Novels like Siheyuan: Starting Before the Founding of the Nation
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- 151 Siheyuan: I'm Only Eighteen, and You Want Me to Support You in Your Old Age? 四合院:年仅十八就让我养老? After Peng Guodong's soul transmigrates into the Siheyuan, people covet his two rooms and frame him as a traitor. From the start, the neighborhood committee comes to check on him. After great joy and sorrow, three deaths, and one serious illness, he clears his name and gets a job. But then he's set up and sent to guard the storeroom? What the hell! Are they trying to make me retire here? I'm only eighteen! This is a city-life growth story, not a face-slapping power fantasy. It's not easy being a 2.9kReads6.4Score10014d adds
- 152 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
- 153 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
- 154 Siheyuan: Transmigrating as He Yushui, the Invisible Girl 四合院:穿越成为小透明何雨水 After an accident, college student Tang Yan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes He Yushui, Silly Zhu's high-school-age younger sister. After keeping a low profile for three years, she gets into the university's accounting department. Upon graduating, she is assigned to work as a cashier at the Red Star Steel Mill. Starting by stopping Qin Huairu from collecting Silly Zhu's wages on his behalf, she puts obstacles in her way at every turn. In the end, she helps Silly 1.1kReads8.0Score11914d adds
- 155 Siheyuan: I Caused Trouble, and It's Totally Legal! 四合院:捅娄子,我是合法的! Xu Damao: I wanted to get along with you all as an ordinary person, but you had to provoke me. I’m done pretending. Here’s the truth! Getting into trouble? I’m doing it legally! Yi Zhonghai: Damao, I really don’t want to rely on anyone in my old age. Please stop causing trouble! He Yuzhu: Damao, I really regret what I did back then! Qin Huairu: Damao, I’m begging you, act like a decent person! Qin Jingru: Damao, I still... 13Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 156 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Is Reborn with Mastery of Every Profession 四合院:重生何雨柱,全职业精通 One day, he transmigrates to the 1950s and becomes He Yuzhu. His father ran off? Good riddance. His little sister is still young? All the better. He'll raise her properly so she doesn't grow up to be an ungrateful brat. What would it be like to gain a new skill every day? With the help of his System, He Yuzhu's life gets better and better. There's no end to family drama and petty squabbles. The lives of ordinary people unfold, one scene at a time. 25Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 157 Siheyuan: Steal Luck to Make Delicious Food 四合院:夺人气运做美食 Lin Hai became an orphan at twelve. One night, drunk, he crashed into a TV and transmigrated into a siheyuan. After activating the Big Boss System, Lin Hai set out to steal other people's fortunes and trade them for gourmet skills. At the factory, he keeps a low profile as the cafeteria director. At home, he enjoys the company of beautiful women and delicious food. One day, his soul arrives in the courtyard, and all the scheming neighbors gather. If you ask how to deal with them, Lin Hai cries o 5kReads8.1Score25014d adds
- 158 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Turns Foolish and Torments the Whole Lot 四合院之变傻柱虐众禽 After reading so many stories about the courtyard, I decided to write one myself. My writing isn’t great, so please don’t flame me in the comments. If you like it, keep reading. If not, feel free to leave. Thank you, everyone! 2.9kReads8.1Score11314d adds
- 159 Siheyuan: King of the Beasts 四合院:禽兽之王 In this menagerie of a courtyard, Lou Xiao'e is the one who leaves the deepest regret. From the start, I became Xu Damao, fleeced Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu until they were completely broke, submitted Miss Qiu's design blueprints, and became a deputy factory director. So after working hard for so long, can't I finally enjoy myself? 10Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 160 Xu Damao's Remarkable Life in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的精彩人生 An ordinary young man from the 21st century transmigrates into the 18-year-old Xu Damao. Watch Xu Damao make an exciting life for himself. How will he whip the entire courtyard compound into shape? He’ll show those courtyard pests what it means to be a beacon of righteousness. 679Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 161 Siheyuan: Qin Jingru’s Happy Life 四合院:秦京茹的幸福生活 Qin Jingru, a college student, stays up late binge-watching a drama and unexpectedly is reborn as Qin Jingru in the world of a courtyard house. Drawing on the wisdom of 21st-century Blue Star, Qin Jingru takes up the lie-flat lifestyle. Every day, she counts her money, enjoys delicious food, and flirts with rugged men! What does she do in her spare time? Of course, mess with all the troublemakers in the courtyard. How does she mess with them? It’s a long story. Better read the novel and see for 349Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Siheyuan: Reborn as Damao, I Ruin the Beasts' Lives 四合院:重生大茂,坑惨众禽 At death's door, Xu Damao finally saw the light. He realized that everything he'd done over the years had been utterly ridiculous. Sadly, he was already old, with no chance to make amends. He had completely failed to return Lou Xiao'e's deep devotion, and marrying Qin Huairu's cousin, Qin Jingru, had been a disastrous move. Everyone despised him. He'd also been so blinded that Li Huaide swindled him out of every last cent, leaving him destitute and alone in his old age. It seemed being left with 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Siheyuan: Sign-in System! Hmm, Pretty Powerful! 四合院:签到系统!嗯,很强大! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: Wang Dali's Happy Life 四合院:王大力的快乐生活 The author has revised some of the plot and the cringe-worthy parts. Readers who are interested can go back and take another look. No book in the world can suit everyone. This is the author's first book, so there are bound to be some parts that aren't entirely rigorous. Wang Dali accidentally transmigrates to 1962 and arrives in the world of "Full Courtyard of Birds." He also becomes a resident of the back courtyard. But because his parents left him three rooms, the Jia family sets its sights on 359Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 165 Love in the Courtyard: A Carefree Bystander 情满四合院:悠闲路人甲 After unexpectedly arriving in Love in the Courtyard, Lu Xu faced Yi Zhonghai, the sanctimonious hypocrite known as First Master; Jia Zhangshi, the shameless, quarrelsome necromancer; the courtyard’s so-called “war god,” the protagonist nicknamed Silly Zhu, whose real name was He Yuzhu, who inherited his father’s noble habit of loving widows; Qin Huairu, a beautiful but insincere widow raising three children; Liu Haizhong, the Second Master, who craved official status, loved throwing his weight 226Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao 四合院:我是许大茂 A man receiving state support for having no family was actually praised for making shoes for the army. A widow living on handouts was somehow celebrated as a mother who could overcome anything for her children. A fool liked flirting with a widow. A man who only talked and never acted, yet helped a widow under cover of night, somehow stood on the moral high ground. A man who didn't even know what an official was wanted to become one. And a teacher, in an era of hunger and scarcity, schemed to tak 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 A Siheyuan Villain's Life 四合院之小人的一生 A miserable wage slave from the 21st century dies from working overtime and ends up in the capital in the 1960s. To his dismay, he discovers he's landed in the world of that damn courtyard. Watch me carve out a brilliant life of my own! 403Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 168 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Masters the Thirty-Six Stratagems 四合院之许大茂玩转三十六计 Xu Damao, a 21st-century civil servant and graduate student in Chinese literature who has read Romance of the Three Kingdoms cover to cover, admired literature, and loved nothing more than living freely, dies after falling from the sixteenth floor in an accident. He saves Xu Damao, a 1950s projectionist who fell while showing a film in the countryside and knocked his head against a rock. From then on, he breaks through the script, setting off a very different series of dramatic events in Courtya 400Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 169 I Transmigrated as Jia Dongxu and Told Qin Huairu the Truth 穿越成贾东旭,告诉秦淮如真相 [Multiple Heroines] [The System Keeps a Low Profile] [No Hostility] After transmigrating as Jia Dongxu, he tells Qin Huairu the truth from the start and saves all the courtyard's bullies! The setting is a little different from the TV series, so don't get too hung up on the details. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Siheyuan: I Really Do Want to Be a Good Person 四合院:我真的想做好人啊 [Siheyuan]+ [Comedy]+ [Easygoing]+ [Scheming]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] Through a strange twist of fate, Ma Fan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Facing the unfriendly looks from the people in the courtyard, Ma Fan sighs: It’s not the neighbors who are at fault, but the people who chose such terrible neighbors! Yi Zhonghai has no one to care for him in his old age? Leave it to me! Off to the suburban prison with him. Liu Haizhong wants to become an 2.3kReads8.1Score10014d adds
- 171 Siheyuan: Enjoying Life With a Pocket Dimension 四合院:带着空间享受生活 Modern chef Zhang Sen brings his storage space with him when his soul transmigrates into the body of Zhang San in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He uses the space to live in luxury, beats down all the troublemakers in the courtyard, and finds success in both love and career. 5.4kReads7.9Score18214d adds
- 172 Silly Zhu and Liangzi Take on the World 傻柱和亮子闯世界 After becoming Silly Zhu, he thinks that in this special era he'll be stuck in the courtyard house and the steel mill. Unexpectedly, he gets to travel all across the country and overseas. After the reforms and opening up, he figures being a restaurant owner will be enough, but he unexpectedly becomes an Olympic champion. He thinks that being a champion, then a coach, and eventually a leader is a fine way to spend his life, but then he accidentally shows off his talents in the investment world. 111Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 173 Siheyuan: A Salary of 99 from the Start 四合院:开局工资九十九 Li Aiguo is reborn and transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. He becomes an eighth-grade fitter from the show. From the start, he earns a salary of ninety-nine yuan and begins a wonderful new life. The whole courtyard is full of jealous, scheming neighbors. Yi Zhonghai, the First Master, uses moral pressure to manipulate people. Liu Haizhong, the Second Master, is obsessed with becoming an official. Yan Bugui, the Third Master, is a penny-pincher. Qin Huairu is a bloodsucker, Banggeng is a th 3.7kReads5.1Score20014d adds
- 174 Siheyuan: Gaining Supreme Culinary Skills from the Start 四合院:开局获得无上厨艺 After transmigrating into a Beijing courtyard, Zhao Yunchuan just wants to live a peaceful life, but the scoundrels around him won’t let him! Sigh, forget it. I’ll stop pretending and lay my cards on the table. I, Zhao Yunchuan, am the greatest chef, the greatest doctor, the greatest warrior... Come on, you scoundrels, let’s see what you’ve got! 9.5kReads7.8Score35614d adds
- 175 Siheyuan: Damao Wants Me to Get Him in Trouble 四合院:大茂让我捅娄子 [Siheyuan] + [System] + [Feel-Good Story] Xu Shaoan transmigrated. When he opened his eyes, he was in the world of the Animal-Filled Siheyuan. He had become Xu Damao's younger brother. Before he could even take it all in, his cheap older brother Xu Damao made him an offer he couldn't refuse: "Shaoan! ... Help me sow my seed!" Xu Shaoan was stunned. He never would have expected anything like this. But... [Congratulations, Host. You have bound yourself to the 'Grow the Family Tree' System...] [Is 21Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 176 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
- 177 Siheyuan: Lou Xiao'e Is Also a Transmigrator 四合院:娄晓娥也是穿越者 Zhou Chaoyang transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. After leaving the military, he joined the security department at a steel mill. Everyone in the courtyard was a beast, with Lou Xiao'e the only decent one. One day, he ran into Lou Xiao'e. Lou Xiao'e asked him, “Zhou Chaoyang, are you a transmigrator?” Huh? Could Lou Xiao'e be a transmigrator too? 3.2kReads5.6Score19614d adds
- 178 Siheyuan: I'm Dongxu's Younger Cousin, with the Spirit of Jian'an 四合院:我东旭堂弟,建安风骨 [Moderate angst] [Moderate pacing] [Everyday life and punishing scoundrels] A master of traditional Chinese medicine transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard in 1951, becoming Jia Mingde, Jia Dongxu's cousin. He flees famine with his younger sister and comes to the capital to seek refuge with his aunt. But Jia Dongxu needs money for a marital home, so he plans to sell Jia Mingde off to work as a sailor and his sister to the countryside as a child bride. Luckily, Jia Mingde awakens the 77Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 179 Siheyuan: Reborn as Han Chunming, I Fooled Su Meng from the Start 四合院:重生韩春明,开局骗苏萌 [Scheming + play the pig to eat the tiger + food + collecting + business + entertainment] When Han Chunming inexplicably transmigrates to Under the Zhengyang Gate, he’s completely bewildered. Ding! The Everything Goes Your Way System is at your service. What the heck? It’s actually a pay-to-win System? Never mind. Making money is what matters. 1.3kReads6.6Score—14d adds
- 180 Siheyuan: A Life of My Own Choosing 四合院:随心所欲的生活 Cao Jianjun, a low-level thug from the twenty-first century, gets clubbed from behind while walking at night and winds up in a courtyard house. With a stingy System golden finger, he lives as he pleases in this place full of beasts. (Since he’s a gangster, his moral standards aren’t very high. If you like saintly characters helping one another around the courtyard, sorry, this book won’t be for you.) 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Carefree Life 四合院:傻柱的逍遥人生 [One Heroine + Period Setting + Farming] In his previous life, He Yuzhu spent his whole life simping for Qin Huairu, only to be kicked out of her home by Bang Geng and freeze to death beneath a bridge. Reborn, he finally came to his senses. He would never simp for a widow again, especially one with a son. He only wanted to use his knowledge of the future to avoid the traps in the courtyard and live a leisurely life with Lou Xiao'e. A warm home with his wife and children would make up for the reg 3.9kReads7.8Score12014d adds
- 182 I, the Villain Xu Damao! 我,反派许大茂! He winds up in the Siheyuan, and becomes the villain Xu Damao? The Thief Saint comes to steal meat? I'll serve him intestines instead. That's right, the very Xu Damao who got his own father killed and betrayed his wife. Only, none of that has happened yet, so there's still time to make things right. And from his memories, he learns that Silly Zhu had something to do with his infertility... He pampers Lou Xiao'e alone. 346Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 183 Siheyuan: Back from the Army, It's Time to Win Them Over with Virtue 四合院:退伍了该以德服人 Liu Shengyang never stole or robbed, and always kept his feet firmly on the ground. He never expected to transmigrate right after graduating from university, landing in the legendary world of Birds All Over the Courtyard. With the memories of the original owner, he became a veteran army cook. Let's see how he makes a name for himself in the courtyard... 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Reborn in the Siheyuan: I’m the Tough Auntie 重生四合院之我是彪悍大妈 Li Chunhua was reborn. She had witnessed the changing times and experienced the development of society. Reborn with the face-slapping System for dealing with scoundrels, she would seize the opportunities of the era and work hard, determined to lead her whole family to glory. As for the scoundrels in the courtyard, they were no big deal. She, Li Chunhua, was a famous neighborhood auntie in Nanluoguxiang. Even someone like Jia Zhangshi could only end up a loser. When Jia Zhangshi tried to summon t 240Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 185 Is This a Joke? 岂非儿戏 [Supernatural powers + transmigrate] [Comedic transmigration into a book] ^O^ Please don't read if this bothers you~ The invincible young Chen Long gains supernatural powers after stumbling upon an ancient magical artifact. He can summon wind and rain, and travel through countless lands. Using the Twin Fish Jade Pendant, he enters parallel worlds, visits Journey to the West, takes on Water Margin, and ventures into Dream of the Red Chamber, unraveling the unsolved mysteries of the myriad worlds. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Siheyuan: Taking Silly Zhu’s Place from the Start 四合院开局替代傻柱 9.2kReads7.5Score22614d adds
- 187 Siheyuan: I Came from the Countryside 四合院:我从农村来 #Siheyuan #Pocket Dimension #Farming #Slow Pace This is a farming story. The protagonist transmigrates from the modern era, and the focus is on farming. But who could have guessed that he would get a pocket dimension, and that the secret to unlocking it would be getting into a fight with educated youth Banggeng? Banggeng is the first one to toil in the fields for the protagonist. Later, more and more of the courtyard's scoundrels join him in working the fields. Wang Fugui truly lives up to his n 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 My Father Ran Away from the Start 开局父亲跑路 My 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! 30Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 189 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Refuses to Die Childless 四合院之许大茂不当绝户 Xu Damao, a modern single young man, has an accident and transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, where he gets a more children, more blessings System. The System is a bit unscrupulous, forcing him to be a bad guy. It’s just so satisfying. 4.1kReads8.3Score16314d adds
- 190 Siheyuan: Reborn as a Martyr's Family Member, Brimming with Positive Energy 四合院:魂穿成烈属,浑身正能量 (Not too dark) Lu Chunsheng accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he swindles Jia Zhangshi out of two jin of cornmeal. Later, everyone realizes that anyone who crosses him is bound to meet a bad end... 3.2kReads7.2Score12314d adds
- 191 Siheyuan: The Years of Wei Wu 四合院之魏武岁月 Lin Yiyi, a construction worker who hauled bricks for a living, was crushed to death by a crane while working at a site and transmigrated to a parallel-world siheyuan. With the System Mall left behind after the System crashed, just see how he takes off in this vast, all-in-one parallel world… 4kReads6.6Score16614d adds
- 192 Seasons in the Siheyuan 四合院春秋 The Li family: Owners of the courtyard house, where generations of the family have lived The Wang family: The Li family's neighbors, with complicated family ties to them Professor Zhang: A scholar who studies traditional Chinese architecture and has a deep affection for courtyard houses 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Reborn in the Siheyuan: He Daqing Can Simplify Things 重生四合院何大清会简化 He Daqing never expected to transmigrate into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become He Daqing, Silly Zhu’s father. He also awakened a simplification ability that lets him simplify skills by spending a certain amount of money. 6.6kReads7.4Score20714d adds
- 194 I'm a Hit with the Women in the Siheyuan 我在四合院很有女人缘 Li Qiang graduates from Stanford University in the United States with a master's degree and returns to the Four-Courtyard Compound. After being attacked as soon as he gets off the plane, he flees in a panic to Qin Family Village. When he's nearly starved to death, he meets Qin Jingru. Afraid of attracting trouble, he doesn't dare tell her he has returned from studying abroad and was attacked. After staying at her house for two days, he returns to the capital and uses his knowledge to lead the na 186Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 195 I Transmigrated to a Siheyuan and Married a Widow from the Start 穿越四合院,开局入赘娶寡妇 Zhao Chenhua transmigrated. His soul had traveled to a courtyard house in 1961. But after receiving the original owner’s memories, he was stunned. He was from the countryside. After three years of famine, he had nearly starved to death before fleeing to the capital. To survive, he agreed to marry into a family living in the courtyard house. Any children they had would have to take the wife’s surname, and he had even signed an agreement: if her whole family was dissatisfied with him, he would hav 5.1kReads7.6Score28614d adds
- 196 Siheyuan: Abandoning Yushui to End the Qing Dynasty 四合院:抛雨水断大清 In his previous life, Silly Zhu was swindled out of everything by everyone in the compound. He ended up dying beneath a bridge, torn apart by wild dogs. At the moment of his death, he understood: he had Dorgon’s fate, but not Cao Cao’s wisdom. Dorgon married a widow with a son, gave up the throne, and eventually fell off his horse and died. He was just an ordinary man who also married a widow with a son, and he froze to death beneath a bridge. Just look at Cao Cao: why was he so wise? Look at th 7.3kReads8.0Score21514d adds
- 197 Siheyuan: Farming with All the Beautiful Women! 四合院,我和众美女一起种田! Zheng Tong, an ordinary modern man at the bottom of society, transmigrates to the capital in the 1960s. Who says the transmigration gods don’t look after working-class people like him? Look, didn’t he transmigrate? But then Zheng Tong discovers that he has transmigrated into "The Birds-Filled Siheyuan", a TV drama he once watched! (^_^) And he’s just an insignificant background character! So should he keep lying flat, or get back on his feet and take off? Read the story of the modern “King of Sl 381Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 198 Siheyuan: Stealing My Best Friend’s Match, Just So You Can Live the Good Life 四合院:截胡好兄弟就怕你过得好 [Period setting + System + not a do-gooder + face-slapping] I just woke up to find a bunch of beasts trying to take over my house, and even trying to kill me. Watch how I, Cheng Bizhi, deal with these beasts and thrive in the courtyard. If you make my life miserable, I'll make yours even worse. I can beat you up, and you'll still have to smile at me. 8.4kReads7.1Score27114d adds
- 199 Siheyuan: Amid the Crowds, Her Graceful Glance Captivated Me 四合院:众里嫣然通一顾 [Cathartic beast-bashing] [Angling for all things] [Multiple heroines, no harem handouts] [All-around male lead] This Love in the Courtyard is different: the women, including Qin Huairu, are even more beautiful and shapely than they were at the height of their looks. From the start, Cheng Wenyuan, a graduate of a university of Chinese medicine who became a doctor at a steel mill, was surrounded by the courtyard's beasts, including Jia Zhangshi, Yi Zhonghai, and Silly Zhu. His golden finger awak 5.9kReads6.9Score25214d adds
- 200 Siheyuan: Lou Xiao'e Kisses Me from the Start 四合院:开局娄晓娥亲了我 Xu Damao is reborn in a Beijing courtyard and bound to a Pants-Crapping Redemption System. Anyone can be a good person, right? But the System turns out to be stingy as heck, so it looks like he'll have to make his fortune with his own two hands... In that turbulent era, Xu Damao stays devoted to Lou Xiao'e, takes the kids out, tends the fields, and showers his wife with affection. He even shows off his son to Silly Zhu. Life couldn't be better! Silly Zhu has no choice but to pull Banggeng over a 534Reads7.0Score—14d adds

















































