Novels like The Junkyard Monkey of the Siheyuan
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- 1 Siheyuan: Choosing the Harshest Path from the Start, I Send Every Beast Packing 四合院：开局选最狠，禽兽全送走 [Male-oriented + courtyard + tycoon + invincible + close sibling bond + wish fulfillment + decisive and ruthless + System + period setting + golden finger] He transmigrates into a 1960s courtyard. From the start, both parents are dead, his little sister is sick and disabled, and the courtyard is crawling with beasts. What could possibly go wrong? [Ding! Detected that Silly Zhu is plotting against your little sister. Please choose!] [One: Swallow your anger and earn the title “Ninja Turtle”!] [Tw 1.7kReads—Score10014d adds
- 2 Back from the Battlefield to Siheyuan, My Home Is Gone 四合院战场归来，家没了 Zhou Jianmin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. His predecessor was an officer on the Korean battlefield, and he awakens a skill-proficiency ability and a cultivation-space golden finger. After repeatedly distinguishing himself in battle, he retires in 1958 and returns to the capital. But when he gets back to his home in the courtyard, he finds that the Jia family has seized it and turned it into a wedding home for Jia Dongxu. 1.7kReads5.0Score10114d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: Transmigrated as He Yuzhu, I Move House from the Start 四合院：穿成何雨柱，开局就搬家 He Yuzhu unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard in 1953, taking the place of the original “Silly Zhu” and starting his life over. When he wakes up, he discovers that his father, He Daqing, has abandoned the family and eloped with the White Widow, while even the money left for their upkeep has been pocketed by Yi Zhonghai. Faced with such a difficult start, He Yuzhu refuses to stay silent. He decisively exposes Yi Zhonghai for who he really is and successfully recovers 204Reads5.5Score1214d adds
- 4 From the Start, I Have Doraemon! I Rule the Courtyard Beasts! 开局哆啦A梦！玩转四合院众禽！ Ye Daxiong was an ordinary wage slave in the 21st century. After a friend recommended Love in the Courtyard, he was so furious that he smashed his TV in a fit of rage. An electrical leak sent him transmigrating to Qin Village in 1960. As it happened, the original owner was also named Ye Daxiong, and was Qin Huairu's cousin. He had also brought along a glove belonging to Doraemon. The glove had the magical ability to use all sorts of Doraemon's gadgets. He also met Yang Xiaomi, who had transmi 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: Put a Wolf's Face on a Sheep? 四合院：给羊换张狼脸？ Siheyuan: Giving a Sheep a Wolf's Face? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated to a Year of Famine, and Yang Xiaomi Fell for Me from the Start 四合院：穿越灾年开局杨小密求爱 [One Female Lead, Siheyuan Courtyard, System, Daily Life, Taming the Nasties] Lin Chen transmigrates into the world of a Siheyuan courtyard. From the start, he flees famine and arrives in City 49. Thanks to a single steamed bun, he marries Yang Xiaomi, who looks just like a famous star from his previous life. Because of the System, the couple move into Courtyard No. 95, a place reputed to be full of villains. Their arrival turns the once-peaceful courtyard upside down. Later, he discovers that h 3.3kReads7.1Score12814d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: I Invest in Goddesses and Get Ten Thousandfold Returns 四合院，我投资女神万倍返还 [Wild Ideas]+ [Cashback]+ [A Whole Lot of Heroines]+ [Scheming Big Shot]+ [Invincible] Qin Huairu wants to leech off me? Ha! I only hope she does. I’ve awakened an investment system that gives me ten thousand times my money back. If you don’t leech off me, how am I supposed to get rich? I’m not just going to let Qin Huairu leech off me… What about Qin Jingru, Lou Xiao’e, Liu Lan, Yu Li… Come on over, all of you! You don’t even have to leech off me. I’ll give you money myself! But let’s be clear: 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: Starting with Lou Xiao'e 四合院：从娄小蛾开始 [Mostly everyday life] + [A little edge] + [No over-the-top antics] + [Love in the Courtyard] + [The Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate] Lin Xuan transmigrates into a courtyard house. Orphaned with both parents dead, he is fortunate enough to gain a lottery System and receives god-tier medical skills and a portable dimension. He only wants to keep a low profile and enjoy a modest life, but trouble keeps finding him. He makes a name for himself with his medical skills and protects his family with 1.2kReads—Score11014d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Chop Down a Doorframe, Leaving the Whole Courtyard Terrified! 四合院：开局砍门框，全院禽兽吓破胆！ Siheyuan: Chopping Down the Doorframe from the Start, I Scare the Whole Courtyard’s Beasts Out of Their Wits! 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: Don't Mistake Me for Silly Zhu 四合院：别把我当傻柱 Siheyuan: Don’t Take Me for Silly Zhu 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: Bridging the Myriad Worlds 四合院之对缝诸天万界 Whether the courtyard is in chaos or not is up to the Jia family. Silly Zhu does the dirty work, and Old Yi keeps watch. But ever since Wang Xiaotian arrived at the courtyard, everything changed... 16Reads5.4Score414d adds
- 12 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
- 13 Siheyuan: The Short-Tempered Liu Guangtian 四合院之暴躁刘光天 A young modern man transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. No manners, no morals: two strokes and it's a fight, two dots and a strength stroke and it's done! (Check out my profile for completed Siheyuan novels!) 116.3kReads8.2Score8.4k14d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: You Want My Martyr's Home? I'll Teach You All a Lesson at Gunpoint 四合院：抢我烈士房？持枪训众禽 I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard as the only son in a family of six martyrs, born and bred with an impeccable revolutionary pedigree! Yet on my very first day home, Jia Zhangshi dared to block my door and throw a tantrum, trying to steal my family's house. Jia Dongxu even brought people along, hoping to teach me some “rules” with his fists! “Rules?” He Tianxia laughed. His God-Tier Instant-Kill System activated, and a freshly acquired Type 54 pistol was instantly pressed t 319Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Game for Peace: Li Yunlong's Struck It Rich! 和平精英：咱李云龙发财了！ Long Xingbang is a modern college student. He transmigrates into the Battle of Cangyunling and becomes Li Yunlong's guard platoon leader. He awakens the “Peacekeeper Elite Battle System”: as long as the Chinese forces defeat the invading army in battle, he can level up the System and unlock more features. Let's see how Long Xingbang charges across the Anti-Japanese War battlefield with style. 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: After the Broken Engagement, They Call Me the Living King of Hell 四合院：退婚后，她们叫我活阎王 Jiang Feng transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He thinks Lou Xiao'e is a good person and wants to marry her. Just as he is about to succeed, he is falsely accused. Lou Xiao'e believes the accusation without even bothering to find out the truth! And now she wants to break off the engagement and marry Xu Damao? “Heh. Sometimes stupidity is a sin in itself!” Jiang Feng calmly sneers at her. Sure enough, everyone in the courtyard is an animal. There's not a single normal person: t 2.3kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 17 The Folks of the Alley: A Carefree Life with Pinduoduo in Hand 小巷人家：手握拼夕夕的潇洒人生 141Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 18 Reborn in 1943: I Build a Life of Power by Fighting the Invaders 重生43，从杀鬼子开始制霸人生 [A little ruthless, a little scheming] [Revenge] [Nearly invincible] [Decisive and ruthless] [No saintly do-gooder] After nine cycles of reincarnation across the Zhoutian Universe, He Yuzhu still chooses to abandon all his cultivation and power and be reborn into a new life, even when Celestial Venerable Taizai announces that he is the Grand Elder of the Space Divine Hall. He has only one goal: to reclaim everything he lost. From the moment he is reborn, there is no Silly Zhu in this world, only 1.1kReads6.9Score10314d adds
- 19 Zhao Shanhe's Happy Life in the Siheyuan 赵山河在四合院的快乐生活 A courtyard-house story beginning in the late 1950s. No saintly do-gooding + No letters of forgiveness + No groveling + No reckless stabbing How will Zhao Shanhe make a life for himself in the courtyard? I hear even the Zhuxian Sword Formation can't do a thing about it. 605Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: Zombies Attack, but I'm Locked Out 四合院：丧尸来袭，我却被关出门 The zombies came, and I was locked outside. If they want me dead, then no one gets to live! I locked the gate behind me. While everyone inside cried and screamed, I lit a cigarette and walked away with a smile. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: Laying Low in the Steel Mill’s Security Office Is the Good Life 四合院：苟在轧钢厂保卫科很舒服 There's plenty of anger and family drama, just like real life, which is never one-dimensional. If you lovely folks enjoy it, please leave a good review. If you don't, please still give it five stars, then have a good rant to get it out of your system before you go. Thanks! Wang Weidong's soul transmigrates into the body of a badly wounded company-level officer in 1965. After leaving the army, he becomes head of security at a steel mill. When he moves into a courtyard compound, he enjoys helping 3.8kReads7.9Score10014d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: I Don’t Want a Promotion, I Just Want to Wait for Reform and Opening Up 四合院之我不想升职只想等改开 [Multiple films and TV shows, multiple heroines, mostly behind the scenes, no drawn-out drama, no angst] Zhong Lang transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan during the Great Famine. He takes things slowly, keeping a low profile as he faces the tide of events. There are no endless schemes or complicated love-hate entanglements with enemies. He simply takes them all out in one go. The early chapters focus mainly on Zhong Lang’s daily life and romantic relationships, while he lays the groundwork in 1.4kReads6.2Score10314d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: Reborn as Damao, I Ruin the Beasts' Lives 四合院：重生大茂，坑惨众禽 At death's door, Xu Damao finally saw the light. He realized that everything he'd done over the years had been utterly ridiculous. Sadly, he was already old, with no chance to make amends. He had completely failed to return Lou Xiao'e's deep devotion, and marrying Qin Huairu's cousin, Qin Jingru, had been a disastrous move. Everyone despised him. He'd also been so blinded that Li Huaide swindled him out of every last cent, leaving him destitute and alone in his old age. It seemed being left with 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: Am I Actually the Capitalist Lou Bancheng? 四合院：我竟是资本家娄半城？ [Sign-in + scientific research + multiple women] Note: There’s a lot of setup, the pacing is slow, and the mistreatment of the rotten neighbors is mild. If you want mindless cruelty toward them, please move along so we can spare each other the frustration... Chen Chong enters the world of Siheyuan in a new identity: Lou Bancheng. His situation is perilous, but fortunately, he awakens a sign-in System. As long as he signs in at the Siheyuan, he can claim rewards... An era in which a big capitali 348Reads—Score1214d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: A Cultivator's Soul Transmigrates Into Yan Jiecheng 四合院：修仙佬魂穿闫解成 [Strike back at your enemies on the spot] [Take the initiative to bully people] [Full of hostility] A rogue cultivator from a fantasy world transmigrates into Yan Jiecheng in the courtyard. To restore his cultivation, he has no choice but to torment the courtyard’s pests and absorb their resentment. 3Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 26 He Yuzhu's Passionate Life 何雨柱的激情人生 This is a brand-new Siheyuan story. What? I'm He Yuzhu? Hu Xiaohu is a little bewildered. But never mind. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I'm done being a doormat. I'll be the master of my own life. White lotuses, holier-than-thou busybodies, and ungrateful wolves, get lost and stay away! (Please don't copy the original TV series wholesale.) 1.9kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 27 Siheyuan: I Have Lots of Systems 四合院：我有很多系统 Traveling through multiple TV and film worlds, this is an overpowered, easygoing story with multiple heroines. In the courtyard world, the protagonist stays away from widows and doesn't cause trouble. The protagonist has a Tomato System, a Farm System, a Spirit Spring Dimension, a Traveling Frog, a Bragging System, a Proficiency System, a Simplification System, a Deadly Soldiers System, an Emotion System, ten thousandfold comprehension, heaven-defying comprehension, a lottery System... In a nove 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: This Taoist Is a Little Ruthless 四合院之这个道士有点狠 [For readers who don't want the Qin sisters to get involved] [Film and TV Crossover] [Multiple heroines] [No love triangles, no angst] Lin Mo transmigrates to the end of 1961 and becomes a Taoist priest. There's none of that crude bathroom humor, and no forcing characters to become stupid. Yi Zhonghai: dead. Liu Haizhong: crippled. Bang Geng: dead. Jia Zhangshi forces her way back to the countryside to eat dirt. Written purely for personal enjoyment, with a bit of wish fulfillment and elements f 2.1kReads7.0Score10014d adds
- 29 The Blind Man in the Siheyuan Has Superpowers 四合院这个瞎子有异能 Good news: I transmigrated into a book. Bad news: it’s the famous courtyard drama. Good news: the space and psychic abilities I awakened in the apocalypse came with me. Bad news: I transmigrated into a blind man... 9.4kReads7.7Score40014d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: Rejected at a Matchmaking Meeting, I Take In a Little Girl 四合院：相亲被嫌弃，捡个小萝莉 Li Ran somehow found himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard, in the body of the teenage He Yuzhu. At this point, He Daqing hadn't run off yet, He Yushui was still a little girl, and Qin Huairu hadn't married into the courtyard. Li Ran had hoped to get to Qin Huairu first, but she ended up rejecting him. Dejected, he unexpectedly came across the little Qin Jingru. From then on, he had not only his younger sister trailing after him, but a little bride as well. There are no brainless plot tw 499Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: Putting the Beasts in Their Place and Making a Fortune 四合院：整治禽兽，发家致富 (Period setting + drama + mystery-solving) After I transmigrated into the Siheyuan, I, Liu Jianguo, was determined to uncover all the mysteries hidden in the courtyard! This story begins in 1955! Volume One fills in the missing clues from the original story, letting readers learn the full story behind the courtyard's scoundrels. Volume Two begins the cleanup of those scoundrels. 3.7kReads7.3Score11114d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: Watching the Courtyard's Fools with a Smile 四合院：笑看众禽 [System] [Not a do-gooder] [No dumbing down] [Overbearing] [Multiple female leads] The male lead, Li Tianyou, arrives in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He had planned to live peacefully through those turbulent years, but who could have guessed that a pack of troublemakers would keep trying to harm him? If you want to take me down, then striking first is better than sitting back and taking the blows. 666Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 33 I Became the Young He Yuzhu 我成了少年何雨柱 He Yuzhu wakes up one day to find himself in the old days, selling steamed buns with He Daqing right across from him. He has become Silly Zhu. Wait, back then, he probably wasn’t called Silly Zhu yet. He was just Zhuzi! Thinking about the life of mockery ahead of him, He Yuzhu feels miserable. Luckily, he has a location-based sign-in System! Life gets better and better… 5.4kReads5.8Score15614d adds
- 34 Reborn as Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan, Only to Find Myself in The Outcast? 穿成四合院傻柱，竟是一人之下？ After his soul transmigrates into Silly Zhu, he arrives in the Siheyuan, thinking he might spend this life as a cook, struggling to get along with the courtyard’s beasts. But then he realizes something is off about this place! The beasts can cultivate qi! He awakens a System and discovers that it even provides him with a wife! Oh my! It’s Feng Baobao! 957Reads6.0Score10314d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: Breaking Off the Engagement Felt Great Then, Now I Regret It Bitterly 四合院：当年退婚爽，如今悔断肠 Li Hongjun transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming an ordinary resident of the courtyard. Back then, his father arranged a match between Li Hongjun and Qin Huairu, and they had even agreed on the bride price. But the Jia family had their eye on Qin Huairu too. They barged in, raised the bride price, and slandered Li Hongjun's family with rumors. So Qin Huairu, who cared more about money than people, broke off the engagement and married Jia Dongxu instead. The courtyard's 5.6kReads5.4Score26414d adds
- 36 Siheyuan Farming: My Farm Can Travel Between Worlds 四合院种田记：我的农场能穿梭 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Use My Son to Fool Silly Zhu 四合院：开局拿儿子忽悠傻柱 “Second Young Master Tang, you think you can set your sights on Xiaodang? Take a good look at yourself first!” “Second Young Master Tang, you think you can write? With your junior high school education?” Decades later, Tang Ping becomes a literary giant of his generation. “All right, I guess we were blind back then!” 516Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 38 Siheyuan: I Handed Everything Over to the Nation 四合院之我把一切上交国家 In the long course of history, one era is forever etched into the deepest recesses of the Chinese people's memory: the grueling War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He Daqing arrives in the world of the Siheyuan, becoming another He Daqing. When the invaders' iron hooves trample our land, the country is shattered and its people suffer. But the sons and daughters of China never surrender. They stand tall, composing one stirring anthem of resistance after another with their blood and the 1.6kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: My Dad Is an Engineer 四合院：我爹是工程师 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 811Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: They Force Me to Marry a Widow, So I Take on the Whole Courtyard from the Start 四合院：逼我娶寡妇，开局怼全院 [Reborn + System + Dad Life + Over-the-Top Humor + Wild Reimagining] Li Dongliang is reborn in a Beijing courtyard house and finds himself with an adorable daughter. He never expected all the neighbors in the courtyard to try to force him to marry Qin Huairu, the widow! What respectable man would marry a widow?! Shameless! Anyone who tries to talk me into it is getting a tongue-lashing!! (The first 500,000 words take place in the courtyard. After that, the protagonist takes h 3.8kReads6.8Score10414d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: A Primordial Immortal Realm from the Start 四合院，开局一个太初仙境 [Period] [Siheyuan] [Live-in Son-in-Law] [Developing the Nation] A fine young man from the 21st century transmigrates in a single moment... Watch Chen Ping make his mark in this turbulent era. He will inject new blood into this young nation and give its people a wonderful era where they can eat their fill and stay warm! 1.5kReads6.2Score10414d adds
- 42 I'm He Yuzhu, the God of Cooking in the Siheyuan 四合院我何雨柱是厨神 A modern man transmigrates into He Yuzhu. He refuses to be a doormat, and he certainly won’t support a bunch of people who have nothing to do with him in their old age. He Yuzhu is not only the king of the courtyard, but also a master chef. Dongpo pork, kung pao chicken, twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, husband-and-wife lung slices... It smells so good, enough to make every beast in the courtyard drool with envy. 11.3kReads7.5Score42814d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: Returning from the Army 四合院之从军归来 After the War of National Liberation, Cheng Tiefeng returned to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, where his parents lived. To his surprise, this was the very place that later generations of internet users jokingly called the "Chaotic Siheyuan." With Yi Zhonghai testing him, Liu Haizhong currying favor, Yan Bugui scheming, and Jia Zhangshi making snide remarks, what kind of waves will this little Siheyuan stir up? 3kReads6.6Score10014d adds
- 44 Back from the Battlefield to the Siheyuan, I Execute Deaf Granny from the Start 四合院战场归来，开局枪毙聋老太 [Shoot Every Beast] [Wipe Out Every Beast] [Pure Satisfaction] [Ruthless and Decisive] Li Guangfu transmigrates into The Birds of the Courtyard. After returning from a battlefield littered with corpses, his achievements in battle make him a decorated hero. He is parachuted into the capital and becomes chief of the Nanluoguxiang Police Station! On the day he returns home, New Year's Eve, Li Guangfu strikes like lightning. That very night, he arrests Old Deaf Granny and executes her on the spot! O 509Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 45 Period: I’m Zhuang Tunan, and I Can Make a Killing from Anything 年代：我是庄图南，万物皆可盘 Zhuang Bifan becomes Zhuang Tunan from A Courtyard of Neighbors. With a strange golden finger, he experiences the warmth and coldness of human nature, love and hatred in this era. He thrives amid the fiercest storms and, amid the petty troubles of family life, trounces the spineless, overtakes the British, and surpasses the Americans across two generations. 4.8kReads8.2Score21914d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: I'm on a Rampage! All That's Left Is the Show's Title 四合院：我！杀疯了，就剩剧名了 Lu Ning transmigrates into a courtyard compound and awakens a Killing System. He discovers that the original owner was tormented to death by Jia Dongxu and the other brutes, ending his life beneath a crooked tree in the suburbs. Thus begins a campaign of revenge and slaughter against the brutes. 26Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: A Feng: Surrounded by the Yu Li Sisters? 四合院之阿枫：于莉两姐妹环绕？ 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! 2.8kReads6.7Score12314d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: My Brother Is He Yuzhu, Mess with Anyone and He’ll Make Them Pay 四合院：我哥何雨柱，谁惹坑谁 He transmigrates to the 1960s, into a courtyard teeming with beasts, and faces a pack of vicious bullies. In an era of extreme scarcity, He Yuchen gets to feast on meat and fish every day! A Grade Eight fitter? Ha! Sorry, I'm a special-grade fitter! A Grade Three chef? Pathetic! You're too weak! I'm a special-grade chef! A millionaire? That's nothing! Don't even mention it! I'm richer than an entire country! A martial arts grandmaster? Tsk, tsk! Hear that? The Guardians of China call me their ma 208Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: From the Steel Mill to the Pig Farm 四合院：从轧钢厂转战养猪厂 Also known as: The System Is in The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, but I'm in the Courtyard Good news: I got a System. Bad news: It took me to the wrong set! Ye Xiaonan got a System that promised to take him to the world of the courtyard. But while he was away, the System accidentally ran off to the neighboring world of The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. The good news is that he can still connect to the System. The bad news is that these quests seem a little off. [Main Quest: In the martial world, stre 14.5kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 50 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Slap Jia Zhangshi in a Rage 四合院：开局怒扇贾张氏 [Torturing the bullies without being a do-gooder + Strike first + The bloodsucking family gets what they deserve] After waking up, Lin Jianye discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Fortunately, he activates the System in time, obtains a golden finger, and begins a happy life in the courtyard, enjoying all the perks and throwing his weight around. Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu, Yi Zhonghai, Silly Zhu: not one of them will get away. They'll all be sent to reform-th 8.6kReads6.4Score27814d adds
