Novels like Building a Strong Nation Is No Joke
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- 51 Siheyuan: After Reporting the Courtyard's Beasts, I Build the Richest Village 四合院：举报众禽后，打造首富村 He wakes up to find he has transmigrated into a courtyard house in 1963. With the courtyard vultures closing in on all sides, Zhang Hao, just back from university, turns the tables by reporting them, sending Jia Zhangshi straight to prison. While he is out on an errand, the thieving rascal Banggeng tries to rob his home! Zhang Hao reports him on the spot, sending Banggeng to a juvenile detention center. The moral paragon Yi Zhonghai even loses his position as one of the courtyard elders as a res 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Siheyuan: Hard Times at Home, So I Choose to Live Off My Parents 四合院：家庭困难，我选择啃老 At seventeen, He Yuzhu became an orphan. Thanks to Yi Zhonghai's care, his life steadily improved. He Yuzhu's kindness made Yi Zhonghai so happy that he told everyone raising a nephew could provide for him in his old age. But one day, He Yuzhu announced he was moving out of the courtyard, and Yi Zhonghai completely panicked. “Zhuzi, aren't we family? Why didn't you tell me you were moving out of the courtyard?” “Zhuzi, weren't you going to take care of me in my old age and see me off when I die? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Procurement Officer in 1955 四合院：55年，从采购员开始 Chen Sheng accidentally transmigrated to a courtyard house in 1955, where he became a low-ranking procurement officer. Would you believe it? His parents were both alive and well, and he wasn’t an orphan either. Fortunately, he’d already moved out, and there was still some time before the transmigration story began, so he had plenty he could do. Drawing on his knowledge of the courtyard house from his previous life and his familiarity with the times, Chen Sheng gradually settled in and began livi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Siheyuan: I Keep It Real and Snatch the Best Opportunities from Childhood 四合院：做一个俗人，从小就截胡 [Truth and lies, lies and truth. Think for yourself and learn to tell right from wrong.] Bai Xiaohe never imagined that, as a wealthy third-generation heir, he would transmigrate. He woke up to find himself in 1951. The good news: He had a System! The bad news: The System identified his fate as a string of romantic encounters (Epic), extraordinary talent (Mythic), and an early death (Mythic). 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: Taking Advice, I Reach the Pinnacle of Life 四合院：听劝后，我走上人生巅峰 Zhang Weidong transmigrated to 1951 in Love in the Courtyard and gained the Advice-Listening System. It all began when Jia Zhangshi made snide remarks about him, triggering his first mission: [New suggestion received: Become a leader at your workplace. Difficulty: B. Complete it to receive a B-rank reward: a gold treasure chest!] [New suggestion received: Marry a rural girl. Difficulty: C. Complete it to receive a C-rank reward: a silver treasure chest!] [New suggestion received: Become a martia 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Siheyuan: Protected by Dragon Energy, I Strike Back at Every Leech 四合院：龙气护身，反噬一切吸血 [System] + [One Female Lead] + [Feel-Good Story] Yao Zhen is reborn and transmigrates to a courtyard-house world in 1965. He obtains a Good Fortune System. Whenever someone takes advantage of him, he can seize some of their fortune. They suffer the backlash. He also gets a million talents that can stack infinitely! The Yao Fool in everyone's eyes seems to have become someone else. Qin Huairu takes ten jin of his finest white flour. He seizes the Dragon Realm Divine Doctor's techniques, and the b 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 I Arrived at the Siheyuan and the Entire Courtyard Seized My Family's Fortune 四合院刚来就被全院霸占了家产 Gu Nan, a nobody from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming the Gu Nan everyone loves to bully. See how he makes his way in this society and carves out a world of his own. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, I'll Take Care of Your Wife and Daughter! 四合院：许大茂，汝妻女吾养之！ Zhao Chen discovers that he has transmigrated into the body of another transmigrator, who had promised Jia Dongxu on his deathbed to look after Qin Huairu for the rest of her life! A courtyard house, of all places! Zhao Chen immediately thinks of Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e from the TV drama... Unfortunately, the transmigrator was a complete failure. He has never even held a woman's hand! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Siheyuan: From Trapping the Neighbors to Building a Great Nation 四合院：从坑杀众禽到大国重工 After an accident, Li Jianshe transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1970 and becomes a researcher. Because of the political climate, Yi Zhonghai conspires with the other residents of the courtyard to frame Li Jianshe and send him to prison. Six years later, Li Jianshe is exonerated and returns to the courtyard, only to find his daughter locked in a doghouse and his wife missing! To cover his tracks, Yi Zhonghai tries to plot Li Jianshe's death once again. By a twist of fate, however, he activ —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Flock of Birds in the Siheyuan 禽满四合院之一窝 My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Siheyuan: I Have Decomposition and Synthesis Technology 四合院：我拥有分解合成技术 Lin Mu transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and obtains the Disassembly and Synthesis System. Yi Zhonghai, you’re a Level Eight fitter. Hand it over. Bang Geng, you’re young and have a long life ahead of you. Hand it over. “Little Lin is the only one in the courtyard who can make furniture, and his work is good too!” Yi Zhonghai says. “He became a Level Eight fitter in a week and earns 98 yuan. Why not help us out?” says Jia Zhangshi. “Lin Mu cooks well enough to open a restaurant,” says Qin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: Why Do You Keep Coming Here to Get Beaten? 四合院：你们干嘛总是送上门被虐 After livestreaming himself playing games for three days straight, Su Ye closed his eyes and opened them again, only to find that he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Su Ye knew this world all too well. Everyone in the courtyard was a beast! So I’m supposed to give those beasts a hard time? But he’d only just transmigrated, and someone was already trying to steal his job. Would they take away the place he was staying, too? What a disastrous start! Luckily, Director Wang 1.2kReads5.4Score—Shelves
- 63 The Siheyuan Saga: A New Era 四合院风云之大时代 Focused on making money, fixing the courtyard's troublemakers, and putting the hypocrites in their place. A complete assault on conventional values. Li Wenqiang, a well-fed rich kid, has his soul transported into the courtyard compound. He brings his villa with him, only to become an orphan who collects junk in the neighborhood. He has a planting space with him, and the villa's water and electricity still work normally. He can even get online whenever he wants. Now watch as he makes waves of his 11Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 64 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1952, with Heaven-Defying Insight 四合院：重生52，我有逆天悟性 Li Zixuan accidentally transmigrated to 1952 and found himself in the world of the Courtyard House. In his previous life, both his parents had died. Fortunately, in this life his childless uncle was critically ill in the capital, so Li Zixuan went there in his place. As luck would have it, he also acquired a System space and heaven-defying comprehension. Whatever the knowledge or skill, all it took was a little hands-on practice for him to master it quickly. And as his skill levels rose, the Sys —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Siheyuan: I’m Calling in Reinforcements to Beat Up Every Last Vermin, and I’m Sick of It! 四合院我疯狂摇人暴打众禽烦烦烦 (He Yuzhu awakens the People Summoning System. I asked you all to help me deal with a crisis, but you ate my food, lived in my home, and then actually got the hots for my manly body!) He Yuzhu, from the wasteland, transmigrates to 1959 and into Love in the Courtyard. He beats the stuffing out of the courtyard’s scoundrels. He’ll live a wonderful life unlike any other! What kind of person is Qin Huairu? And I’m supposed to grovel at her feet? Yi Zhonghai wants me to support him in his old age? No —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Siheyuan: I Opened a Treasure Chest in the Beast-Filled Courtyard 四合院：我在禽院开宝箱 Zhang Qianwei gets completely drunk at his ex’s wedding banquet. When he wakes up, he discovers he has transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, where he has become an ordinary resident in the front courtyard of No. 95. His original self had just turned eighteen. His father had recently died, leaving him alone with his mother, who had inherited his work post. To avoid being targeted, the mother and son have kept a low profile in the beast-filled courtyard, afraid the retirement-care crew will se —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 I Transmigrated into Siheyuan and Became He Yuzhu 穿到四合院，变成何雨柱 Bound to the System, he begins the main quest “Congratulations, Host! You have successfully bound the ‘Time Traveler’ System!” “I am System 092, and I am now loading your tasks.” “This is the year 1960, in a courtyard in Beijing.” “Host identity: He Yuzhu.” “Occupation: Canteen cook at a university in Beijing.” “Task loading complete. Host, please accept your task.” In 1960, I was a cook in a university canteen in Beijing. I had only just transmigrated, and my mind hadn't cleared yet. I was comp 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Siheyuan: I'm Going to Reform These Twisted People 四合院：我要改造扭曲的众人 A transmigration by a veteran bookworm, bringing along a little world formed from every novel he has read over the years. He vows to transform the courtyard and create a true Love in the Courtyard. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 Siheyuan: In This Life, Call Me He Yuzhu 四合院：这辈子，请叫我何雨柱 Welcome to the courtyard house. He Yuzhu gets a second chance at life. He decides to focus on becoming a good cook. He doesn’t want anyone to look down on him anymore. His heart is still pounding with excitement. At last, he can change his life. 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu, and I'll Never Be a Doormat Again 四合院：穿越成傻柱绝不再当舔狗 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + choices + plot + not too much hostility] This book has no doormats or troublemakers, so readers who mind that should proceed with caution. He Yuzhu, a terminally incurable misogynist, is reborn as the ultimate doormat, He Yuzhu. From the start, he faces a choice: keep half a chicken and enjoy a feast, or give the whole bird to his boss to show his loyalty? Different choices bring different rewards. Every cause has its effect, and your punishment is me! 1.2kReads5.1Score—Shelves
- 71 Xixi Yu's Thirtieth Book 西西于第30本书 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Siheyuan: Rejected by a White Lotus, I Turn to Building Nuclear Bombs 四合院：被白莲拒绝，转头做核弹 [Transmigration] [System] [Mild edge] [Everyday comebacks] [Comedy] The protagonist transmigrates as He Yuzhu from Love in the Courtyard. He Yuzhu is going to make Qin, the widow, and every selfish person in the courtyard pay for their cold indifference! He refuses to let the courtyard's parasites bleed him dry, and uses a god-tier System to defy fate and change his life. Ding! For firmly rejecting Qin Huairu, you receive 100 yuan! Ding! For comforting Lou Xiao'e and teaming up to take down Xu D 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Siheyuan: Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Hong Kong 四合院：香江霸主向雨柱 Silly Zhu was reborn in 1976, back at the point when he was about to marry Qin Huairu, only for Banggeng, who had just returned to the city, to object. But the reborn Silly Zhu was no longer the man he used to be. From then on, the story took a sharp turn: the courtyard’s scoundrels became the ones Silly Zhu milked for all they were worth. Once he got tired of milking them, he would finish them off one by one... Then, after arriving in Hong Kong, Silly Zhu began sweeping all before him. He rose 781Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: Watch Me Deal with Qin Huairu, Guaranteed Satisfaction 四合院：看我收拾秦淮茹，包爽的 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! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Siheyuan: Doctor from the Start, Treating All the Troublemakers 四合院：开局医生，专治众禽 [Siheyuan + Miracle Doctor + Putting the Courtyard Beasts in Their Place] Chen Qiangzhong wakes from a nap to find himself in a Siheyuan in the 1950s or 60s. He never expected things to go so badly from the start: his father died on duty, his little sister is bullied by the Jia family, and the courtyard beasts have their eyes on his home, just waiting for them to starve to death. Just as Chen Qiangzhong prepares to charge out and beat the beasts to a pulp, his System awakens! Beating up beasts m 233Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 76 Siheyuan: Kicking Bang Geng and Slapping Jia Zhangshi from the Start 四合院：开局脚踢棒梗掌掴贾张氏 [Multiple heroines + cultivation + a System for fishing across the heavens] He Yuzhu, from the 21st century, has an accident and transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1956, inhabiting the body of his namesake, Silly Zhu. From then on, he begins a new life. Wait, how could a transmigrator possibly go without a System? Ding! The All-Heavens Fishing System is starting up… Keep being a simp? No way! You’re the ones who can grovel at my feet! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Siheyuan: I Fused Everything and Beat Silly Zhu to a Pulp 四合院：融合万物后，暴打傻柱 He transmigrates into the courtyard house one day. Chen Chen's father is deemed by the steel mill to have died due to an operational error. The family receives only 300 yuan in compensation, and Chen Chen is not allowed to take over his father's job. He refuses to accept the decision and wants to confront the factory for an explanation. Yi Zhonghai does everything he can to stop him. Silly Zhu, acting as Yi Zhonghai's enforcer, thinks Chen Chen has shown disrespect to the elder and immediately m 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Siheyuan: The Stunning White Lotus Is Actually Obsessed with Me 四合院：绝美白莲花居然是我舔狗 [Brain Cell Parking Lot] This novel is pure mindless fun, so readers don’t need to get hung up on the details. Breaking news! Protagonist Qin Wenhua wakes up one morning and finds himself transmigrated into the world of The Courtyard! And Qin Huairu has become Qin Wenhua’s devoted fangirl? If you think she’s the only one, you’re dead wrong! There are also Ding Qiunan, Chen Xueru, Bai Ling, and more... Qin Wenhua is busy fending off one beautiful woman after another while also teaching the courty 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Siheyuan: Train the Beasts for Rewards, from the Start with Qin Huairu 四合院：训禽得奖励，开局秦淮茹 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! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Siheyuan: From the Start, Trapped in a Mountain Cave with Qin Huairu 四合院：开局和秦淮茹一起困山洞 The villain Cao Bo transmigrates into a courtyard compound, but this compound isn't like the one on TV at all! Why have all the children grown up? Cao Bo spent his whole life cheating and swindling people, but after transmigrating, he becomes indecisive and hesitant. Why is he suddenly so compassionate, caring about this person and worrying about that one? Now that Qin Huairu is here, isn't it only natural to get rid of Jia Dongxu? So where did all this kindness come from? Can a villain's cold h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Silly Zhu Isn't a Stupid Pig 傻柱不是傻猪 My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to 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! 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Siheyuan: Genetic Modification, Straight to the Top 四合院：基因改造，直接起飞 Ye Shunchuan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. His family has nothing, and their average income is a miserable 0.68. By chance, Ye Shunchuan activates an appraisal System. [Congratulations, Master! You have received a beginner's gift!] [Congratulations, Master! You have received 150 yuan, a beginner appraisal skill, and an improved potion!] Ye Shunchuan is overjoyed. His story in the Siheyuan is about to begin... 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Reborn, I Rule the Siheyuan 重生以后称霸四合院 After being reborn, I discovered that this world was more interesting than I'd imagined. First things first: I'll cleanse the entire courtyard compound before anything else. Watch how I make my way to the very top. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Siheyuan: A Life Without Want 四合院之衣食无忧 This is a lighthearted story with little hostility, focused on everyday life while keeping the characters true to themselves. There are no fights, just neighborhood squabbles. If that’s not for you, turn right and search for stories full of hostility. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Siheyuan: A Legendary Life Begins 四合院，开启传奇人生 A new story 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—Shelves
- 86 Siheyuan: Matchmaking Lottery System 四合院：相亲抽奖系统 This is a nostalgic transmigration novel. The protagonist, Li Wen, unexpectedly transmigrates back to Beijing in 1959, penniless and with no one to turn to. Just as he reaches the depths of despair, he is thrilled to discover a mysterious System that rewards him for going on blind dates. In an era when a lottery ticket can decide your fate, every blind date tests Li Wen's wit and charm, while also offering a chance to win supplies, skills, and even historic opportunities. From a naive traveler t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Siheyuan: After College, I Join the Factory and Put the Brutes in Their Place 四合院：大学毕业进厂，整治禽兽 Liu Jianguo unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of "Love in the Courtyard". Although he had no golden finger, his parents’ connections had helped him pursue advanced studies in the south. Now that he was back, he was taking up a post as an engineer at the steelworks. In the past, he had always tried to appease the beasts in the courtyard house. But with his status now, what chance did they have to cause trouble right under his nose? Let’s see how I deal with you beasts! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Reborn: I’m a Carpenter in the Siheyuan 重生：我在四合院当木匠 After transmigrating to a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang in 1955, he was fortunate enough to apprentice himself to Master Niu, a master carpenter. He learned traditional woodworking and made it the foundation of his livelihood, leaving his own mark in those tumultuous, revolutionary years. 729Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 89 Siheyuan: Tales from the Cellar 四合院：地窖往事 Chen Guoliang transmigrated. He arrived in a Beijing courtyard house in 1954, becoming a high school student not yet fifteen. In an ordinary courtyard house, a very unusual cellar becomes the setting for the tangled, unspoken neighborly relationships between two generations. The courtyard’s chaos was enough to make even Chen Guoliang, a newcomer whose soul had seen plenty of the wider world, exclaim, “What the hell?” The father you call Dad might not actually be your father? The wife you think i 4Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 90 Siheyuan: From the Start, Director He Marries Qin Jingru 四合院：开局何主任娶妻秦京茹 He Yuzhu, an upstanding young man of the new era, transmigrated to a courtyard house in the 1960s. From the start, he was boiling dumplings and nearly scalded himself with the hot water, only to find that the gorgeous Qin Huairu was introducing him to Qin Jingru. How could He Yuzhu pass up an opportunity like this? With his space activated, life in the courtyard became carefree, and it all began right then. Qin Huairu was ready to lower her head, Uncle Yi was ready to bow, and Xu Damao was affec 202Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 91 I Brought a Produce Market to the Siheyuan 带着菜市场穿到四合院 A special forces king from the 21st century transmigrates to a siheyuan with an entire wet market and becomes a live-in son-in-law. But when he returns home from the army, he learns that his father-in-law, who had adopted him all those years ago, has passed away, and his future wife has run off with someone else. The only family members left are his sixty-year-old grandmother and his sister-in-law, who is not yet two. To repay them for saving his life, Zhu Ping decides to leave the army and come 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Cement Router's First Book 水泥路由器的第1本书 My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Siheyuan: Scratching Off the Life I Want 四合院：刮出想要的人生 In 2024, Li Guodong, suffering from pneumonia and a high fever that wouldn't subside, transmigrated into a world filled with beasts in every courtyard... A loyal lottery player in his previous life, he unexpectedly obtained a scratch-card System... Now he had to face a courtyard full of villains. I could afford a spacious apartment just by winning the lottery in my previous life. Do you think I'm afraid of you? With all his buffs stacked, Li Guodong wasn't worried at all. Don't mess with me. He 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Siheyuan: Between Two Worlds, I'll Take Down Any Beast Who Defies Me 四合院：两界穿，不服就干禽兽 [Parallel worlds, traveling between two realms, a feel-good power fantasy!] Li Dongyu was just one of countless nobodies in Longguo, a parallel world, scraping by with a small M-brand supermarket. He, too, began to suffer the injustices of society. He had been doing a good deed, rescuing a girl who had fallen into the water, but nearly died for it. In the end, he was blamed for his own misfortune, with people claiming he had fallen in by accident. The girl Li Dongyu rescued had already vanished 71Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: I Can Fish for Anything! 四合院：我能垂钓万物！ Lin Luo is reborn in a Siheyuan full of scoundrels and becomes a military medic who has just retired due to injury. Fortunately, after lying low for a while, he finally activates his golden finger. The Everything Fishing System! There’s nothing you can’t catch, except what you can’t imagine! From then on, he starts running circles around everyone in the Siheyuan. 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 He Yuzhu Returns Reborn with the Heavenly Dao System 重生何雨柱携天道系统归来 Silly Zhu spent his whole life pining after Qin Huairu, then died a tragic death and went to the afterlife, his grievances soaring to the heavens and his mission from his previous life unfinished. Sentenced to reincarnation in a parallel world, he was granted by Lord Lao a magical artifact: the Heavenly Dao Gourd Justice System, which punishes evil and promotes good. He returned to the courtyard in 1953. He punished the hypocrite Yi Zhonghai, set the scheming Qin Huairu straight, sent Jia Zhangs 480Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is an Avid Angler 四合院：傻柱是个钓鱼佬 He Yuzhu, from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly transmigrates back to the 1960s and becomes “Silly Zhu” in a courtyard compound. He discovers a huge sum of money in his pocket and decides to make a name for himself at the Red Star Steel Mill, no longer acting as everyone's “walking ATM.” Suddenly, he binds himself to a “God-Tier Choice System.” If he wants to make a comeback, he has to complete its tasks. “Isn't this just like playing a ‘choose your own adventure’ game?” His first task? Ea 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Siheyuan: A Wicked Tempest 四合院之风波恶 In this courtyard, one upheaval follows another, each more sudden than the last. Watch how Li Buyi gets caught up in the turmoil and then brings it to an end. I'm trying out a new update schedule, with ten thousand characters of upheaval posted each day. Whether this new approach succeeds depends on the feedback and reviews from all you readers! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Chef Silly Zhu 厨师傻柱 My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Blind Zhu in the Siheyuan 四合院里的瞎柱 After an unexpected transmigration, a grown bachelor finds himself in the body of Fool Zhu in a Beijing courtyard. From the start, he has a house in the capital, a state-owned enterprise job, and countless beautiful women vying for his attention. Ten years later, a wealthy woman even shows up at his door with a son, looking for his father. Hahaha! That's all from the original story. The transmigrator accidentally selected Hard Mode, though, and starts out blind in both eyes. —Reads—Score—Shelves
