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- 1 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Ordinary Life 四合院：何雨柱的平凡生活 He Yuzhu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1951. A resident of the Beastly Courtyard, he is already seventeen and working as an apprentice in the cafeteria at the Red Star Steel Mill. He Yuzhu experiences the changing lives, human stories, and social landscape of the courtyard from the 1960s through the 1990s. All he wants is to live a quiet life until the opportunities of the era arrive, then work hard to give himself a somewhat comfortable life. Who could have expected a 375Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: My Daily Feasts Drive the Beasts Wild With Envy 四合院：天天美食馋疯众禽兽 Modern-day He Yuzhu transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes the “Silly Zhu” everyone knows. Luckily, he has a space farm with him, so he can get any ingredients he wants. He unlocks grandmaster-level cooking skills and makes delicious food in the Siheyuan every day, leaving all the rotten neighbors drooling with envy. With the cash rewards from the sign-in System, He Yuzhu stocks up on antiques and calligraphy and paintings, buys the Siheyuan and nearby properties, and opens restaur 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: Inheriting Divine Medical Arts from the Start 四合院：开局继承神级医术 Li Qing accidentally transmigrated into a courtyard house, found his deceased parents, inherited a house, and even acquired a miraculous set of medical skills! Keeping the scum in the courtyard in line is a piece of cake. He Yuzhu’s marriage leaves Qin Huairu dumbfounded, Jia Zhangshi is locked up in an asylum, and a hard-of-hearing old man is left with no one to care for him... The whole courtyard is in complete chaos! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Love in the Courtyard: The Years I Was Silly Zhu 情满四合院之我是傻柱那些年 For all the viewers who like Qin Huairu, you’ve come to the wrong place. This isn’t a harem novel. After watching Love in the Courtyard, I just couldn’t let it go, so I thought I’d try writing my own version. I hope you enjoy it, and I’d love to hear your feedback! 313Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: God-Tier Breeding, Starting with a Thousand-Pound Sow 四合院：神级养殖，千斤母猪开局 He wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan as He Yuzhu. From the start, he awakens the Divine Livestock Farming System: whatever he puts inside, it can duplicate. And the copy will be even better than the original! He Yuzhu casually grabs a scrawny little piglet, and the System immediately produces an enormous sow. It gives birth to a litter of piglets, and he even has delicious pork to eat for the New Year. The whole courtyard of vermin is left drooling with en 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu 四合院之重生傻柱 Given a second chance at life, He Yuzhu sees the true faces of the courtyard's beasts. He is no longer the Silly Zhu who can be easily guilt-tripped, nor the Silly Zhu who gets bled dry by Widow Qin every day. In this life, he swears to trample the beasts underfoot and slap the ungrateful right across the face. This time, he will live brilliantly and enjoy the good life! 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: From the Start, Killing Villains Makes Me Stronger 四合院：开局杀恶人就变强 January 27, 1960, Lunar New Year’s Eve! In Longguo’s capital, Sijiu City, the streets were filled with a festive atmosphere, and children’s fireworks crackled now and then. It was New Year’s Eve, the liveliest day of the year. At this time, more than twenty families in a huge courtyard were celebrating the holiday. In a dim room, a young man stood on a stool, with a thick rope hanging in front of him. As he put his head through the noose, he glared savagely at the faint light filtering in throug 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Living in a Siheyuan: My Froglet Travels the World 人在四合院：我家蛙崽会旅行 Chen Yuejin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and receives a job offer from the Five-Star Steel Rolling Mill. He also raises a traveling frog that can journey between worlds and occasionally bring him local specialties. “Your frog has brought you a travel souvenir: [Mechanical Mastery]” “Your frog has brought you a travel souvenir: [Interdimensional Storage Ring]” “Your frog has brought you a travel souvenir: [Machine blueprints that can boost work efficiency by thirty percen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu, and I'll Never Be a Doormat 四合院：我何雨柱，绝不做舔狗 He woke up to find himself as He Yuzhu in a siheyuan courtyard. This time, he was going to make something of his life. From the start, a System sign-in rewarded him with a powerful fruit. Add in his extraordinary cooking skills, and he was soon thriving at the steel mill. What? Qin Huairu still wants to mooch off him? You can forget about it. Jia Zhangshi wants to stir up trouble? She can try taking a couple of slaps! Everyone in that courtyard, every last one of you: starting this life, I, He Y —Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: Tormenting the Jia Family from the Start 四合院：开局折磨贾家 Repay them in their own coin. After arriving in the courtyard, Bai Ze torments the Jia family and takes Silly Zhu on as a servant, leaving Yi Zhonghai with no one to support him. You treated me this way, so I'll do the same to you, and repay you double. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 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. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: Bang Geng Is My Son 四合院之棒梗是我儿子 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: I Am He Yuzhu 四合园之我是何雨柱 I was unexpectedly reborn, and somehow became He Yuzhu, the ultimate simp. That’s not even the scariest part. The scariest part is that I’m about to face these awful neighbors: Yi Zhonghai, who weaponizes morality; Liu Haizhong, who lives for a government post; Yan Fugu, who schemes about everything; Jia Zhangshi, the harbinger of death; and Deaf Granny, who pretends she can’t hear or see... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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—14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, the God of Calamity Himself 四合院：何雨柱，真是人间太岁神 The bitter winter wind howled, and snow covered He Yuzhu as Bang Geng drove him out of his home. Lying beneath a bridge, he looked back on his life. Almost all of it had been spent living for others: the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai, and everyone in the courtyard. Not a single day had been lived for himself. And in the end, this was what he had come to... Resentment swelled in his heart, and his burning hatred awakened the jade pendant on his chest. This extraordinary pendant had actually made He Yuz —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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—14d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, The Wind Rises and the Clouds Soar 四合院：何雨柱，大风起兮云飞扬 Silly Zhu is reborn at sixteen with a personal space. He realizes it is the very day his father, He Daqing, is about to run off with the White Widow. Silly Zhu goes straight to the police, and He Daqing is arrested. He successfully transfers the house into his own name. Then he uses his personal space to raise livestock and grow crops, amassing a fortune. In the end, he marries Qin Huairu and lives a life everyone envies. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu's First Deal from the Start 四合院：秦淮如，开局第一单交易 He Yuzhu transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard. At first, all he wants is to live quietly and be a good person. Then one day, he gets a System called Cao Thief, and everything changes... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Turning Qin Huairu into a Tea Art Expert 四合院：调教秦淮茹成茶艺师 Photographer Wang Wenjun discovered that he had transmigrated into the series "The Birds Fill the Courtyard". The characters had once made him so angry that his liver hurt. Now that he had transmigrated into their world, he decided to start with Qin Huairu and give her a thorough lesson. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: Bet You Didn't Know I'm a Beast Too 四合院：没想到吧，我也是禽兽哦 From the start, he was given a beastly task: trade food for young women. Jin Shuang transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and was panicking over how to survive. Then he unexpectedly received a sign-in System that gave him supplies every time he signed in: ration coupons, cash, food, and all kinds of rare treasures. Jin Shuang means real comfort! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 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
- 24 Siheyuan: After Cutting Ties, the Vermin Tremble with Fear 四合院：断绝关系后众禽胆颤心寒 [Political campaigns + period setting + farming + one heroine + everyday life + spatial golden finger] After transmigrating to the 1960s, Liu Guangtian, the second son of the foolish Liu Haizhong, makes his own way and gets a job in the security department of the Red Star Steel Mill. In his previous life, he lived miserly and shamelessly, chasing petty gains. What a spineless existence. This time, Liu Guangtian believes a man should stand tall, know whom to love and hate, see the world clearly, 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 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
- 26 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
- 27 Siheyuan: My Invincible Beast-Taming Plan 四合院：我的无敌驯兽计划 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] After transmigrating into a siheyuan, Liu Xuan helplessly finds himself on the fringes of the neighborhood. With the courtyard packed full of beastly neighbors, Liu Xuan honestly has no idea how he’s supposed to get along with them peacefully. Because they don’t deserve it! So Liu Xuan, once an honest, simple man who let everyone walk all over him, transforms overnight. He becomes the sharpest-tongued, most forceful, and most domineering man in the courtyard. Bang Geng: 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Transmigrate to a Siheyuan and Discover I Can Disguise Myself 穿越四合院：竟然可以易容 He transmigrates to a courtyard compound, becomes a full-time factory employee, and moves into the compound! To his surprise, he can disguise himself... Ever since he gained the ability to change his appearance, the courtyard compound has grown more and more chaotic... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: Back from Studying Abroad, Starting as an Engineer 四合院：留学归来，开局工程师 Li Weidong transmigrates into the world of Full Courtyard! From the start, he returns from studying abroad and awakens a golden finger, setting his life on easy mode. This is an age of heroes, an age when the motherland is developing and building at full speed! Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it and devote his passion to the country! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: The Thief Saint Is My Son 四合院：盗圣是我儿 After transmigrating into a period drama, Cui Dake was a little confused. What? You say I stole a cow? Don't you dare slander an innocent man! He'd planned to become a factory worker, marry the factory's prettiest doctor, and build a good life. But before he knew it, he'd been transferred to the main factory and assigned a place in a courtyard full of troublemakers. He couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Silly Zhu: "Sister Qin has another old flame?" Some Thieving Sage: "So my name isn't J —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Stole Jia's Wife 四合院：开局抢了贾家的媳妇 Zhao Tian transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. There, he deals with the whole courtyard's rotten lot and, to right a wrong that weighs on his heart, finds Silly Zhu a match and changes his tragic ending. At the same time, Zhao Tian starts a very different life of his own. But as he learns more and more about this world, he realizes it is far from what it seems. To find out what happens next, read the story. 261Reads6.1Score11214d adds
- 32 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
- 33 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
- 34 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
- 35 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I Win the Heart of a Beauty 四合院：重生傻柱，抱得美人归 After waking up, he found himself as He Yuzhu in the 1960s. His father, He Daqing, had just run off with a widow. Before he could even grieve, the System arrived! Then he met Chen Xueru. Forget widows. I’m going after a gorgeous beauty and living a happy life! 28Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: After Becoming He Yuzhu, I Defied Fate 四合院：变成何雨柱后我逆天了 After transmigrating to a courtyard compound world in 1955, he became He Yuzhu. Apart from inheriting two rooms, he was practically good for nothing. No mother, and his good-for-nothing father had run off with someone else! He and his younger sister, He Yushui, had only each other. Luckily, he awakened the God Chef System and received a beginner's gift pack from the start! A space where time moved ten times faster! A Marrow-Cleansing Pill! And a constant stream of newly unlocked recipes! Rejuven 2.2kReads—Score10014d adds
- 37 Reborn in the Siheyuan: A Web of Espionage 重生四合院之谍影迷踪 My name is Wang Jianguo. I close my eyes, open them again, and find myself in the capital in the autumn of 1948. Just then, someone outside yells, “Silly Zhu, stop right there! Run again and I'll break your legs.” Good grief! How did I end up in this “concentration camp for good people”? This story will weave together elements from The Glorious Era, Kite, Little Woman, and Blood-Colored Romance. And of course, a System is a must. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 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—14d adds
- 39 My Skills System Is Anything But Proper 人在四合院：我的技能系统不正经 After an inexplicable transmigration into the courtyard, Zhou Tai says, “Just because I keep a low profile doesn't mean I'm weak. If you cross me, you won't even sleep easy.” This novel isn't too intense. The protagonist just wants to live a quiet life in that era, occasionally trading moves with Yu Li, Qin Huairu, and He Yushui, then sparring with Silly Zhu, Xu Damao, and the Third Uncle. What's not to enjoy? 446Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 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
- 42 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
- 43 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! —Reads5.3Score114d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: My Simple, Beautiful Life 四合院：我平淡的美好生活 After waking up, Li Qingshan transmigrated to 1963. Once he received a worker's assignment to be sent from the steel mill to the countryside, he became an ordinary resident of a courtyard house. With the System activated from the start, he began enjoying a life that was peaceful yet extraordinary in an era of scarcity. A warm, happy life, the legacy of A Man, and one stroke of good luck after another... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: Huairu, Put on a Maid Outfit! 四合院：淮茹，请穿女仆装！ My new work is out! You can 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! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: The Times Are Calling, Wealth Is Rising 四合院：时代在召唤，财富在进阶 After watching a show about the beasts of the courtyard, Zhang Minfu was so furious his teeth ached. He cursed and grumbled for ages, then somehow ended up inside the courtyard, becoming one of its residents. As soon as he moved in, he clashed with Silly Zhu. He outwitted him at every turn and won every fight, successfully making Silly Zhu his lackey. Gradually, things started to take a strange turn. I only meant to lie flat and get by. How did you all end up treating me like the backbone of the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: From the Start, My Peach-Stealing Hands Drove the Whole Menagerie Crazy 四合院：开局偷桃手，逼疯众禽兽 Yi Zhonghai, fair and impartial. Liu Haizhong, a loving father and dutiful son. Yan Laoxi, cheerful and generous. Jia Zhangshi, kind-faced and benevolent. Jia Dongxu, destined for a long life. Qin Huairu, pure as ice and clean as jade. Wielding the little whip of education, Chen Luo watches them with a sinister grin. 280Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: 1962 四合院之壹玖陆贰 Zhang Xiaofei’s soul travels back to the countryside near the capital in 1962. Most importantly, he discovers that he has no cheat. Just as he wanders around in a daze, unsure what to do, his grandaunt arrives from the city. To his surprise, she’s Jia Zhangshi, the courtyard’s master of spirit-summoning. 5Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 49 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
- 50 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
