Novels like Siheyuan: Passing the Years in Idleness
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- 101 Reborn in 1965: A Doctor in Nanluoguxiang 重生65，南锣鼓巷当医生 (Multiple heroines + a pocket dimension + traditional Chinese medicine, featuring Qin Huairu) While Tong Fei is rescuing Qin Huairu from drowning, he gets a golden finger! With the aid of Dragon God Skill, Tong Fei's medical skills become more and more astonishing! He can treat infertility, itching, stubborn ailments... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Siheyuan: My Boundless Merit 四合院我功德无量 After graduating from a junior college, Ye Chen couldn’t find a suitable job and couldn’t bear to make his beloved girlfriend suffer alongside him. So he resolutely broke up with her and joined the ranks of delivery couriers. They agreed that they would rekindle their relationship once he had saved enough to buy a house in three years. With the deadline fast approaching, he was working himself to the bone making deliveries when he got into a car accident. His blood dripped onto a bracelet he had 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Comes to Borrow Money from the Start? 四合院：开局秦淮茹上门借钱？ Li Xiaohua transmigrates to a courtyard house full of beasts. The moment he arrives, the green-tea do-gooder Qin Huairu comes to borrow money. “Xiaohua, my family’s really struggling to put food on the table. Can you help me out?” Li Xiaohua: “Get lost!” Qin Huairu: “Xiaohua, you weren’t like this before. You used to care about Sister Qin the most.” Li Xiaohua: “Qin Huairu, you disgust me!” “I was blind before! I’d lost my mind!” And so begins a one-of-a-kind story set in a courtyard house… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Siheyuan: From the Start, a Gold Digger Tried to Freeload 四合院：开局捞女在白嫖 Qin Huairu is perfectly capable of having children, but she refuses to have any with Silly Zhu. In this era, carrying on the family line is extremely important. It is something ingrained in people, passed down by their ancestors. So, does Qin Huairu love Silly Zhu? Absolutely not! If she really loved him, she would have given him a child or two. Since Qin Huairu could do something like this, logically speaking, she cannot possibly love Silly Zhu. So Qin Huairu is with Silly Zhu just to bleed him 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Siheyuan: I’m Really Not Cao Cao 四合院：我真不是曹贼 Zhang Yu transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a resident of a courtyard compound. He just wants to live a quiet life, but the women are simply too tempting. Qin Huairu, Yu Li, Lou Xiao'e, Ran Qiuxue... Every one of them is chasing after him. I, Zhang Yu, am really not some lecher. I just want to live a quiet life! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Siheyuan: The Eye of Insight from the Start 四合院：开局获得探查之眼 Li Qing was an ordinary deliveryman, riding his little electric scooter along the street. He had no idea which brat had thrown a ceramic figurine from a rooftop, killing him on the spot. Li Qing's vision went black. He thought his life experience card had expired, but somehow he found himself in a courtyard house, with a miraculous pair of eyes that could inspect things. 78Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 107 Siheyuan: My Wedding Was Stolen from the Start, and I'm Grateful I Didn't Marry Him 四合院：开局被抢婚，谢不嫁之恩 Su Ze transmigrates into the body of an ordinary resident in the period drama Love in the Courtyard, only to get a crack on the head from the start. Jia Dongxu steals his bride-to-be, Qin Huairu, and beats him up. Qin Huairu: “Once you’ve given something away, you can’t ask for it back. What’s wrong with taking eighty yuan as a betrothal gift?” Jia Dongxu: “You’re a penniless loser. You think you can get married?” Jia Zhangshi: “You short-lived wretch, you’ll be a bachelor for the rest of your l 205Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 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
- 109 Siheyuan: The Unrivaled Dongfang Bubai in My Arms, Ridding the World of Beasts 四合院：东方不败在怀，尽除禽兽 A long banquet table was laid out beneath the moonlight, covered with a silk tablecloth that shimmered with a faint silver sheen. It was laden with all manner of exotic delicacies: roast venison from the mountain forests, wine as rich as heavenly nectar, and rare ingredients such as lingzhi mushrooms, jade bamboo shoots, and ice fruit. Each dish seemed to exude an enticing aura from another world. 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Siheyuan: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes 四合院：幕后大玩家 Zhou Yang transmigrated to a courtyard house. With the Origin Realm at his back, he had plenty to eat and drink, and a harmonious family. And if the opportunity arose, perhaps he could even consider pursuing immortality? Of course, now that I have the ability, I can serve my country too! As for the animals in the courtyard? Sorry, I won't let you insult my cash machine! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Siheyuan: With the System in Hand, the World Is Mine 四合院：系统在手，天下我有 Wang Haoran, a modern man, was exploited by his capitalist boss for a salary of just a few thousand yuan a month and unexpectedly died suddenly. By a stroke of fate, he arrived in Love in the Courtyard. With the help of the System, he initially planned to use one hand to punish the beasts and the other to help the poor. Little did he know he would indirectly change the beasts' fates. During the three difficult years, food appeared on the black market in an endless stream, with no one knowing whe 131Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: I'm an Elite Player Who Blows Up the Fishpond 四合院：我，高端选手炸鱼塘 [Siheyuan] [Multiple heroines] [Mildly tormenting the courtyard scoundrels] [No original heroine] [No contrived behavior] The wealthy Li Xunqin transmigrates into a Siheyuan and unexpectedly finds the place quite interesting. He lives a comfortable life and looks for fun whenever he has nothing better to do. A radish in one hand, a whip in the other, he has the courtyard’s scoundrels running around in a panic. In this sardine can of a place called the Siheyuan, Li Xunqin is like a giant catfish 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 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
- 114 Siheyuan: Abandoned by My Jerk of a Father from the Start 四合院：开局被混蛋爹抛弃 He transmigrates and becomes He Yuzhu, the man everyone in the beastly courtyard wants to take advantage of. On top of that, his bastard of a father, He Daqing, abandons him, leaving him an orphan with no one to rely on. Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui pretend they’re looking after He Yuzhu and his siblings, but really they want to seize his family’s property! Granny Deaf also wants He Yuzhu to support her in her old age. He Yuzhu is furious and swears he’ll make something of himsel 478Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 The Siheyuan's Strongest Tycoon System 四合院之最强土豪系统 “Guys, you’re not getting any younger, so take care of yourselves. Want to know how to stay healthy? Give up drinking and smoking.” “Brother Dong, what about you?” “I’ll hold off for now, but trust me, I’ll quit eventually.” Tian Dongdong was standing on the bunk bed in the dorm, bragging to his buddies, when he lost his balance. And then... well, there was no then. When he came to, he discovered he had transmigrated into a courtyard house. Yes, that courtyard house from all those online stories 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Yan Hua's 6th Book 衍画的第6本书 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Siheyuan: It All Began When I Became a Projectionist 四合院：从一个放映员开始 The media define an endless longing for the past as an extremely “leftist” trend of thought. Faced with this definition, Xu Dong asked himself honestly: he probably only counted as half of one, or perhaps less. He did indeed miss the past, but at the same time, he knew that life back then had been difficult. What he missed was the moral awareness and standards of the past, not its material comforts. A young man like him, who was afraid of hardship, transmigrated into the world of the courtyard h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Put the Scoundrels in Their Place and Rule the Courtyard 四合院：开局整禽兽，威震全院 Wang Wenhua transmigrates into the world of the beast-filled courtyard. From the start, he has a loving wife and daughter gathered around the kang, and life is carefree and happy. But the good times don't last. An old villain quietly comes knocking. Wang Wenhua takes decisive action, sending the entire courtyard into an uproar! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 When the Game World Invades a Period Novel 当游戏世界入侵年代文 A period drama turned into a data-driven game. The main storyline begins with Love in the Courtyard. A bold experiment bringing reality and virtual worlds together. Li Jun, a man from the future. What will he consider when faced with a choice? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Siheyuan Pranks: Slapping Silly Zhu from the Start 四合院整蛊：开局扇傻柱嘴巴子 After transmigrating into the world of the courtyard, Li Junying gets a Prank System. The more pranks he pulls, the more points and rewards he earns. With food, clothing, and shelter taken care of, Li Junying starts pranking all the troublemakers in the courtyard. Projectionist Xu Damao never learns and spends all day bullying young women. Li Junying arranges for him to marry an older woman, giving him a harsh lesson in what it means to be a proper husband. Chef Silly Zhu keeps staring at other 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 Lord of Hell, Starting in Siheyuan 从四合院开始的地狱之主 An ordinary homebody in his thirties is miserably made the Lord of Hell in a dimensional space. Luckily, he has a Lord of Hell System and can trade across the myriad worlds, rising step by step to become the supreme being. 91Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 122 In Siheyuan, From the Start I Take an Axe to Yi Zhonghai! 人在四合院，开局砍易中海！ He transmigrated into a courtyard. His father had died in an accident from the start, and his mother had been so enraged that she was hospitalized with serious injuries. Instead of helping, the courtyard residents were trying to cheat the family out of its compensation money? When He Yitian transmigrated and saw the miserable state of his family, he flew into a rage! Yi Zhonghai, you want money? I'll give you a knife! From then on, the terrified residents of the courtyard no longer dared to prov 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Siheyuan: Sign-In for a Hundred Skills, Then Beat the Fowl Senseless 四合院：签到百种技能，暴打众禽 Riding a green-painted train, Li Feng suddenly transmigrates into the world of a TV drama and becomes a flashy truck driver at the Red Star Steel Mill! Along the way, he gets an eyeful: children from the grasslands, Xu Lingjun leading his horse to the veterinary station, and, of course, the unforgettable Veterinarian Hao. But the people in the courtyard are just a handful of sand. How could they represent everyone? Li Feng changes the plot, and guess what? He uncovers a huge secret hidden in the 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Back 四合院：我傻柱回来了 Beat Bang Geng to a pulp, kick Qin Huairu, and berate the First Master. He Yuzhu from a parallel world had always enjoyed watching Love in the Courtyard. He never expected that one day he would actually transmigrate into the role of He Yuzhu in Love in the Courtyard. From then on, He Yuzhu began a life unlike any other. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Siheyuan: Keeping Banggeng Locked Down for 24 Hours from the Start 四合院：开局硬控棒梗24小时 In the world of the Siheyuan, Yang Qing of the Yang family in the back courtyard was struck on the head by Bang Geng and became a vegetable. His mother spent the family’s entire fortune trying to pay for his treatment, leaving them destitute. “Mrs. Yang, your living corpse is still here. Hurry up and dump him at the crematorium.” “Mrs. Yang, the police station can’t find any clues, and your family is struggling too. Why not give Qin Huairu one of your rooms? She could help you out.” Yang Qing’s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Siheyuan: Call Me the Greatest Beast Tamer 四合院：请称呼我最强驯兽师 One careless moment, and he is sent flying, transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, the courtyard's number-one pest, Silly Zhu, bullies him, and the other pests even back Silly Zhu up. He absolutely won't stand for this. After activating a pocket dimension, he deals with anyone he can't stand, whether they are human or beast. But he discovers that crude shouting matches and minor punishments just don't work. He has to set traps and make this pack of pests fall int —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 Siheyuan: A Fresh Start in the Eighties, Life Is a Breeze 四合院：八零重启，人生易如反掌 Wang Jianjun transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Just as he’s about to make his mark through his own efforts, he binds himself to the Super Mine System. Without hesitation, he claims the newbie gift pack. He pockets a whole series of rewards. Looking at the heaps of ingredients, Wang Jianjun can already imagine how jealous those vile neighbors will be. But all they can do is envy him! Wang Jianjun digs into a fragrant bowl of pork rice. And so begins his carefree life. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Yuzhu and Got a Child Bride 四合院：穿越成雨柱，有个童养媳 My new work is out! Come 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! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Makes a Comeback After Marrying Me 四合院：秦淮茹嫁给我后开始逆袭 He Yuzhu transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard in the 1960s and becomes a cook in the workers' canteen at a steel mill. There, he meets Qin Huairu, a young widow. He also has to deal with Xu Damao, a selfish man who keeps getting in his way. What will He Yuzhu do? 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 Siheyuan: I'm Invincible from the Start. How Can You Hope to Fight Me? 四合院，开局已无敌你怎么跟我斗 (Multiple heroines, no angst, a different kind of Siheyuan story. Just enjoy the ride.) After cursing a Siheyuan fanfic, he is forced to transmigrate, and from the start, a beautiful woman is about to send him to his death. “Listen to me, the guy who did that to you really wasn't me.” “Wait, hear me out. No, you can't...” “Fine, I'll marry you.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Siheyuan: You Think You're Worthy of Taking Advantage of Me? 四合院：薅我羊毛，你们也配？ Zhou Han transmigrates into a courtyard house, only to find everyone trying to fleece him! Zhou Han: “You think you can fleece me? You’re not even fit to try!” Let’s see whether you fleece me, or I drive you all into bankruptcy. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 In the Siheyuan, I Snatched Bai Ling First! 人在四合院，从截胡白玲开始！ This book is also known as "High-Level Schemes: Starting by Stealing Bai Ling Away, Then Lying Flat at Ease". Sun Ping’an’s soul transmigrated into the courtyard house, where he ran into Bai Ling’s mother while eating lamb. Lying flat definitely called for a wife, so Sun Ping’an took action without hesitation! Silly Zhu: “I thought I was the best cook, but it turns out Sun Ping’an is!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Siheyuan: Punishing Evil from the Start 四合院：开局惩奸除恶 Lin Jianshe transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, a world full of human warmth and coldness, and the fickleness of life. Everyone in this courtyard has their own schemes and plans. Granny Deaf has always favored Silly Zhu, and this time is no exception. She actually gave Silly Zhu the shoes Lin Jianshe's wife had just bought him, leaving Lin Jianshe rather displeased. Meanwhile, Yi Zhonghai starts trying to talk Lin Jianshe into joining the Production and Construction Corps, hoping to get ri —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 Siheyuan: You Broke Off Our Engagement, So Why Are You Crying When I Marry Someone Else? 四合院：悔婚是你，娶别人你哭啥 Jiang Chen never expected to transmigrate into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become an ordinary apprentice. Although he doesn't like the original version of Qin Huairu, he can't help noticing how stunningly beautiful she is when she's young, and decides to steal her away. But who could have guessed that Qin Huairu would still be so practical? After weighing her options, she chooses Jia Dongxu after all. Fortunately, Jiang Chen is bound to a portable space. With its help, he quickly beco —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Siheyuan: Promoted from the Start, Paired with Yu Haitang 四合院：开局晋升，搭档于海棠 [Fanfic + System + Beijing Courtyard Compound] Lin Cheng, a young man from a later era, transmigrates into a Beijing courtyard compound. With the System's support, he rises through the ranks, making everyone in the compound green with envy. They do everything they can to curry favor with him openly, while secretly stirring up trouble! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Siheyuan: Activating the Choice System from the Start 四合院：开局激活选择系统 He Yuhua transmigrates through time and becomes He Yuzhu's younger brother, working in the security department. On his first day, he catches Banggeng stealing a chicken, triggering the Choice System. [Option One] Let Banggeng go and encourage him to study hard, giving him a chance to become a master thief in the future; [Option Two] Report Banggeng to his superiors and uphold the department's rules; [Option Three] Threaten Qin Huairu and force her to repay her son's debt; I choose the third! "Au 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 You Kicked Me Out Back Then, Now You Cry When I Refuse to Reunite 当初赶我出家门，拒绝认亲你哭啥 [Updated promptly at 11:30 every day, with at least two chapters daily] [Courtyard setting + no System + no saintly protagonist] Other people transmigrate as princes or CEOs, but He Yu ends up in a beastly courtyard. And he transmigrates into He Yuzhu, the sucker everyone leeches off! That would already be miserable enough, but things get even worse: he transmigrates too early, straight into the winter of 1951, taking over the body of little Silly Zhu, who was abandoned by He Daqing. From then o 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 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. 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 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 469Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 Siheyuan: You Want to Destroy Me? I’m a Good Person! 四合院：赶尽杀绝？我为人良善！ Lin Haishan transmigrates into the body of a resident with the same name in a Beijing quadrangle in 1962. From his memories, he learns that he is a martyr's family member, yet his life is worse than a dog's. Can he put up with that? Absolutely not! The Jia family wants to take my home? Silly Zhu helps them bully me every which way? Yi Zhonghai watches for the fun of it? The other residents pretend not to hear or see? Do they really think I'm still the useless pushover I used to be? I'll punch Ji —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 I Asked You to Fix a Tractor, So Why Did You Turn It into an Armored Vehicle? 让你修拖拉机，你改成装甲车？ [A powerhouse industrial nation in the 1950s!] [A science and technology powerhouse!] [Passionate!] [Full throttle!] In the late 1950s, Lin Chuan transmigrates into a courtyard house. Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu heap scorn and ridicule on him! After his System awakens, he draws a tractor repair skill from the start. He leaves his loafer days behind and gets a job at the steel mill. He builds the country’s first semi-automated machinery production line! Then the first engine! The whole country is s —Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 142 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
- 143 Siheyuan: Living a Different Kind of Life 四合院，活出不一样的人生 Reborn in 1959, Li Zilei finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. Now that he has arrived in this era, how will he make a comfortable life for himself? Join him as he matches wits with the courtyard's scheming residents and discovers a different kind of courtyard story. P.S. Multiple heroines, enter at your own risk. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Siheyuan: You Dare Mess with Me? Die, Die, Die, Die, Die, Die, Die 四合院：敢惹我？死死死死死死死 Transmigrating into the world of the Beast-Filled Siheyuan. Shen Zhong awakens a god-tier Fishing System from the start. His very first catch yields 100 Obedience Talismans! From then on, the wheels of fate begin to turn, and the beasts’ road to ruin unfolds... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Returns in Triumph 四合院之何雨柱强势归来 Tan An was a top chef in the 21st century. One day, he unexpectedly transmigrated and became He Yuzhu in a courtyard house, taking on the scheming Qin Huairu and the beast in human skin, Yi Zhonghai. But what is really going on here? Is it a distortion of human nature, or a moral abduction? 1.1kReads5.1Score—Shelves
- 146 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi Claims My Room from the Start? I'll Beat Her Senseless! 四合院：开局贾张氏占屋？暴打！ Orphan Wu Yu was adopted at the age of one by his parents' comrade-in-arms, the God of War of Nanjiang. When he came home as an adult, he discovered that the Jia family had taken over his house. Silly Zhu: "Your house? There isn't one. Nobody in this courtyard has a house for you. Go look somewhere else." The First Elder: "You haven't lived there for years. It would be a huge waste. We've given it to the Jia family." Jia Zhangshi: "Where'd this stray kid come from, claiming those people are his —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 The Siheyuan Begins with Never Holding a Whole-Courtyard Meeting 四合院从不开全院大会开始 After being reborn into the world of the courtyard house, Zhou Aiguo assumes he won't have anything to do with the scheming residents this time around. But to his surprise, the widow of the man who once saved his life is assigned to Courtyard No. 95. The residents bully her in every way over the two side rooms, leaving him no choice but to step in and punish the wicked. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Siheyuan: No Morals, No Worries 四合院：没道德就没烦恼 Ma Weidong's transmigration is different from everyone else's. Other people get a System and a storage dimension from the start, but in the six years since he arrived, he hasn't seen a thing. Then one day, he stood up for Qin Huairu. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've obtained a special skill.] [Reward 1: One bicycle] [Reward 2: One wristwatch] Ma Weidong was overjoyed. Now he could fully experience all kinds of different lives! You scoundrels, just you wait! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to the 1980s to Build a Fortune 四合院：穿越八零年代发家致富 [Urban Farming]+ [Period]+ [Transmigration]+ [Reborn]+ [Urban]+ [From the Start]+ [Genius]+ [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger]+ [Siheyuan]+ [System]+ [Spatial Dimension]+ [Antique Appraisal]+ [Divine Eye Technique]+ [One Female Lead]+ [1v1] Jia Banggeng, a PhD in finance at Chinese University of Hong Kong, accidentally transmigrates into a parallel world of Love in the Courtyard. He brings sweeping changes to the Jia family, finds love, and leads everyone on the road to prosperity! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 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
