Novels like Siheyuan: Hard Times, Bright Little Days
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- 51 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Ate the Chop-Chop Fruit 四合院：开局吃下四分五裂果实 [A sly schemer + humor + everyday life + moderate violence + Wei Wu’s legacy] In the year 1960, Cao Wenbin transmigrates into the courtyard as an orphaned NPC tenant, bullied by the other residents. He eats the Split-Split Fruit, gaining the ability to divide his body at will and control the pieces remotely. From that day on, strange things happen in the courtyard one after another. The Thief Saint, Banggeng, sees a head floating in the air every night and is scared out of his mind. Jia Zhangshi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Mastering Fate Begins When I Transmigrate 命运掌控从穿越开始 Lou Xiao'e was kind and innocent, yet life dealt her a rough hand. She left home and eventually had the whole courtyard leech off her. Yu Li was young and beautiful, with a gift for business, yet she married into the calculating Yan family. Zheng Juan endured a life of misery and hardship. Sun Lanhua was born into poverty, with little color in her life, and suffered many hardships for the sake of love. Each world offers a different life. Cheng Weiguo takes control of his own fate, determined to 10Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 53 Ruling the Siheyuan: It All Begins with Binding a System 称霸四合院，从绑定系统开始 He unexpectedly transmigrates into a Siheyuan, becoming a timid nobody whom everyone bullies. Granny Jia looks down on him and is always conspiring with the other courtyard residents to drive him out. Too bad for them, I’m not the same person I used to be. From the start, he sends the entire Jia family to prison! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 I'm at My Wits' End After Transmigrating to a Siheyuan 穿越到四合院的我麻了 Chu Ziyang transmigrates into the world of the courtyard, and the thought alone makes his scalp tingle. That’s because he’ll have to keep helping the residents of the courtyard fulfill their wishes. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: Su Hao, Clear-Eyed About the Ways of the World 四合院：人间清醒苏昊 A story centered on everyday life: human relationships, family matters, romance, and competing interests. There’s little hostility, just ordinary life as it unfolds from the small world of the courtyard, to the steel mill, and then to society at large. 146Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: I’m Marrying Meng Xiaozao! 四合院：我，迎娶孟小枣！ Your family falls on hard times, and Qin Huairu breaks off your engagement? He transmigrates from the modern world and uses the advantages of his System to escape poverty and build a fortune! After the Jia family falls into ruin, Qin Huairu comes back asking to get back together? Sorry, you're not good enough! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Transmigrating into the Siheyuan, I Enjoy a Life of Tender Romance 穿越四合院，，温柔乡里享温柔 He Yuzhu, whose name and surname match the original, transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. Knowing the story in advance, why would he want to be anyone’s yes-man? Enjoying life in the arms of a gentle beauty is what a sensible man should do!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: The Glorious Era of He Yuzhu 四合院：何雨柱的光辉时代 A soul from a later age, well versed in the original story, merges with Silly Zhu’s soul and keeps rising to prominence in the courtyard. In the end, he forges a legendary life of his own. As he rises, he never forgets to put the courtyard’s beasts in their place. 7kReads7.4Score15714d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: Shocking! Granny Deaf Is Pregnant 四合院：震惊！聋老太太有喜了 The hapless original owner went on more than a hundred blind dates, but the Deaf Granny ruined every one of them. He was about to settle the score with her when Silly Zhu punched him into the grave. The man who transmigrated into his body sought revenge for this “murder” by giving the Deaf Granny a “pregnancy talisman.” The news that the Deaf Granny was expecting sent the whole siheyuan courtyard into an uproar! 1Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu, and I'll Never Be Anyone's Cash Cow 四合院：我何雨柱，誓不做吸血包 [Siheyuan, System, transmigration, fan fiction, anime, film and TV, Hong Kong, the Myriad Worlds, wish fulfillment, putting villains in their place] He transmigrated into Siheyuan as He Yuzhu and was bound to an absurdly powerful System. Qin Huairu wants to suck me dry? Get lost! I’m He Yuzhu, not Silly Zhu, the blood bank and lovesick doormat! Yi Zhonghai wants me to look after him in his old age? Ha! Dream on! 17Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: I Have a Pocket Dimension, So I Have Nothing to Fear 四合院之我有空间心不慌 A nobody from 2023 was reborn as Silly Zhu. With the advantage of knowing what lay ahead and a pocket dimension as his golden finger, he enjoys life in the turbulent Red Era, watching the tides of history rise and fall. 367Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: I'm Really a Necromancer 四合院：我真的是亡灵法师 Necromancer Ye Taiping fails his tribulation and accidentally transmigrates to a 1960s courtyard full of scoundrels! The whole courtyard may be full of scoundrels, but what does that have to do with me? Yi Zhonghai: Where's your sense of morality?! Ye Taiping: I toy with ghosts. I don't even respect life, so where would I get a sense of morality? Jia Zhangshi: Oh, Lao Jia, Dongxu... Ye Taiping: Missing them, are you? No problem. I'll have them come keep you company right now. Jia Zhangshi: Why, 183Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: Showing Off My Cooking Skills at Dawn Has the Neighbors Losing Their Minds 四合院：大清早秀厨艺，众禽麻了 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, He Yuzhu finds himself penniless. The Jia family has been leeching off him for so long that all he has left at home is a bundle of dried noodles. One morning, just as He Yuzhu gets up early to cook them for breakfast, Banggeng shows up with a filthy basin the size of a washbasin and demands, “Silly Zhu, put the noodles in here and give them to me!” There's no way he can agree to that! He Yuzhu waves Banggeng over to come and get them 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: Here I Am Again 四合院之我又来了 Chen Xiaoliang's soul transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1951. What should he do when he meets Qin Huairu, who has just arrived at the compound for a matchmaking date that year? Steal her away, of course. What should he do when he meets Lou Xiao'e, bruised and battered after her brother beat her up that year? Take her home and give her a good life. I'm no good at writing introductions, so just head straight to the story. 1Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: I Have a Golden Finger 四合院：【我有金手指】 Wang Anren is reborn on the eve of the Three Years of Natural Disasters, living alongside a courtyard full of beasts. Can he live comfortably in an era of scarce supplies? And can he get along with the courtyard's supposedly outstanding neighbors? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: From the Start, a Scheme Within a Scheme, Silly Zhu Is Furious! 四合院：开局计中计，傻柱气坏！ Getting schemed against from the start? He gave them a taste of their own medicine and turned the tables on Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu. Silly Zhu was so furious he passed out, yet he still insisted on getting revenge? Was he not going to stop until he drove him out of the courtyard? He wouldn't show any mercy! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: From the Start, Qin Huairu Asks Me to Wipe Her Back 四合院：开局秦淮如请我帮她擦背 I think the story is pretty interesting, definitely worth a look. If you don’t like it, come find me. It starts out in a Beijing courtyard, then heads to Hong Kong to make delicious food. Please be kind. If it’s not for you, just skip it. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: I Have a Reading System 四合院：我有一个读书系统 (System + cold and aloof + a world of traditional martial arts + not a conventional period novel + a bit of a temper) After transmigrating to a courtyard house, Fang Yin was fortunate enough to get a reading System. As long as he read, he could obtain skills and items. Fang Yin slyly pulled out a copy of Journey to the West. “Ding... Reading complete. The reward item does not comply with this world’s rules and will be destroyed.” A heads-up to avoid misconceptions: this story features traditiona 7Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 69 My Siheyuan Bride Won't Share My Bed. Should I Keep Her Until the New Year Instead of Divorcing? 四合院新娘不圆房不离留着过年？ Doctor Zhou Xiangdong’s soul is mistakenly taken by the Black-and-White Messengers. The underworld can’t arrange for him to be reborn, so the office can only compensate him by sending him into Love in the Courtyard. The moment he opens his eyes, he discovers that his new bride is Luo Yuzhu, the envy of everyone in the courtyard. Unfortunately, Luo Yuzhu’s heart is still set on her first love, Chen Jianghe, and she refuses to consummate her marriage with Zhou Xiangdong! Having seen the story befo 1kReads5.4Score10614d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: I Serve My Country, and the Beasts Are Green with Envy 四合院，为国家做贡献，众禽慕了 Ji Chen stayed up all night binge-watching dramas and died. He transmigrated into the show Love in the Courtyard, which he had been watching. He was also bound to a God-Tier Lucky Draw System. All he had to do was earn other people’s emotion points to get a draw. Ding! Host is so handsome he could split the heavens, winning Qin Huairu’s affection. Gained 99 emotion points. Ding! Host’s flirtation with Qin Huairu has made He Yuzhu jealous. Gained 999 emotion points. Ding! Host’s career has reache 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: What Should I Do as a Reborn Bang Geng? 四合院：重生棒梗的我该怎么办 You believe that someone could be sitting outside their own home, watching Love in the Courtyard on their phone, only to get hit by a truck and be reborn? "I believe it, I really do! But can I go back?" Looking at the beggar's chicken he'd roasted himself, Banggeng said helplessly to himself. "Big brother, why aren't you eating? Beggar's chicken is so good." Huaihua spoke clearly, her little mouth full of chicken and grease. "Huaihua, you eat. Xiaodang, you can have this drumstick too." Banggeng 1Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: Defeating the Beasts with Magic 四合院：用魔法打败众禽兽 Mao Yiyi, a goofy college student from the modern era, transmigrates into a Siheyuan, where everyone wants to teach him a lesson for being such a ‘goofball.’ ‘Magic System’: Learn to fight magic with magic, and you’ll earn System rewards! With the rewards from the System, Mao Yiyi rises from the Siheyuan to the factory, then from the city to the nation, climbing all the way to the top! ‘Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve reached Level 8 as a fitter!’ ‘Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve reached 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 A Woman Arrives at the Siheyuan 四合院来了个女人 (Siheyuan) (Male transmigrates as a woman) (No System) (Doesn't marry) (Has a pocket dimension) (Everyday life) (Early: green tea) (Mid-story: development) (Later: undecided) (Includes characters from other dramas) (Focuses on female characters from the drama) 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: Defying Fate, I Help the Nation Soar 四合院：逆天改命，我带国家飞 [Courtyard + System + Fighting the Beasts + Daily Life + Technological Powerhouse + Multiple Heroines] Chen Bufan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he sets out to find his relatives and arrives in the capital, Sijiu City. He gains a pocket dimension and an insanely powerful Super Accumulation System. All he has to do is perform a skill or use a piece of knowledge once, and it will gradually accumulate and grow stronger. As it levels up, it triggers all kinds 951Reads5.4Score10314d adds
- 75 Slapping the World in the Siheyuan 四合院之掌掴天下 Li Wei accidentally transmigrated into a courtyard house and unexpectedly awakened the Slapping System. Every time he slapped someone who deserved it, he would earn 1 to 10 Slap Points, which he could use to exchange for skills in the Slapping Shop. From then on, Li Wei slapped the courtyard’s assorted troublemakers, starting with the moral paragon and double-standard king, Yi Zhonghai. Using the skills he learned, he slapped the foreign experts who tried to take over the steel mill right back o 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: The Old Trickster Gets a Match, With Plenty of Food and Drink 四合院：老六配秀，有酒有肉 The System bugged out and ended the story automatically, but it can still be edited. There’s nothing for it: I can only copy it into another book. This one will have to be abandoned... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 You Dare Mess with Me in the Siheyuan? Have a Dose of Poison! 四合院敢惹我？随手丢个毒！ A new novel is here! Come read my work 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: I Really Didn't Want to Be Boss Cao 四合院：我真没有想当曹老板啊 After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, Chen Yingjun only wants to find a few more “kindred spirits” and live a shamelessly carefree life. Chen Yingjun declares, “I’ll always like eighteen-year-olds!” Facing Qin Huairu and the others, the loudest thought in Chen Yingjun’s mind is: At first, I really never planned to become a Cao Cao! … 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: I Simplify Skills and Make the Courtyard Vermin Weep 四合院：简化技能，我薅哭众禽 Li Guoqing transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and inherits a fitter's job. The System comes online, letting him gain skills just by watching. He watches Yi Zhonghai machine a part and instantly becomes a Level 3 fitter!!! He watches Jia Zhangshi throw a tantrum and roll around on the ground, and somehow learns to summon the dead!!! Yi Zhonghai: “I never even taught Li Guoqing any skills. How did he become a Level 5 fitter in just three days?” Jia Zhangshi: “Old Jia, I was only 18Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: Team Leader from the Start, Sign-In with Qin Huairu 四合院：开局组长，签到秦淮茹 Zhang Zhongyi transmigrates to the early 1950s, where his former superior brings him to the capital to serve as a team leader on the Military Control Commission. He also gets a sign-in System. His very first sign-in at home rewards him with a wife, and she is none other than Huairu, still a maiden. He is assigned a home in a courtyard compound. With his cadre connections, no one in the compound dares to take advantage of him. He originally hopes to keep the compound peaceful. Who could have gues 1.3kReads5.4Score10114d adds
- 81 Hey! I Don't Want to Come to the Siheyuan! 喂！我不想来四合院啊 During winter break in the 21st century, Su Xingchen is at home when an all-nighter sends his soul into a Siheyuan. Su Xingchen: Hey, I don't want to be in a Siheyuan! I want to go home. How am I supposed to take on all those beasts? There's a System? No, I still want to go back! Watch as Xingchen outsmarts all the beasts in the Siheyuan. 201Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: It All Begins When Qin Huairu Throws Herself into My Arms 四合院：从秦淮茹投怀送抱开始 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! 295Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: Luring Banggeng into the Game 四合院，从诱惑棒梗入局开始 P.S. The story’s timeline differs somewhat from the TV series. Also, this book focuses on physical relationships rather than emotional ones, so readers who mind should proceed with caution. Feng Tao transmigrates with a System that has a special function. It’s a System that can connect to the future. By traveling between a Siheyuan in the 1960s and a future society, Feng Tao becomes an intermediary. He brings worthless junk from that special era, things no one values and that are even on the ver 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: Selling My Job from the Start, Manager in Half a Month 四合院：开局卖工作，半月当经理 Yun Xiaoqi, a small farmer from the new era, accidentally enters a courtyard house with a farm System. Just after moving into his new home, he discovers that Yi Zhonghai has set him up. As soon as he deals with that problem, his blind date gets him on the wrong side of the Steel Plant's big nephew. Yun Xiaoqi has to contend with enemies in this world while also helping fellow members of the transmigrator alliance build a brighter future. For the sake of profit, Yun Xiaoqi reveals his secrets aga 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: You Scorned Me After We Married, So Why Are You Crying Now That We're Divorced? 四合院：婚后嫌弃我，离婚哭什么 Li Weiguo's soul transmigrates to the 1950s and into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He and Bai Ling become husband and wife, but their life together is far from happy. Bai Ling keeps putting down the man who came before him, so Li Weiguo has no choice but to ask for a divorce. To his surprise, Bai Ling breaks down in tears. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Have a Pocket Dimension 四合院之开局小空间 From the start, all he has is a tiny pocket of space. Every day, he lives in fear of being discovered, doing his best to fit into society at the time, experience everyday life, and meet the people of that era. 715Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: My Warehouse Is a Little Too Huge 四合院：我的仓库有亿点大 A raging fire transmigrated warehouse manager Zhao Guangming to 1960. To his surprise, he not only gained a warehouse that was unbelievably huge, but also got bound to a Wish System. Help others, and you receive happiness and rewards. Just 2 happiness points got Qin Jingru to rub his shoulders and massage his legs. With 16 happiness points, he even won Qin Huairu over! With his ridiculously huge warehouse and Wish System, he decided to reform the atmosphere in the courtyard. Thanks to his effort 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Transmigrated to a Siheyuan in 1957: How Will You Respond? 穿越57年四合院阁下该如何应对 [Period drama + farming] [Siheyuan] [System] [Portable space] [Multiple heroines] [Transmigration to another world] Gu Yu transmigrates, bringing a System with him. See how he thrives and finds happiness in the Siheyuan of 1957. 1Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 89 Siheyuan: I Inherit from Uncle Yi and Choose to Lie Flat 四合院：过继一大爷，我选择躺平 Hao Xiangyang transmigrates to the late 1950s. After living through a natural disaster and losing his parents to illness, he sets off alone to seek help from relatives in the distant capital. But when he reaches the courtyard, he discovers that the person he came to rely on is none other than Yi Zhonghai, the First Master of Love in the Courtyard! You want me to support you in your old age? Hao Xiangyang just wants to shamelessly mooch off someone else! He unexpectedly binds to the Grudge System —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Stingy World of Yan Bugui, the Siheyuan’s Third Master 四合院三大爷阎埠贵的抠门空间 Yan Bugui never expected to transmigrate into Third Master, or to get a miser’s spatial ability that could multiply supplies. A new work is out! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 518Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: My Wife Says I'm a Doormat, but Life with Huairu Is Sweet After Remarriage 四合院：舔狗老婆嫌，再婚淮茹甜 Yang Weiguo transmigrates into the shared world of courtyard dramas and movies, awakening the Diligence Makes Up for Lack of Talent System. When his peaceful days are shattered and he's bullied by the beasts and his wife's whole family, Yang Weiguo finally strikes back and begins his bold new life in the courtyard! Lou Xiao'e, Qin Huairu, Yu Li, He Yushui, Yu Haitang, Chen Xueru… This is a dazzling era, and Yang Weiguo will become the brightest star in the world! 1.1kReads5.3Score—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Turns Dark 四合院，黑化许大茂 A devoted man is bound to have his heart trampled in the end. After an accident sends him transmigrating into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard, he decides from that moment on to stop acting like a decent person. A womanizer? Hard to explain. Read the story and see for yourself! 254Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 I’ve Never Watched Siheyuan 从没看过四合院 What should I do if I find myself in Love in the Courtyard but have never watched it? Damn! I've never seen such a bizarre bunch of neighbors. Every single one is selfish and sanctimonious. I can't believe I got stuck with these neighbors. I'm speechless! 2Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: My World-Building Camp 四合院：我的世界创造营 Another mysterious transmigration incident has occurred at the newly established Tomato Orphanage on Blue Star, the multiverse's main base! Zhou Youcai successfully lands in Birds Full of... no, Love in the Courtyard, carrying a huge Minecraft map that combines half Creative Mode and half Survival Mode! He can enjoy unlimited resources, but must also deal with unlimited danger! The danger comes not only from the world he carries with him, but also from the outside world he now inhabits. 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 95 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Won't Marry? Then I'll Marry Little Huaihua 四合院：秦淮茹不嫁？我娶小槐花 He transmigrates to the 1980s world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes Silly Zhu. Then he discovers that Banggeng nearly beat him to death just because he wanted to hug Qin Huairu. Since Qin Huairu looks down on me and Banggeng is an ungrateful brat, I, He Yuzhu, don’t want either of you anymore! No woman stays twenty forever, but there will always be women who are twenty! At the same time, He Yuzhu awakens the strongest family System. As long as he binds himself to a wife, his age will start —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: Life at Ease in 1952 四合院：人在52，我的悠闲生活 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! 1.1kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: The Gynecology Expert’s Devoted Love for Bai Ling 四合院：妇科圣手独宠白玲 Li Zhengming transmigrates to 1952 and becomes a handsome young man adopted by Deaf Granny. He awakens the Divine Doctor System, and Bai Ling falls for him. The two are loving before marriage, making the entire courtyard envious. While Li Zhengming saves people and treats the courtyard’s beasts, Bai Ling hunts enemy spies and keeps getting promoted. Before they know it, the plot of the courtyard has started going off course. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Comes to His Senses, Sister, Don't Do Anything Reckless 四合院：何雨柱清醒，姐姐别乱来 [No System + Plot-Driven + Urban + Everyday Life + Striving to Make a Living + Pursuing Truth, Kindness, and Beauty] He Yuzhu is fired from the steel mill cafeteria, and Qin Huairu’s family of five and the elderly neighbors are all so poor they can barely afford to eat! He Yuzhu can only head to Wangfujing and find a wealthy, beautiful boss to fleece. Then he unexpectedly runs into a child who looks exactly like him. The boy turns out to be the son of He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e. But this time, Lou 197Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Beating Yi Zhonghai to a Pulp from the Start 开局暴打易中海 After a night of indulgence following his college graduation, Lu Ya wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated into the body of Sha Zhu, the hapless fool from the novel The Birds-Filled Courtyard. As he thinks about the courtyard full of beasts he's about to face and starts to feel troubled, a “ding” sounds: the transmigrator's welcome gift, the System, has arrived... 1Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Stole Qin Huairu and Had Two Kids in Three Years 四合院：开局截秦淮茹，三年抱俩 A medical student transmigrates into a member of a Siheyuan. Liang Yi lives in the rear courtyard with his widowed mother, and snatches Qin Huairu from under someone else’s nose from the start. As the steel mill’s doctor, he saves countless lives. In the process, he quietly gets to know countless influential figures. Jia Zhangshi tries to take advantage of him and get a handout, only to discover that Liang Yi is more tightfisted with outsiders than a miser. Uncle One tries to guilt-trip him, onl 386Reads5.9Score—14d adds
