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- 101 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
- 102 In the Siheyuan, I Became the Strongest Street Loafer 人在四合院，我成了最强街溜子 Reborn in the 1960s, Song Yi becomes a notorious neighborhood loafer! But when he sees his beautiful wife and adorable daughter at home, Song Yi decides to change and give the two of them a better life! It's just that making money in this era isn't easy. There are too many restrictions. Just as Song Yi is struggling to find a way to earn money, the "kindhearted" Jia appears. "Someone, get over here and move that cabinet!" At Jia Zhangshi's command, Qin Huairu and He Yuzhu lead the charge, workin 910Reads6.5Score10114d adds
- 103 Siheyuan: Lucky Koi, Snatching Lou Xiao'e Away 四合院：好运锦鲤，截胡娄小娥 Gao Wan is reborn in a courtyard compound as an ordinary resident, and happens to awaken the Good Fortune Koi System. Once his luck kicks in, nothing can stop it. Lou Xiao’e shows up at his door while he’s sleeping at home; fishing through the ice, he lands a ten-pound fish with no bait! He deals with Banggeng and gets promoted to head of the grade division... 875Reads6.6Score10414d adds
- 104 I'm a Hit with the Women in the Siheyuan 我在四合院很有女人缘 Li Qiang graduates from Stanford University in the United States with a master's degree and returns to the Four-Courtyard Compound. After being attacked as soon as he gets off the plane, he flees in a panic to Qin Family Village. When he's nearly starved to death, he meets Qin Jingru. Afraid of attracting trouble, he doesn't dare tell her he has returned from studying abroad and was attacked. After staying at her house for two days, he returns to the capital and uses his knowledge to lead the na 181Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 105 Transmigrate to 1973: From the Start, the Neighbors Fight Me for My Home and Job 穿越73：开局被众禽抢房抢工作 Transmigrating to the 1970s. When he wakes up, he discovers that all the scheming residents of the Courtyard want to take his house and his job slot. The System arrives just in time. He stays behind the scenes, plotting to control the world. The Ghost Blows Out the Light, Hong Kong cinema, A Little Reunion, Blossoms in the Sun, and more... The focus is on an easygoing life: he doesn't make the first move, but he doesn't turn anyone away, either. (Some dates may differ from the timeline. The main 142Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 106 Becoming a Big Shot, Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始成为大佬 By chance, I ended up in the world of the Siheyuan. Looking at the many villains in the courtyard, Zhang Xing had only one thing to say: Don’t drag me into your mess! Qin Huairu? She’s just my devoted admirer! Lou Xiao'e, Lin Fang, Yu Haitang, Yu Li, He Yushui, Ran Qiuyue, Qin Jingru... Who else? Not one of them is getting away. Work hard and help the Four Modernizations through production. After finally getting a second chance at life, I don’t want to deal with your petty squabbles. Seize the o 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: I Keep Dancing on the Brink of Death! 四合院：我在作死边缘反复横跳！ Chen Tianming was reborn in a courtyard house in 1960. Jia Dongxu was still alive, Xu Damao was still unmarried, and everything seemed to have worked out just right! The beasts filling the courtyard hadn't completed their final evolution yet, but the signs were already there. Chen Tianming had originally planned to keep a low profile, but thanks to the System, he started recklessly testing how far he could go before getting himself killed! 8Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 108 Siheyuan: Wiping Out the Jia Family from the Start 四合院：开局先团灭贾家 Wang Fuqiang transmigrated into the world of the Courtyard and gained the Sign-In System, enjoying a carefree life. The Jia family schemed against him, causing his mother's family to die and greedily seizing their inheritance. Since reasoning with them was useless, the only option was to destroy the Jia family completely. Jia Dongxu: “Let's get the death penalty started.” 586Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: I’m the Sneaky One, and I Outshine All the Scoundrels! 四合院，我老六，秀翻众禽！ A touch of mischief, masterful scheming, an actor through and through, more beastly than the beasts themselves. One day, Yang Sen transmigrates into the beast-filled courtyard. Faced with all those scheming neighbors, he awakens the Show-Off Moves System and never turns back from his life as a sly schemer. Slandered? Then I'll drag everyone down with me and make us all infamous! Can't solve the problem? Then get rid of whoever raised it! A proper schemer knows how to keep himself hidden and make 5.1kReads7.3Score17314d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu's Uncle 四合院：我是何雨柱他叔 The protagonist transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard house in 1958, becoming He Dahai, cousin of He Daqing. He Daqing has already run off, so as his cousin, He Dahai takes on the duty of looking after Silly Zhu and Yushui without hesitation. Qin Huairu hasn’t married into the courtyard yet. How could he let her fall into the Jia family’s trap? Armed with a System, the protagonist uses his intelligence to reject moral coercion and bring all the courtyard’s scheming residents to heel. He keeps a l 10.1kReads6.7Score49414d adds
- 111 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
- 112 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Feast on Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局吃席贾东旭 Zhang Nan was a top lawyer in the 21st century, but after a car accident, he transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He thought he would spend his life keeping a low profile. But from the start, he picked a fight with Yi Zhonghai and awakened the strongest Comeback System. But this System is a little out of line! From then on, the wheels of fate began to turn... 542Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: Starting as a Technician and Becoming a Permanent Employee 四合院：从技术员转正开始 (No angst, everyday life, a brand-new story) Li Weidong, who had cancer, opened his eyes again and found himself in the capital in 1958, as a newly confirmed 20-year-old technician. And the apartment he was assigned was none other than the famous Love in the Courtyard?! Silly Zhu, Damao, Dongxu, Huairu, Jia Zhangshi... (Jia Dongxu won't die) They're all “old friends”! Fortunately, he had transmigrated with a golden finger too: the Treasure Chest System. Every time he opened a chest, he could get 10.7kReads7.4Score32314d adds
- 114 Reborn in 1960: Da Mao's Life of Triumph 魂穿60之大茂的得意人生 This story is set in a parallel world. Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental. "Siheyuan + Family Squabbles + Reforming the Courtyard + Changing Fate + Serving the Nation" There is a System, but it is used sensibly and won't affect the plot! Synopsis: Xu Mao, a corporate drone from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan. By a twist of fate, he ends up in Xu Damao's body. He takes a look at his “little brother” first. Sigh, no wonder the origina 23.9kReads7.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 115 Siheyuan: Watching Myself Take the Internet by Storm 四合院：我在四合院看我火爆全网 Transmigration is really about change. It changes not only you, but also the people in the story and those around you! Different turns of fate make life all the more exciting! 451Reads7.5Score10114d adds
- 116 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Copies Top-Tier Cooking Skills from the Start 四合院：傻柱开局，复制顶级厨艺 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + reborn + farming] He Yuzhu was reborn in the 1950s and discovered that the place he lived really was a “courtyard full of beasts.” Fortunately, he had also awakened a god-tier copying System that could copy anyone else's skills. [Copied He Daqing's cooking skills] [Copied Level 8 fitter skills] [Copied...] He Yuzhu smiled. This time, he planned to prepare for the national college entrance exam and take a completely different path. The entire courtyard's schemes and 7.3kReads7.3Score33114d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: I Marry Yu Li, and Yan Jiecheng Shows Up with a Grand Gift 四合院：我娶于莉闫解成来送大礼 I married Yu Li, and Yan Jiecheng even gave me a wedding gift. I built a military factory from the ground up to serve the country. General Xu drank the wine I gave him, and I was delighted. Liu Guangtian didn’t want to get beaten, so he became a public security officer. Now Second Uncle won’t be able to beat him anymore, right? Third Uncle actually tried appealing to Yan Jiecheng’s feelings, and his tears brought Yan Jiecheng to his side. Silly Zhu is still young, so I just need to arrange a wif 9.9kReads8.1Score38614d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: From the Start, My 188-Centimeter Wife Knows Tai Chi 四合院开局：我媳妇188会太极 Yang Qing transmigrates into the son of a capitalist who went to Taiwan. Tired of being bullied by the vermin filling the courtyard, all of whom covet his family’s property, he just wants to be left alone. With Director Wang’s help, Yang Qing makes it to 1961. That year, he marries a 188-centimeter-tall refugee woman. To his surprise, she comes from a family of martyrs and is also an heir to the Chenjiagou style of Tai Chi. From then on, he finally stands up for himself, punching Silly Zhu and k 3.6kReads7.8Score25314d adds
- 119 Siheyuan: Wield the Moral High Ground and Enjoy a Carefree Life 四合院：举道德大棒，享自在人生 1958, Back to that fiery red era, into the courtyard house everyone loved to talk about, where the neighbors showed the best and worst of human nature, goodness and ugliness, in all their glory, Li Weiguo, a wage slave from the 21st century, began his legendary life! Note: There is no farm for growing crops, only the static space that comes with the Emotion Collection System. If that bothers you, read at your own risk! 14.5kReads7.6Score46014d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn and Leaves the Whole Yard of Vermin in Ruins 四合院：傻柱重生，坑惨众禽 In his first life, He Yuzhu devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Jia family. He not only helped Qin Huairu, but also supported the First, Second, and Third Masters in their old age. Yet, as he lay dying, Jia Geng abandoned him. Just as he was on the brink of death, he never expected to get another chance at life. After being reborn, He Yuzhu finally came to his senses. He would no longer let people take advantage of him, and instead would give the courtyard's schemers a piece of his mind. The F 9.4kReads7.6Score35014d adds
- 121 The Flower-Picking Little Bee of Siheyuan 採花小蜜蜂之四合院 A different kind of courtyard, with multiple female leads. If that's not your thing, don't read! This story is purely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental! Don't assume it's about you. No need for a long introduction. Just enjoy the ride! 664Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: I Was Forced to Do Good Deeds 【四合院】我被迫助人为乐 (Multiple female leads. If that's not your thing, don't come in.) Why transmigrate to the Siheyuan? What could await you there? Is it a love that runs deep, or the everyday troubles of life? …,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 362Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: The Wonderful Life I Earned 四合院：赚到的美好人生 [A low-key, cautious protagonist who stays behind the scenes and stirs things up, reasonably intelligent, avoids widows and trouble, original female lead, gets a bit hostile later on, slow-paced at first. If that's not your thing, don't read.] Transmigrated? And into the Siheyuan, a world of scarce food and clothing and schemers crowding every corner in the 1960s? Zhang Ping'an says none of that is a problem for someone who's scored a second life. What matters to him is turning that second chanc 29.4kReads7.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 124 Courtyard, Don't Mess with Me 四合院，别惹我 A sixteen-year-old’s story of growing up wild, struggling to support a family, and fighting back hard against the scoundrels in the courtyard! Don’t mess with me! I won’t listen to your self-righteous drivel! You think you can scheme against me? Let’s see you try! Curse my family, and I’ll beat up your eldest grandson! Sha Zhu, you can’t beat me, so stop embarrassing yourself! 15.7kReads7.6Score71014d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: He Daqing Plans to Run Away from the Start 四合院：开局何大清要跑路 Transmigrating to 1952, He Yuzhu is left to care for his little sister, He Yushui, after He Daqing runs off. He gains a Spirit Spring Space. See how he makes his way in the world of Love in the Courtyard. 1.1kReads8.0Score11214d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn in 1953 四合院：傻柱重生从53年开始 Winter in the capital is especially bitter. Beneath an overpass, Silly Zhu curls into a ball, driven out of his home by the ungrateful Bang Geng, cold and hungry. In the biting wind, he thinks of the three-courtyard siheyuan, of Qin Huairu, of all the men and women in the courtyard, and of the absurd life in which he was schemed against until he had nothing left. Silly Zhu swears that if he gets another chance, he'll escape their schemes and live a life of his own. 77.3kReads8.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 127 At Eight Years Old, I Unlock an Infinite System in the Siheyuan 四合院八岁就开启无限系统 Li Aiguo is reborn in the world of the courtyard compound. In this world, his entire family is made up of national heroes. Whenever the scoundrels bully him, Li Aiguo starts shouting: “My grandparents died on the battlefield, giving their lives for their country. My father died on the battlefield, giving his life for his country. My two older brothers also died on the battlefield, giving their lives for their country. My mother was also honored as a martyr. Are you bullying me because you want t 5.7kReads6.1Score28514d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: One New Persona Every Month 四合院：每月一个人设 Also known as: A New Skill Every Month Chen Ping'an transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1965, gaining a new skill every month. In the first month, he gets the Return skill, solving his food and clothing problems and landing a job in the steel mill's logistics department along the way; In the second month, he gets the Inner Voice skill, helping him navigate relationships with ease and even catch a spy; In the third month, he gets the Portable Spirit Field skill, builds greenhouses, grows mushro 10.7kReads7.8Score51814d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: The Factory Director's Path, Snatching Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院：厂长路，开局截胡秦淮茹 In 1951, the animals of the courtyard were up to their usual antics. It was supposed to be Jia Xudong's wedding night, but Qin Huairu mistook the door and climbed into the wrong bed, landing in the arms of a certain lecher. From then on, life in the courtyard descended into chaos... 1.6kReads6.9Score19114d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: I Have the Original Novel in Hand 四合院之我有原著在手 The strongest male lead takes on the miscreants of the courtyard! He uses PUA tactics on Qin Huairu, turning her into an obsessed woman! He teases Yu Li and keeps her wrapped around his finger. He meets the love of his life, and the lovers finally get their happy ending. 4.4kReads5.8Score14514d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: I Have a Little World of My Own 四合院：我有一个小世界 After exploring a glowing cave entrance on a sinkhole's cliff face, outdoor enthusiast Wang Yu transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan, where he discovers that the glowing entrance is a portal to other worlds. Wang Yu leads a leisurely life in the Siheyuan world while exploring other worlds and selling weapons. Traveling back and forth between the two realms, he practices martial arts and cultivates immortality, living a carefree life. 22.7kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: Back to 1950, Silly Zhu Enlists in the Army 四合院：重回50年，傻柱从军 [Military + business warfare + politics + no self-sacrificing saint] From the start, he transmigrates as He Yuzhu, who has just been cruelly abandoned by his father, He Daqing. Knowing the plot inside out, He Yuzhu refuses to become someone else's pawn or sucker. Determined to live with his head held high, he grits his teeth and enlists in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea at the age of fifteen, beginning to write a legendary life of his own. 12.7kReads7.5Score48614d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: I Can Absorb Life 四合院：我可以吸收生命 [A Little Playboy + A Little Sly + A Little Invincible + A Little Easygoing + Everyday Life] Ma Teng, a Level 3 electrician at a steel mill, risked his life to save state property by pulling the power switch. He died in the process, and his body was taken over by a modern man from a later era, also named Ma Teng, who had spent most of his life trudging along, honest and unassuming. What kind of waves will this honest modern man stir up in that era? 29.3kReads8.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 134 The Blurry Years of the Siheyuan 四合院之模糊的年代 [Sign-in] [A few more brothers than most] [Behind the scenes] [Everyday life] [Childhood] [Quirky and unrestrained] [War] [A happy family] [Period drama with lots of film and TV elements] [Doesn't follow the original plot] [Pure wish fulfillment] [Original female lead] [Parallel world / similar timeline] [Please don't project real people or timelines onto the characters] Life in the cave dwelling has no fighting or killing, just eating and drinking. Life in the courtyard house has no social nice 25.2kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: The Old Man Who Collects Scrap 四合院：收废品的老汉 "No pointless romantic subplots + Feiji has never been a saintly do-gooder + easygoing everyday life" Li Shizhen has a very medical-sounding name. A disillusioned and unrestrained man born in the 1980s, he has seen all walks of life and become a scrap collector who grabs junk for a living. He has a change of heart and saves a boy who was supposed to transmigrate, only to unexpectedly transmigrate himself. Well, if he has to transmigrate, so be it. He never started a family in his previous lif 16.9kReads8.9Score65914d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things Under Heaven 四合院：垂钓诸天万物 Lin Shaowen got drunk at a class reunion. After sleeping and waking up, he inexplicably arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Lin Shaowen, an outstanding graduate of Beijing College of Chinese Medicine. He had just graduated from university and now faced a choice: should he become a promising full-time doctor at Union Hospital, or an obscure factory doctor at a steel mill? Without a second thought, Lin Shaowen chose to become a factory doctor. There was no helping it. Sending a 78.9kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
