Novels like The Fiery Red Years of the Capital
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- 151 Siheyuan: The Specialist in Dealing with Every Kind of Scumbag 四合院之专治各种人渣 There was no helping it. The protagonist transmigrated into a courtyard house. In this place, truth and falsehood are turned upside down, and right and wrong are indistinguishable. The three elders and the Deaf Old Lady have bewitched everyone living in the courtyard. 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 152 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Extraordinary Life 四合院：傻柱的妖孽人生 Petty, trivial matters were the most genuine reflection of how neighbors interacted in that era. He Yu accidentally transmigrates to the Red Star Courtyard in the 1960s and awakens a simp System! From the eighty-year-old deaf Granny to little Huaihua, who's only three or four, every single one is a target! This is utterly depraved, worse than an animal! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Siheyuan: I'm Taking the College Entrance Exam, Studying to Rise 四合院：我要高考，为崛起而读书 Reborn into a new life, He Yuzhu refuses to work in a factory and spend his whole life as a cook. From the start, he comes clean to He Daqing: he wants to study, to pursue knowledge for the sake of making the nation rise. He Daqing smacks him on the forehead with a spoon and says a steady job is the way to go. But He Yuzhu calmly replies, “Of all things, studying is the noblest!” I, He Yuzhu, have decided: in this new life, I will dedicate myself to science and technology! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 A Sunny Siheyuan 晴漫四合院 A low-key, secretly passionate courtyard-house fanfic with none of the usual hostility. It may go against what most readers want! There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes. This was inspired by watching the TV series more than a dozen times! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Siheyuan: I Have a Tiny Bit of Money, That's Totally Reasonable 四合院：我有亿点点钱，很合理吧 [System + transmigrate + tycoon + historical era + farming + everyday life + carefree slacker + Beijing courtyard] It was another night coming home under the dark sky, after ten days of working overtime in a row. He Yongzhu thought helplessly that if he got another chance at life, he would definitely be a wealthy slacker with plenty of money and free time. Suddenly, everything went black. He had transmigrated into the world of a Beijing courtyard and become He Yuzhu's younger brother. He could s 1.7kReads5.0Score—14d adds
- 156 Siheyuan: What Did You Say? Silly Zhu Is My Husband! 四合院之你说啥？傻柱是我老公！ Wang Zeqi transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes He Yuzhu’s betrothed, promised to him in infancy. As a modern woman, how could she possibly become the wife of a complete sucker? She does everything she can to find Silly Zhu a wife, expose Master Yi’s benevolent facade, and send the Jia family straight to hell. She’ll bring some justice back to this world. 149Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 157 Siheyuan: The Life of He Yuzhu 四合院之何雨柱的柱生 [Siheyuan + daily life + a bit of a temper] Reborn as He Yuzhu from The Courtyard of Beasts, he exposes hypocrite Yi Zhonghai’s good reputation right from the start and strips him of his title as one of the courtyard elders. 366Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 158 Siheyuan: He Xiao Returns and Strikes It Rich 四合院：何晓归来致富 At Courtyard House No. 95 on Nanluogu Lane in the capital, the bracelet Lou Xiao'e left for He Yuzhu suddenly flashes with dazzling light. At that very moment, He Xiao, who has been unconscious in Hong Kong for a long time, slowly opens his eyes. This is a proper Courtyard story, without all those ghosts and goblins. The first part follows the residents as they battle wits and schemes; the later part is about He Xiao making his fortune! 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Level-Five Chef 四合院：从五级厨师开始 Yang Jianguo transmigrated to Love in the Courtyard and became a resident of Nanluoguxiang in the old city of Beijing, as well as a Level Five chef at a steel mill. That winter, the courtyard was full of arguments and chaos, while Yang Jianguo sat back and watched it all unfold, perfectly at ease. 2.5kReads5.2Score—14d adds
- 160 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, the Jia Family Begs for Mercy on Their Knees 四合院：重生傻柱，贾家磕头求饶 He Yuzhu walked to the market and spotted a familiar stall around the corner. The vendor was a middle-aged man who looked simple and honest. A dressed duck hung beside him. He was cutting the duck into pieces, and business was clearly still brisk. 105Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 161 Jia Dongxu’s Happy Life 贾东旭的幸福生活 Love in the Courtyard? Or a courtyard full of scoundrels? I'm Jia Dongxu. My mother, Jia Zhangshi, is nicknamed the Necromancer for her ability to summon the dead. My son, Bang Geng, is hailed as a child of fate and a master thief. My wife, Qin Huairu, is supposedly a saintly white lotus. She leeches off He Yuzhu, yet devotes herself wholeheartedly to the Jia family. I've arrived, and it's still the same courtyard, but life here will be different. 114Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 162 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Regret 四合院：后悔的傻柱 On a snowy, stormy night, Silly Zhu dreamed of a wonderful life. But the reality was a spot beneath a bridge. Qin Huairu, Banggeng, Jia Zhangshi... Silly Zhu had done nothing to wrong anyone in the Jia family. But he had wronged He Yushui. And he had wronged himself. Silly Zhu, do you regret it? 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Raising Kids and Taking It Easy in Siheyuan 四合院的撸娃摆烂日常 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! 539Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Simulated Life 四合院：何雨柱的模拟人生 In 1955, He Yuzhu obtained a Life Simulation System and learned that his future self would be a worn-out old ox, propping up the Jia family. The widowed Jia woman would leech off him, the old folks in the courtyard would guilt-trip him into supporting other people in their old age, and he would even raise a whole brood of ungrateful wolves. After much soul-searching, He Yuzhu decided to change his fate. He would start by changing what happened when his father, He Daqing, ran off with a widow. In 1Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 165 Siheyuan: I Made a Mess from the Start 四合院：开局捅了娄子 [Siheyuan + System + Multiple Heroines + Taming the Courtyard's Troublemakers] Li Bin transmigrates into a siheyuan courtyard and awakens the Ace Beast Tamer System from the start. Taming beasts earns him rewards, and his very first beginner mission is to tame the vicious beast Xu Damao. Thus begins his journey as an ace beast tamer. The beast of morality, Yi Zhonghai; the beast obsessed with power, Liu Haizhong; the miserly beast, Yan Bugui; the white-lotus beast, Qin Huairu; the undead beast, 8Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 166 Siheyuan: Don't Mess with Me, or You'll Be the One Who Suffers 四合院：别惹我遭罪的是你 System, transmigration, revenge on anyone who wrongs him, multiple female leads (with the protagonist becoming a wage slave later on), a protagonist who loves gossip, a story driver and creator, and most of the protagonists just sit back and watch the show. The blurb doesn't do it justice. Please head to the main story. Lightning flashed and thunder boomed across the sky. A bolt lit up the entire room, jolting Liu Yu awake from his sleep. He sat bolt upright, rubbed his eyes, and looked around. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Invents Things at the Steel Mill 四合院，傻柱在轧钢厂里搞发明 A mechanical engineer from the 21st century transmigrates with a System and becomes He Yuzhu. A cook endures everyone’s strange looks as he enters the workshop and embarks on a path of invention and promotion. Even the matchmaking prospects who once looked down on him change their tune. New book. “The System Forces Me to Be a Bully, and the Princess Makes Me Rule the Realm” Welcome, everyone! From the start, he gets a hundred simple-minded followers. The transmigrator Lin Xiao only wants to l 1.6kReads6.2Score—14d adds
- 168 Transmigrating to a Siheyuan: I'm the Living King of Hell 穿越四合院：我是人间活阎王 Chen Fei is thriving in the modern world, but after drinking counterfeit liquor, he transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. In this era, the residents of the courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang are all a bunch of brutes. In a turn of events both unexpected and somehow inevitable, Chen Fei activates the Living King of Hell System. Now, beasts, face my fury! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Siheyuan: The Rebirth of He Yuzhu 四合院之何雨柱重生记 In his old age, He Yuzhu lost the ability to work, and on a cold winter night, Bang Geng kicked him out of the house. After he froze to death beneath a bridge, his soul drifted in midair, where he saw his old rival Xu Damao taking his body away for burial. Perhaps Heaven had witnessed his miserable life and let He Yuzhu return with his memories to the beginning of the story. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Siheyuan: I Came Back from the Army to Find My Home Gone 四合院：转业后发现家没了 After his soul transmigrated into Li Weiguo, he thought things over carefully and gave up the chance to become an officer in the army, choosing instead to return home after leaving the service… But when he got back, he discovered that this was the world of Love in the Courtyard. He learned that his home was gone, his mother had died in an accident, and his younger sister was being bullied by the whole courtyard full of beasts. He exploded… 433Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Siheyuan: The Great Famine, I Produce Hundreds of Millions of Tons of Grain 四合院：大饥荒，我产粮亿万吨 After waking from a nap, Wan Ping'an found himself back in the courtyard full of birds and beasts, in his fifties. Wan Ping'an had no particular skills and was facing the threat of starvation! He was desperate! But fortunately, he had a farming System! With these things, I'll have everything I need! “Ding! Plant a rice paddy and receive eight divine skills!” “Ding! Plant a thousand meters of crops and receive a mysterious pocket dimension!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Siheyuan: Winning the War of Words 四合院之口战群舌 [System + single heroine + everyday life + funny courtyard drama] The story is fairly low-key and focused on everyday life, with the colorful neighbors of the courtyard adding some spice. A courtyard full of busybodies is also known as a courtyard full of laughs. Ever since Silly Zhu from Courtyard No. 95 came down with a sexually transmitted disease, the news spread through the entire alley as if it had wings. From then on, the neighborhood aunties had one more juicy bit of gossip to discuss ev 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 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 4.8kReads7.6Score26214d adds
- 174 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of an Electrician 四合院：我当电工的幸福日子 Li Qinghe, a Shaolin martial monk, transmigrates to a courtyard compound in the 1960s with his portable space after studying Buddhist teachings with a young woman. He finds himself gradually growing fond of this place. “I’m no good person, so don’t expect me to do anything noble.” “I’m no bad person either, so I have no intention of hurting anyone.” Don’t bother me. It’s best if we all get along. We’re ordinary people, so why carry around so much resentment? Xu Damao: “Brother Qinghe, you’re my 56Reads8.2Score914d adds
- 175 From Daily Life in the Siheyuan to a Sign-In Journey to Hong Kong 从四合院日常开始签到走向香江 He wakes up as Jia Zhangshi's eldest son, Jia Xuguang, Banggeng's real uncle. Bet you didn't see that coming… Jia Zhangshi has another eldest son, a long-lost blood relative! First, he marries his childhood sweetheart, Lou Xiaoe, then activates the Myriad Worlds Destiny-Changing Sign-In System. Sha Zhu, Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, Banggeng, and all the other oddballs in the courtyard: get ready for your fates to be reshaped! You may be tough as iron, but even you won't escape. Every one of you wil 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Siheyuan: Good Grief! I've Become the Compound's Beloved 四合院：夭寿啦！我成了大院团宠 [A Twist on the Usual + Comedy + A Brand-New Siheyuan Story You’ve Never Seen Before] Li Jianguo transmigrates to the 1960s and activates the Snatching System from the start. Thanks to his silver tongue and almost unnervingly kind nature, he soon becomes the whole compound’s favorite! Yi Zhonghai: “Jianguo, I know you’re having a hard time. I’ll call a whole-compound meeting tonight to raise money for you!” Jia Zhangshi: “I just made these shoes, and they fit like a dream. Jianguo, don’t be shy, 1Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 177 Siheyuan: From the Start, Taken Into Custody 四合院：开局就被扣押 Li Dehou transmigrates to the 1960s, but his original self is in Iceland, on the other side of the Earth. His grandfather lives in the northern Icelandic town of Hauganes and runs a farm and fishery. Having been a proper citizen of Huaguo in his previous life, Li Dehou could never spend the rest of his days tending a farm and ranch on the other side of the Earth. Not even a golden finger could dampen his longing to return home. But… why is he arrested as an enemy as soon as he gets back? And… ho 1.1kReads5.4Score11414d adds
- 178 From the Siheyuan to Japan 从四合院到岛国 Ye Zifeng has been in the world of The Courtyard for almost a year. He tried all sorts of suicidal stunts to win the System’s favor, but it never showed up. Just as he was about to give up and lie flat, the Beauty Album System arrived out of the blue. Watch Ye Zifeng use his System to weave among the women in the courtyard. This is a story about an ambitious man. He’ll venture beyond the capital and won’t be confined to the courtyard, stirring up a storm in places like Hong Kong. See how the pro 681Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 179 Siheyuan: One Sign-In a Day 四合院：每天签到一次 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Siheyuan: I Took Advice from the Start, and the Troublemakers Lost Their Minds 四合院：开局听劝，禽兽们气疯了 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of Xu Damao 四合院：穿成许大茂的快乐人生 After studying all night, he never expected to wake up in a courtyard house, transmigrated into a man named Xu Damao. But since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. He feared none of the scoundrels filling the courtyard. With memories of the future, he was determined to live freely and enjoy himself. But after Qin Huairu arranged to meet him at the warehouse, everything began to take a different turn. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Siheyuan: Trading Food for Qin Huairu, I Made a Killing 四合院：粮食换秦淮茹，我赚麻了 Long Yizhi transmigrates to the world of the Courtyard, where he can travel back and forth between worlds. He becomes a middleman, trading grain for antiques and helping the Great Xia Kingdom rise to power. He also gets Qin Huairu for himself and goes on to live a happy life. 3.2kReads5.7Score15914d adds
- 183 Siheyuan: What’s Wrong with Being a Little Overbearing? 四合院：我霸道点怎么了？ Chen Changwu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard just as his family falls apart. His maternal aunt by marriage, Jia Zhangshi, wants to take over his house. As if he'd put up with that! He beats her up, then goes and smashes up the Jia family home. Yi Zhonghai takes her side? He gets beaten! Silly Zhu sticks his nose in? He gets beaten! Liu Haizhong throws his weight around? He gets beaten! The foul-mouthed Xu Damao, the stingy Yan Bugui, the white lotus Qin Huairu... There's no 2.9kReads8.1Score10014d adds
- 184 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, Defying Fate 四合院：重生傻柱，逆天改命 He Yuzhu, who spent his whole life propping up the Jia family, was reborn, returning to the very beginning. That was the year Qin Huairu had just married into the Jia family, He Daqing had just run off with the widow Bai, and He Yuzhu was still a young apprentice at Hongbin Restaurant... Given another chance, He Yuzhu was determined to catch the tailwind of the times and build a brilliant life of his own. He Daqing abandoned his children, and now that he's old, he expects me to take care of him? 1.5kReads6.0Score—14d adds
- 185 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
- 186 Siheyuan: A Chest Full of Medals of Honor 四合院之满身的荣誉勋章 There’s a tree in my heart. Whatever I wish for, I get, but there’s a catch: first, I have to fight the tree spirit. Win, and I get something good. Lose, and I have to get lost. Li Zheng wasn’t having it. He couldn’t beat you as a kid, so he’d just wait until he grew up. Then he’d beat you to a pulp! 90Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 187 A Simple Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之平淡人生 After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Wang Yue becomes the First Aunt from the TV series. With her golden finger, she changes the fates of most of the people around her and lives happily with the First Uncle. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, You Two Can Stick Together 四合院：易中海秦淮茹你们绑死吧 He Yuzhu: First Uncle, since you don't have any children anyway, why not take Banggeng as your own? Qin Huairu: First Uncle, from now on Banggeng will be your son, and so will I. The Jia family can only depend on you! Yi Zhonghai: Thank you, all of you... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Now I'm Unstoppable 重生四合院，这不无敌了 Era + Siheyuan + Otherworld + System + Decisive and ruthless + One heroine It all begins when he draws a fruit ability. Though he is reborn in an era of shortages, that doesn't stop him from living life on his own terms. No supplies? No problem. With the Food-Food Fruit, even roadside stones can be turned into top-quality ingredients. No cooking skills? No problem. He can apprentice under a master and become a nationally renowned culinary grandmaster. No martial arts skills? No problem. The Syst 18.4kReads6.7Score68614d adds
- 190 Siheyuan: I Take on Yi Zhonghai Alone, and the Beasts Panic 四合院：我单挑易中海，众禽慌了 [Courtyard house + System + tormenting the beasts + high angst + feel-good power-up] Chen Jianjun transmigrates to a courtyard house and gets bound to an Anger Points System. Don’t know how to get under someone’s skin? Find their weak spot and you can ruin them in minutes! 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Siheyuan: How a Rogue Is Made 四合院：流氓是这样炼成的 [Rascal, Countless Coincidences, Brand-New Golden Finger, Heroines One at a Time, Spatial Powers, Supernatural Abilities, Comedy] After deciding to lie flat, the lonely Hao Bang reads a novel in his security booth, then inexplicably ends up in the world of Love in the Courtyard, lying in the steel mill's infirmary. He heads to the capital to find his father, only to learn that his father died on the job two months ago. In his place, Hao Bang gets the chance to take over his father's position. Wi 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated with a System 四合院：自带系统穿越来 [Transmigrates early, in 1952; everyday life; the plot will change; crossover with other dramas] Li Zesheng, a senior at Blue Star University, is getting ready for an internship when, without warning, humanity transmigrates en masse to a deserted island to fight for survival… Fortunately, he awakens a sign-in System. What? There’s no hope of surviving here? Luckily, the System upgrades in time and brings him to the world of the courtyard houses! Having survived the brutal island, Li Zesheng just 35Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 193 Siheyuan: I'm the Smiling Tiger 四合院：我就是笑面虎 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Give Yi Zhonghai a Son 四合院：开局就送了易中海一个儿 In 1953, a weighty page of history turned. The story of the siheyuan courtyard was far from over, and Wang Baoguo unexpectedly found himself in Love in the Courtyard, where he began a legendary life! —Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 195 Siheyuan: The Nine-Year-Old Genius Who Held Up the Sky 四合院：九岁天才，撑起一片天 Medical genius Li Xiangdong transmigrates to 1962. He becomes a resident of a siheyuan. His mother was killed by Yi Zhonghai and the others. Now Jia Zhangshi is about to steal his family's sewing machine. Li Xiangdong fights desperately to stop her, but Silly Zhu kicks him down and kills him! But there is always a way forward. Li Xiangdong binds himself to the Marketplace That Spans Past and Present. It has everything, from nuclear bombs to food! All right, you beasts. Your end is just around th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 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 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Defeated Bang Geng 四合院，开局斗败棒梗 Xu Damao is reborn after having been reduced to living on the streets and eventually freezing to death beneath a bridge. This time, he’s done with being lazy and good-for-nothing. He’s going to turn his life around and become a decent person. When it comes to the beasts of the courtyard, Xu Damao won’t show mercy anymore. He’ll give each of them a taste of their own medicine. (He only picks on the bullies, never goes easy on them, and leaves the whole place in chaos!) 544Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 198 Transmigrating as He Daqing, I Marry Chen Xueru 穿越何大清，娶妻陈雪茹 After transmigrating into the world of a courtyard drama, he became He Daqing, He Yuzhu’s father. But to his surprise, he arrived at the end of 1952... That year, He Yushui was eight and He Yuzhu was seventeen. He Daqing was just about to go to Baoding with the Widow Bai. After transmigrating, he discovered that the Widow Bai was no good at all. She had secretly gotten an IUD long ago and wouldn’t bear him a child. She also demanded that he hand over all his money and forbade him from contacting 403Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 199 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, the Heartbreaker 四合院：偷心傻柱 Reborn as Silly Zhu, he uses his knowledge of the future to deal with the scoundrels and ungrateful wretches in the courtyard. But above all, he focuses on enjoying life, taking it easy every day and watching the many faces of human nature with a smile. With a lighthearted plot and everyday family affairs, the story fulfills all the desires in his heart... 609Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 200 A Carefree Life in the Siheyuan 四合院潇洒走一回 He Yuzhu is reborn on the day after He Daqing leaves. Will he still go looking for He Daqing? Will Yushui end up cutting ties with He Yuzhu, just as she did in her previous life? There is a golden finger, but it rarely comes into play. A slice-of-life story about family matters, with little bitterness and a calm, understated tone. 179Reads—Score—14d adds
