m One of Them 四合院：我是其中的一员 Li Weiguo was staying up late at home watching a TV drama when, out of nowhere, he transmigrated into the legendary courtyard house and became one of its residents. As Li Weiguo stirs up trouble and watches the show unfold in the courtyard house, he uses the golden finger that came with him to build a happy life. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Reborn in Siheyuan: I Get Liu Lan to Divorce from the Start 重生四合院之开局让刘岚离婚 Reborn in a world where someone has transmigrated into Silly Zhu, only for that transmigrator to lose control and repeat Silly Zhu's life. Although he rises to prominence early on, he still ends up falling for Qin Huairu later. Watch how I, a reborn man, help Silly Zhu and the transmigrator expose the true face of the hypocritical Qin Huairu, one step at a time. And from the start, I help Liu Lan get a divorce. 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 I, Silly Zhu, Rule the Siheyuan 我，傻柱！称霸四合院 Transmigrated into a courtyard and became Silly Zhu. But he wasn't silly at all. He stopped being Qin Huairu's lovesick puppy and focused on managing his own System space. What generosity! He handed out grain coupons and meat coupons to every household. All the courtyard busybodies followed his lead. He Yuzhu was no longer Silly Zhu! 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: After the Earthquake, the Jia Family Begs Me to Take Them In 四合院：地震后，贾家求我收留 After an earthquake, he is reborn as He Yuzhu. As fate would have it, the Jia family across the way had cut corners on their house, and it collapsed in the quake. With nowhere to go, several members of the Jia family come knocking, begging him to take them in. As He Yuzhu, who knows the entire epic history of the courtyard, he refuses to repeat the same mistakes. He gets a Super Farm System from the start and decisively turns the Jia family away. Those bloodsuckers can stay away from me! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, and I’ll Make Those Beasts Suffer 四合院：我多子多福，狂虐众禽 [Siheyuan fanfiction + more children, more blessings + sign-in + face-slapping and punishing scum] Li Shan transmigrates into the Siheyuan, with more children bringing more blessings, and binds a sign-in System with an overpowered cheat. Qin Huairu tries to seduce me? Sorry, I'm a man with a wife and kids. Jia Zhangshi comes looking for trouble? I'll beat you up, then send your grandson to juvenile detention while I'm at it. Xu Damao reports me for embezzlement? Heh. I'll have him brought in and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Me, Silly Zhu! From the Start, I'm Set Up on a Date with Lou Xiao'e 我，傻柱！开局与娄晓娥相亲 He Yuzhu transmigrates from a parallel world. Everyone likes Qin Huairu, but when he watched the show, the one he liked was always someone like Lou Xiao'e. So after transmigrating, he refuses to be Qin Huairu's lapdog and turns his attention to pursuing Lou Xiao'e. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Reborn in Siheyuan, I Refuse to Be a Doormat 重生四合院，我绝不做大冤种 He Yuzhu, who froze to death beneath an overpass, is reborn at the age of fifteen. Given another chance at life, I, He Yuzhu, swear I won't be a fool who lets everyone take advantage of him! I'm going to make the most of this life. Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu, I'm staying as far away from you as I can this time! —Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat Banggeng to a Pulp with One Hammer Blow 四合院：开局暴揍棒梗，一锤八十 Zhou Fang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. When he wakes up, the first things he sees are peeling walls and shabby furniture. Looks like he's in for a rough time. As Zhou Fang sighs, a System voice rings out in his mind. [Congratulations, Host. You have awakened the Fortune Space System.] Anything stored inside can absorb the energy of creation and transform into something better! Zhou Fang feels a little comforted. After all, having a System is like getting cheat codes. Fr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Transmigrated into a Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Starts Out Using PUA on Qin Huairu 穿越四合院傻柱开局pua秦淮茹 After He Yuzhu, a Hunan cuisine chef with the same name, dies in a car accident, he transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan. Knowing the truth about the courtyard's schemers, he sets out on a very different path from Silly Zhu. Qin Huairu, who spent a lifetime manipulating Silly Zhu, finds herself manipulated in turn. Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady, who had plotted to make him support them, are outmaneuvered by him instead. If you're planning to scheme your way into having me support you i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: Hello, Qin Huairu 四合院：你好！秦淮茹 Ever since Chen Da moved into the courtyard, one thing after another went wrong. A curious reporter went in to investigate. The first person interviewed was Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai gave a bitter smile. “That apprentice of mine... Sigh!” The second was Jia Zhangshi. Jia Zhangshi grabbed at her remaining strands of hair in frustration. “That neighbor of mine... Sigh!” The third was Silly Zhu. Silly Zhu looked up at the sky, his face full of indignation. “That grandfather of mine... Sigh!” The fou —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1958, My Son Is Silly Zhu 四合院：重生58年，我儿是傻柱 Armed with the Perfect Life System, I was reborn in 1958 and became Silly Zhu's father! That year, He Daqing was 33 years old. His wife had been dead for five years, and he was still a chef at Fengzeyuan. His son, He Yuzhu, was fourteen, and his daughter, He Yushui, was seven! Yi Zhonghai wants to set me up with the widow Bai so I can remarry? Get lost. Do you really think I don't know what you're up to? He Yuzhu's urge to support widows has awakened? I'll send him straight off to work as a p 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 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
- 71 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Returns in Style with a Storm Lantern 四合院：傻柱携马灯霸气归来 The capital, No. 95 Nanluogu Lane. This is a three-courtyard residence with more than a hundred people living in it. The residents are a motley bunch, with all sorts of people mixed together. There's also one person in the courtyard whom everyone knows. His name is He Yuzhu, but people call him “Silly Zhu.” He gives everything he has to support Widow Qin's family, only to be driven out by Bang Geng when he's old and frail. On a snowy night, he freezes to death beneath a bridge, then unexpectedly 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Hai Yitian Transmigrates to the Siheyuan 海一天穿越四合院 Actor Hai Yitian transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. I've memorized this script, so what could possibly stump me? With my familiarity with the plot and the era, I'll pull off moves even more outrageous than Xu Damao's! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: Starting with Promotion to Grade Six Fitter 四合院：从晋升六级钳工开始 After transmigrating into the world of The Beast-Filled Siheyuan, Li Qiang becomes an ordinary resident. Over seven years, using his brains and hard work, Li Qiang rises to become a Level Six fitter. That day, his god-tier sign-in System finally activates too. Talk about a double blessing!!! Qin Huairu regrets it and wants to cozy up to him now? Not a chance! The beasts are green with envy and do everything they can to ostracize him? Come on, all of you, get in the bowl! 1Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: The Beasts Are Sickos, but I'm Even Worse 四合院：禽兽变态，我更变态 Liu Junlin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and activates the Ghost-Control System from the start. If those scoundrels come looking for trouble, they’re just asking for trouble. Starting with Jia Dongxu, they’ll all come knocking just to get themselves killed! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Claimed Qin Huairu 四合院：开局霸占秦淮茹 [The protagonist's surname is Cao] [Mildly vicious] I want to be a good person, but the System has other ideas. Sorry, Jia Dongxu! I didn't know you were... Sorry, Xu Damao! It's not my fault that Ezi wants to hit you... Sorry, Yan Jiecheng! This Lizhi is so delicious... Sorry... I really didn't mean for this to happen. The System forced me! 9Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: Reborn in the 1960s, Like a Dragon Entering the Sea 四合院：重生六零年，如龙入海 Synopsis: He Yuliang, a business magnate in his previous life, a regional tycoon and the wealthiest man around, transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He was a demobilized military officer entitled to special allowances. He was also He Yuzhu's cousin. After arriving in the courtyard, He Yuliang used his extraordinary knowledge and wisdom to bring the entire place under his control. Go ahead and fight. Go ahead and make a fuss. What can you do to me? —Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 77 Siheyuan: Picking Up a White Lotus? She’s My Moonlight 四合院：捡尸白莲花？白月光啊 Li Xu, a firefighter, died heroically while on duty. Carrying a shattered piece of a Spirit Spring space, he transmigrated to the Love in the Courtyard world. It was the three-year famine. Just see how Li Xu uses this tiny, broken space to make himself a carefree and prosperous life in this world! “By the way, isn’t this cultivation technique a little indecent?” Looking at the technique he’d picked up, which said it increased * ability, Li Xu couldn’t help falling into deep thought. 1Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate and Steal Qin Huairu Away 四合院：穿越截胡秦淮茹 “I transmigrated? I actually transmigrated!” By chance, he transmigrated into a courtyard home and became an ordinary resident. His older neighbor had a promising blind date, so he activated a steal-the-match System and made her his wife... He seemed ordinary, but he wasn’t. Just yesterday, the original owner inherited all of his maternal grandfather’s property: two courtyards and three storefronts. He was so thrilled that he drank himself silly. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: Graduating from College and Joining the Factory, Crushing the Beasts 四合院：大学毕业进厂，压垮禽兽 Liu Jianguo is reborn as a resident of the Courtyard. His little family is full of loyal patriots! After graduating from Nanda, he still returns to the Courtyard, where beasts are everywhere. But this time, Liu Jianguo has returned as chief engineer at the steel mill, a Level 14 state cadre entitled to a special allowance, and an equal of the deputy factory director. What's more, returning to the Courtyard awakens his System. He wins awards for helping build the nation, and even earns a commenda —Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Isn't Silly Anymore, and the Whole Courtyard Is Stunned 四合院：傻柱不傻了，全院蒙了 A top-notch period piece. Lin Qi woke up one day and transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, becoming the male lead, Silly Zhu. Silly Zhu's father, He Daqing, ran off with the White Widow, leaving his son and daughter behind. Qin Huairu already saw Silly Zhu as her meal ticket. Silly Zhu worked as a chef in the cafeteria, but his wages were low. Between the grueling physical labor and caring for his younger sister, the young Silly Zhu wore himself down, came down with a fever, and fell into a 64Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 81 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
- 82 Siheyuan: Life Got Even Better During the Three-Year Famine 四合院：三年灾害，生活更幸福了 [Period drama + exchange System + courtyard compound + daily life + fighting the courtyard's beasts] Qi Jianjun is reborn in a courtyard compound, only to find himself in the three years of famine. He acquires an exchange System. Any item he bought with his phone online or in person before being reborn, as well as project photos and materials he saved on his phone for work, can all be exchanged for sign-in points. The hard times continue, and the courtyard neighbors struggle to make ends meet. Q 633Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Defy Fate and Change My Destiny 四合院：我何雨柱逆天改命 A burned-out office worker is reborn in the courtyard of Birds Full of Four Seasons. He becomes He Yuzhu, the human piggy bank drained by all the scheming neighbors. At this point, He Daqing hasn’t run off, and Qin Huairu hasn’t married into the family. It’s all just beginning. He Yuzhu binds himself to a System and gains a pocket dimension containing a farm, a ranch, a forest, and a fishery. Jia Zhangshi, the spirit-summoning harridan; Yi Haizhong, the moral paragon; Qin Bailian, the bloodsucki 1.4kReads5.5Score10314d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: You Call Me Your Big Brother? Take a Look in the Mirror 四合院：管我叫哥？麻烦照照镜子 [One female lead, Ding Qiunan] After transmigrating, Lin Yuanchao became a cripple who had just been discharged from the army due to an injury and returned home to a courtyard house. From the start, he found himself on a blind date with Qin Jingru. Unfortunately, Qin Jingru had her head in the clouds and looked down on him for being a cripple. Even his urban household registration wasn’t enough to convince her to marry him. In that case, she could return the betrothal gifts and sewing machine he 88Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: Answering the Call to Go Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside! 四合院：响应号召，上山下乡！ The call of the times has sounded, and young people across the country are about to leave their hometowns. Zhou Dong gets assigned to a fairly desirable place. But who could have guessed? The Jia family has its eye on this prize and wants to trade places with Zhou Dong. The old shrew, Yi Zhonghai, and Silly Zhu all step in. No more blabbering. Let's get straight to it. 16Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 86 Siheyuan: I’m He Yuzhu, No Ordinary Man 四合院：我何雨柱，岂是池中物 He Yuzhu, who died a tragic death away from home, is reborn at the age of sixteen. With unexpected help from a System, he gains a cheat that changes his life. He becomes the finest chef in the capital, its top entrepreneur, and its greatest collector. In this life, he keeps his distance from all the courtyard’s beasts and their moral blackmail, determined to live life on his own terms! 1Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: Starting Before the Founding of the Nation 四合院：从建国前开始 Li Dahai transmigrated to the years before the founding of the People’s Republic and ended up in the body of a boy who was barely grown. The good news: New China was about to be founded, and he had a sign-in System. The bad news: he was frail and had two younger brothers to support. The System was also a crippled version. For him, the most important thing now was simply to stay alive. 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: I Don’t Understand My Own System Either 四合院：我的系统我也不懂 He transmigrates into a courtyard, and what does it mean that the System is still loading? This tsundere girl of a System won’t even let me hurry her along. The System has changed the courtyard beyond recognition. Where’s my Bang Geng? When did Qin Huairu become about the same age as Lou Xiaoe? What’s the point if everyone’s the same age? Come see a different courtyard and different people, with no hostility, violence, or gore, only an abundance of human kindness. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Siheyuan: Moving Out of the Courtyard from the Start and Taking Off 四合院：开局搬出四合院，起飞 Bai Yi transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. The first thing he does from the start is sell his old house in the courtyard. The schemers had planned to get their hands on Bai Yi's house, but their plans all fell through. Everyone in the courtyard panicked and was left completely dumbfounded. After moving out, Bai Yi relies on the System and his own quick wits to marry a lovely young wife and enjoy a happy life with his wife and children gathered around the warm hearth. But o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Siheyuan: The Reborn Silly Zhu's Father Takes Down the First Master 四合院：重生傻柱爹，弄死一大爷 He woke up to find himself in the world of the Siheyuan, as Silly Zhu’s father. At this point, He Daqing had already run off to Baicheng with a widow, but he had no intention of spending his life with her. Besides, he knew that after he left, his foolish son, He Yuzhu, would meet a truly tragic end. So He Daqing returned to the Siheyuan. He even earned a hero’s commendation on the train. After returning to the courtyard, He Daqing became a highly respected head chef at the steel mill and sent Yi 1Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 91 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
- 92 Siheyuan: Everyone Becomes a Slave, and I Just Laugh 四合院：众禽当奴隶，反而笑嘻嘻 My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Yuzhu, I Start Turning My Life Around 四合院：重生何雨柱，开始逆袭 The most impressive part was his personal guard. Every one of them had been handpicked by him. They needed not only exceptional combat skills, but also to share his views on money. Pan Jin believed this was the only way to ensure his wealth would not be wasted. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: Cursing Out Yi Zhonghai 四合院：怒骂易中海 After transmigrating as a minor character in a courtyard, he was only nineteen when he was literally angered to death. Then, to his surprise, he gained an emotion System. As long as he could influence other people’s emotions, he would earn rewards. Reborn with a System at his side, he was determined never to live such a miserable life again. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Love in the Courtyard: Transmigrated with a Pocket Dimension 情满四合院：穿越携带随身空间 A new novel is here! Come 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 A Happy Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之幸福人生 Zheng Jianye, a 29-year-old virgin, got blackout drunk and ended up in the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he began to let loose. He was ready to leave his old life behind and enjoy himself. He'd keep his options open and let those flags keep flying. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 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!” 403Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to Become a Rookie Policeman 四合院：之穿越成为小片警儿， 54Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: Beat the Troublemakers and Level Up 四合院：打禽升级 Zhang Yang is reborn in 1955. In his previous life, He Yuzhu bullied him in the kitchen, the three old men in the courtyard morally blackmailed him, and he was expected to support the Jia family. Now that I’m here, you still think things will be the same as before? What are you thinking? If you’ve got the nerve, kill me! 213Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: Trying to Be a Good Person Just to Survive 四合院：为了活下去努力做好人 Transmigrate to March 1963. As soon as Wang Shengli transmigrates, he joins the army and earns a second-class merit award. After retiring due to a leg injury, he is assigned to the steel mill as captain of the security team. Helping people earns me points, but making me help people in this courtyard? Isn’t that practically forcing a man to do the impossible? 123Reads5.8Score—14d adds
