Novels like Siheyuan: Beat the Troublemakers and Level Up
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- 1 Comparing Two Siheyuan: This He Yuzhu Is a Bit Too Ambitious 双四合院对比，这个何雨柱有些卷 On the occasion of Old Master He’s 85th birthday, a dual-viewing System activated before the eyes of the entire world. The lives of He Yuzhu from two different worlds were laid bare for everyone to see. At that moment, comparing the life of the other He Yuzhu with Old Master He’s, the difference was like heaven and earth. Everyone witnessed the rise of a legend, and the rise of China!! 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: I Have a Supermarket in the 1960s 四合院：我在六十年代有个超市 My new work is here! 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! 12Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: The God of War, Silly Zhu, Rises Again 四合院之战神傻柱雄起 Silly Zhu, who spent his whole life giving warmth to a widow and raising a family of ungrateful leeches, has been reborn, returning to the familiar courtyard house and the 1960s. Now that he knows how things will end for a man who keeps helping a widow, how will he deal with Qin Huairu and her hypocritical family? How will he handle the courtyard's three masters? How will he thrive before Reform and Opening Up, then soar to the top afterward and become one of the most influential figures on the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: A Serial Murder Case Leaves Every Beast Dead 四合院：连环杀人案，禽兽全死光 [Taking down the bullies + courtyard drama + scheming + serial killer + satisfying read] Lin Jiang transmigrates to the world of the courtyard along with a psychopathic serial killer. He receives a spatial System... The psychopathic serial killer kills someone in the courtyard every so often... From the start, someone in the Jia family is dead, and Qin Huairu is at her wit's end... Then people in Liu Haizhong's family start dying one after another... Is Uncle Yi really childless?... Huaihua is b —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: Everyone in the Courtyard, Act Innocent 四合院：全院嫌疑人通通老实点 When Ma Zhiyong wakes up, he realizes something’s wrong. What the heck is a homeless people’s mutual aid platform? Do I look like someone who can’t make it in a courtyard neighborhood? Seriously, though: this is a story about a beat cop and his wife solving cases. As for the squabbles in the courtyard neighborhood, you can deal with those yourselves. Just don’t get yourselves killed. And Qin Huairu, you and your sister should watch yourselves. You’re being way too shameless. Note: One female lea 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: I Opened My Eyes and Beat Jia Dongxu to a Pulp 四合院：睁开眼暴揍贾东旭 He Chao, a young man in the modern era, is editing videos about a Beijing courtyard compound. His computer gives him an electric shock. When he opens his eyes, he finds that he has transmigrated to a courtyard compound in the 1960s! Since he’s here, he’s going to make something of his life. He incites Yi Zhonghai to get Jia Dongxu killed, beats Liu Haizhong with his fists, and kicks Jia Zhangshi. They can forget about leeching off him. The fake white lotus and the so-called Thief Saint will both —Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 7 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—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Is Reborn as the Sneaky One 四合院：何雨柱重生成了老六 In his previous life, He Yuzhu raised Qin Huairu's children and became a sucker who took on another man's family. Given another chance, he refuses to live such a painful, resentful life. First, he turns the tables on Yi Zhonghai, leaving Qin Huairu in agony, then begins his face-slapping campaign against the fake innocent and scheming women. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 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—Shelves
- 10 A Survival Diary Among the Beasts of Siheyuan 四合院之禽兽堆里的求生日记 [Family squabbles] [Multiple heroines, excluding Qin Huairu] [Golden finger] [Logical] [No dumbing down] [True to the times] If an ordinary modern person transmigrates to the famine-stricken year of 1961 with a golden finger that provides food and drink, can they really live comfortably in the courtyard? When you're surrounded by vicious people, the only way to reach a comfortable life is to make them uncomfortable. The overbearing, domineering Granny Deaf, Yi Zhonghai, the source of all evil, a 3Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 11 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—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: If I Don’t Slack Off, I’ll Fight You All 四合院：我不摆烂就跟你们对着干 The residents of the Siheyuan are all devious schemers, each more cunning than the last? Then I’ll outscheme every one of you! You’re all petty villains, so let’s see who has the sharper tricks! Li Qiang has a golden finger, and he’s not the cautious type. As long as things are going his way, he’s going to show off and dish out some face-slapping! Otherwise, how could he live up to the name of someone who transmigrated? 204Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Slapped Jia Zhangshi Across the Face 四合院：开局赏给贾张氏一耳光 Yang Gang transmigrates to 1959. After his uncle passes away, he leaves Yang Gang an inheritance. Armed with a letter, Yang Gang heads to the capital. What? Jia Zhangshi is trying to steal his house? He gives her a slap right away. What? First Master wants to set him up? Hey, why is there a strange sound coming from the cellar? What? Rumors are flying everywhere. Sor-ry about that, sor-ry about that. I’m the one who spread them. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 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—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: My Golden Finger Is the Everyman 四合院：我的金手指是路人甲 Liu Hao transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, activates the System, and receives ten thousand background characters as a reward from the start. At first, he goes looking for his own underlings. Only later does he realize that everyone living nearby, not just in the Red Star Courtyard, is one of his people. Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him at a meeting, but the neighbors drown him in spit. Silly Zhu challenges him to a spar, only to have the crowd beat him until his arms and legs are broke —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Immortality Begins in the Siheyuan: Be Good and Get Rewards 长生从四合院开始不老实就有奖 Honest man Li Haochun is chosen by the System because of his unusual constitution. But since he’s too honest, the System sends him to a courtyard home. Whenever he acts against his honest nature, he gets a reward. After getting a taste for the rewards, Li Haochun sets out on a path of transformation, from the courtyard home to the world of cultivation, all in pursuit of immortality. To earn rewards, he tells people of the era that men and women can have relationships beyond marriage, such as mas 587Reads7.2Score103Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: I'll Show My Strength, Not Be Anyone's Punching Bag 四合院：我要展雄风，不做出气包 Xu Damao transmigrates from the modern era to the 1960s. And, as luck would have it, he transmigrates into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. Such is fate. Now that I’m in this world, I’m going to live life on my own terms. I’ll show what I’m made of, and I’ll never be anyone’s punching bag!!! —Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: I'm the God of Medicine 四合院，我就是药神 (One female lead, no angst, and the story doesn't follow the original plot all the way.) Wang Teng, heir to a traditional Chinese medicine practice, was reborn in a Beijing courtyard compound. Seeing all the sick people living there, he secretly made up his mind. I'm going to cure them. A physician heals illnesses, people, families, the nation, and the world. Wang Teng may not have such lofty ambitions, but he doesn't want to fade into the crowd, either. So he'll start with this little courtyard 3.1kReads8.0Score111Shelves
- 19 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—Shelves
- 20 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—Shelves
- 21 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—Shelves
- 22 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—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: I Just Want a Peaceful Life 四合院：我只想安逸的生活 Zhang Xiaotian transmigrates to the world of Love in the Courtyard, surrounded by beasts on all sides. He outwits them all, beating the ungrateful wolves of the Jia family and kicking the courtyard's “war god.” He gets Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong so worked up that they cry, “I'm going home to tell my mom!” He just wants to live a peaceful life, so why is it so hard? Whoever messes with him gets taken out! 235Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 24 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—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: Back to an Era of Passion 四合院：重回激情时代 Back to that era of hunger, how will our protagonist, Fang Dali, use his ability to control the land to make sure he and the people close to him have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear? A new writer with a new book. Thanks for reading! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 Did I Just Transmigrate Into a Siheyuan? 四合院这就穿越了？ [Qin Huairu is in this story. If that bothers you, don’t read it. Let the courtyard’s beasts tremble!] “Hey, have you heard? In a few days, you’ll be able to see a once-in-a-century meteor shower from the top of Kunlun Mountain.” “Where’d you get that rumor? Are you sure it’s reliable?” “Of course it is! I heard it from my nephew. It can’t be wrong.” Ye Shisan listened to the two people beside him and rolled his eyes. He couldn’t believe anyone would fall for such nonsense. After silently scoffi 540Reads8.1Score114Shelves
- 28 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—Shelves
- 29 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 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 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—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: With Yi Zhonghai in My Corner, I Can Happily Slack Off Forever 四合院：背靠易中海，摆烂乐无边 In the autumn of 1962. After a deafening train whistle, Qin Yang arrives at the courtyard home to seek refuge with his uncle, Yi Zhonghai. Qin Yang: Yi Zhonghai is my uncle, so I’m already standing on the moral high ground. That means I can lie flat and slack off! Yi Zhonghai: I have a grandnephew. Why would I need Jia Dongxu or Silly Zhu to look after me? My grandnephew is family by blood! 1Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 32 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—Shelves
- 33 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—Shelves
- 34 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—Shelves
- 35 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—Shelves
- 36 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn in 1956 四合院：傻柱重生56年 He Yuzhu, who died a miserable death beneath a bridge, is reborn as a teenager. In an era of scarce supplies, having a pocket dimension is essential if you want a comfortable life. Surrounded by beasts, He Yuzhu wants nothing to do with them and only wants to live his own quiet life. But the beasts won't leave him alone. When Qin Huairu asks to borrow grain and He Yuzhu refuses, Jia Zhangshi runs straight to his door and makes a scene. Yi Zhonghai takes the Jia family's side and targets the He f 506Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 37 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Defies Fate 四合院：逆天改命的傻柱 He Hongyuan was accidentally electrocuted to death, only to transmigrate and be reborn as Silly Zhu in a courtyard house. But to his surprise, the System had made a mistake: he had transmigrated to 1952, more than a decade before the story began. That year, he was only seventeen and still an apprentice at Hongbin Restaurant. With such a terrible start, and determined to get away from Qin Huairu and avoid being a complete sucker, he had no choice but to hit the books and take the college entrance —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Goes Wild on His Wedding Night 四合院：开局洞房，许大茂乐疯了 [Torturing the Hens] [Cozy Daily Life] [One Female Lead] [For Laughs] After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, he becomes Xu Damao, the courtyard's punching bag. Yi Zhonghai picks on him, Silly Zhu beats him up, and Granny Deaf schemes against him. But that was then. Now he has arrived with the [Electronic Karma System]. As long as he helps the beasts pass on, he can earn supplies and skills! He starts from the start by tearing Qin Huairu apart... Together with Ezi, he sets out on th 415Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Takes Out Jia Dongxu from the Start 四合院：何雨柱开局搞死贾东旭 [He Yuzhu’s revenge-fueled rise to power is incredibly satisfying!] He Yuzhu supported the other residents of the courtyard in their old age, only to have them break his legs and drive him from his home when he grew old. He froze to death beneath a bridge. Now he has lived a new life, and he’ll avenge what happened to him in his previous one! Reborn, He Yuzhu “kills” Jia Dongxu first and frames Qin Huairu, determined to turn the Jia family upside down! For his “second kill,” he takes out Deaf Gr 2kReads6.2Score105Shelves
- 40 The Siheyuan System Wants Me to Stir Up Trouble 四合院系统让我搞事 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads7.7Score100Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: A Bludgeon Is the Only Way to Go 四合院：闷棍才是硬道理 He took the bamboo basket and strode briskly toward the shop's back courtyard. His heart was still racing, but this was a different rhythm from nervousness, the giddy excitement of finally drawing close to his destination. 1.6kReads5.1Score—Shelves
- 42 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—Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: Back to the 1950s, Defying the Heavens with My Insight 四合院：重回五十年代，逆天领悟 Xu Hu transmigrates back to the 1950s and binds to a System. With heaven-defying comprehension, he can quickly master anything after just a little practice. Watch someone cook for a little while, and he quickly picks up the tricks of the trade. Practice tai chi one morning, and he quickly grasps its deepest principles. Watch someone brew liquor, and he goes on to create a famous spirit that takes the whole country by storm. But the troublemakers in the courtyard relentlessly ostracize Xu Hu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 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—Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: Driving Everyone Mad at the Compound Meeting 四合院：从全院大会逼疯众人 When Lin Hai arrived at the courtyard compound, he looked at all the familiar faces and gave them a benevolent smile. What, you want me to support you? What, you want me to give you money? Get lost, all of you. A story about a post-2000s youngster whipping the courtyard compound into shape. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: Everyone Likes Me! 四合院：我人缘贼好！ Lin Dagen transmigrates to the 1960s, into Love in the Courtyard. However, he doesn't live in the courtyard. In this era, Lin Dagen is certain of one thing: make friends far and wide! With so many friends, Lin Dagen thrives! 90Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 47 A Great Emperor Emerges from the Siheyuan 四合院，走出个大帝 [Siheyuan] [System] [Reborn] A modern person is reborn as He Yuzhu, the protagonist of the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. Watch as he rises through the ranks and marries Lou Xiao'e, while sending every scheming white lotus, self-righteous moralizer, and ungrateful backstabber packing... 183Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 48 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—Shelves
- 49 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—Shelves
- 50 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—Shelves
