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- 51 Siheyuan: You Were the One Who Refused to Marry, and You’re the One Who Regrets It 四合院：不嫁的是你，后悔也是你 Yang Guojun never expected to transmigrate into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become an ordinary resident. He also met Qin Huairu when she was young. Although Qin Huairu is annoying in the original story, there was no denying that she was beautiful when she was young. Just as Yang Guojun was about to steal her away, Qin Huairu unexpectedly looked down on him and married Jia Dongxu, whose material circumstances were better. Fortunately, the protagonist had bound a portable pocket dimensi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate into Silly Zhu 四合院：穿越成傻柱 I transmigrated and became Silly Zhu, only to be falsely accused of stealing a chicken. Watch me prove my innocence, and refuse to let the widow string me along. I won't get caught up in the neighbors' gossip or bogged down by petty factory business. I'll quietly plan my path to riches and wait for the winds of reform and opening up. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Transmigrating Through the Mirror: Starting in the Siheyuan 穿越镜从四合院开局 An unexpected discovery caused Hao Ren's soul to transmigrate into a courtyard house, where he took the place of a resident with the same name. Thus began his legendary life: from an ordinary man, he steadily embarked on the path to the extraordinary. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 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—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: I'm Young Master Liu, and I Really Don't Have the Surname Cao 四合院：我是刘大少，我真不姓曹 I've read a lot of courtyard-compound novels and thought they were too full of hostility, so I decided to write one myself. Dear readers, give it a try, and if anything bothers you, please let me know. Liu Guangqi: “Sister Xiao'e, we're really not right for each other.” Lou Xiao'e: “You say we're not right for each other, but then why do you keep your eyes shut tight? If you opened your eyes and looked at me, I wouldn't believe you saw nothing.” Liu Guangqi: “Sister-in-law Jia, we'd better keep —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: I Clapped Back at Qin Huairu from the Start and Refused to Be a Simp 四合院：开局怼秦淮茹，不当舔狗 He Yuzhu accidentally falls into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes a chef named He Yuzhu, just like his old self. From the start, he gives Qin Huairu a piece of his mind and refuses to be a simp. Then he puts Xu Damao, Old Lady Jia, Banggeng, the First Master, the Second Master, the Third Master, and all the rest firmly in their place, making them behave themselves. Qin Huairu: “Where’s the stuff?” He Yuzhu: “Gone. I ate it myself!” Qin Huairu: “Silly Zhu! Have you no conscience? Ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: This System Is Always Up to Something 四合院：这个系统总整活儿 Yu Sanwei, heir to a royal chef, transmigrates into a Siheyuan and becomes an undocumented resident. Fortunately, the Treasure-Digging System is there to help him solve his problems. But he never expected the System to be such a prankster. [Ding! Treasure-Digging System: Your Host's most thoughtful little comforter is here~ Your welcome gift is ready. Host, please go dig it up under the bed in Granny Deaf's bedroom! A friendly reminder: Tap the bottom right corner to turn on live navigation. Tap —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: Kill a Few, Fall in Love a Little 四合院：杀杀人谈谈情 Jian Zhanfeng transmigrates to a courtyard house and sees a familiar cast of characters: the three neighborhood elders, Silly Zhu, the widow Qin, and Deaf Granny. He gets two Systems, and his life should have been wonderful. Instead, the neighbors’ true colors leave him utterly stunned. Deaf Granny is an enemy spy? Yi Zhonghai and she are having an affair? Silly Zhu isn’t in love with Qin Huairu, but has a mother complex? Qin Huairu is a madwoman with split personalities? What the hell? Second U 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Reborn in the Body of a Cannon-Fodder Simp, I Turn My Life Around 四合院：魂穿炮灰舔狗，反转人生 [Courtyard drama + period setting + building a career + no pocket dimension or System + one heroine] While everyone else who transmigrates into Birds in the Courtyard ends up in a parallel version of the TV series, Liu Jie transmigrates into the world of a book called Courtyard: The Reborn Cao Cao, Yang Weimin, Rises Through the Ranks, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character who shares his name. Liu Jie had thought he'd get a golden finger like a System or a pocket dimension, but reality 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: Focus on Science and Crush Everything 四合院：专心搞科技，镇压一切 [Feel-Good Story + Daily Life + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology] Wang Jianshe transmigrates to 1962 with heaven-defying comprehension. With just a little hands-on experience, he can quickly master any knowledge or skill and make a name for himself, all while serving his country. And in the courtyard live Lou Xiao'e, who has just gotten married, Qin Huairu, who hasn’t turned dark yet, and Chen Xueru, who’s in her early twenties... 3.2kReads8.0Score17914d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: Getting by in Society With a Broken System 四合院：残缺系统混社会 Wang Hong dies in a car crash after driving home while exhausted. But fate has other plans, and Wang Hong transmigrates into the world of The House of the Beasts, a show he has watched several times. Naturally, a System comes along with him. But this System is a fused, damaged, battle-worn version... 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: I Rise to the Top by Exposing Secrets 四合院：我靠曝光秘密起飞 When Zhang Shengli wakes from a dream and realizes he has become the top fitter in the courtyard, he plans to live an ordinary life. But the scoundrels can’t stop coveting his wealth and plotting against him. He refuses to sit around and wait for trouble. By chance, Zhang Shengli obtains an Exposure System: every time he exposes the scoundrels’ crimes, he receives a reward. He exposes Granny Deaf for abusing her five-guarantee household privileges, forcing her to live like a dog in a kennel; rev 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 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—14d adds
- 65 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? 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: I Snatched Lou Xiao'e and Set Out to Make Something of Myself 四合院：截胡娄小娥，我走上人生 [Courtyard House + Feel-Good Fiction + Leveling Up + System + Snatching Her Away] Zhang Dong transmigrates into a courtyard house and binds himself to an invincible System, living the high life. The wife he snatches away is Lou Xiao'e, before she ever marries Xu Damao. Life just doesn't get any sweeter! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: Demanding a Huge Bride Price? I Call Off the Engagement to Qin Huairu 四合院：索要高彩礼？退婚秦淮茹 After transmigrating into the courtyard house world, Sun Wenkang starts dating Qin Huairu. But on their wedding day, Qin Huairu, a woman who always puts her younger brother first, demands an exorbitant bride price. If he won’t pay, she won’t let the wedding happen? At that moment, the System awakens! Sun Wenkang immediately turns Qin Huairu down and calls off the wedding on the spot! So what if they don’t get married? Who needs you? With no other choice, Qin Huairu picks Jia Dongxu to take S —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Reborn: My Life on the Black Market 重生之我的黑市生涯 Shi Yong transmigrates to the 1960s and uses his System to become the ruler of the black market. In secret, he establishes the Dragon Group to help the nation through its hardships, then hides his achievements and fame so well that no one knows about them. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: Dating He Yushui from the Start 四合院：开局与何雨水谈对象 He journeys to a new world and is reborn as the son of a wealthy family, living deep within an ancient mansion steeped in charm. There, he unlocks the Medical Benevolence System. With its power, his career flourishes, and he can easily crush the despicable schemers who get in his way. As soon as he enters this world, he begins a pure romance with a young woman named He Yushui, and together they dismantle a secret group seeking to control the elderly. He then ventures into the business world, m —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: Feng Qiyu's Rise 四合院：冯琦玉的崛起 China's Finest Voices. In the recording studio. Down below, many of the contestants were preparing on their own. Some kept quietly reciting the lyrics over and over. A few others were trying to relax. And among all these people, one young man seemed quite different. His name was Feng Qiyu. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 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—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: Even with Amnesia, I’ll Take Down the Heavens 四合院：纵然失忆，也要干翻苍穹 [Doesn’t rely on the System, doesn’t pursue Qin Huairu, no cuckoldry, no tormenting the protagonist, no brainless power fantasy, no wanton killing, no saintly protagonist.] [10,000 words a day! If updates don’t kill me, I’ll keep writing until they do!] [No plot information, no memories from the original host.] [The protagonist has sound values and a kind heart, but he’s got some grit! The supporting cast is smart!] [From the start, he heads straight to the small storeroom, catches Qin Huairu in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 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—14d adds
- 74 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—14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm Schemed Out of a House 四合院：开局就被算计房子 Wang Hongjun transmigrates into the body of an insignificant nobody in a Beijing courtyard compound. Within days, Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family start scheming to take Wang Hongjun's only room and make him move out so Banggeng can live there. Wang Hongjun: “What about my younger sister?” Jia Zhangshi: “She's just a girl. We're not going to turn her away, so we'll let our Banggeng put up with her for a few years and have her share a room with him!” Wang Hongjun refuses, and Silly Zhu, the courtya 269Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 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 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Period: The Richest Man in the Siheyuan 年代：四合院里的首富 Li Zili unexpectedly arrives in the winter of 1955. From the start, all he has is a bowl. He sees Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu just coming out of a brothel, and Xu Huizhen still nursing a baby, along with the honest Cai Quanquan. His sign-in rewards grant him a stronger, healthier body, an identity, and a home. From then on, he lives in the east wing of the front courtyard at Number 45 Nanluoguxiang. Looking at this familiar world, Li Zili sees that he has everything other people have. And he will be 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 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 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi Has My Back 四合院：我后台是贾张氏 His soul transmigrates into Silly Zhu, and the System takes effect on Jia Zhangshi. The source of all the courtyard’s troubles, Jia Zhangshi, now protects Silly Zhu at every turn. Alarmed by Jia Zhangshi’s strange behavior, Silly Zhu moves out of the courtyard, leaves for another city, and changes both his name and surname. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: I Made a Fortune Raising Beasts 四合院：养殖禽兽我赚翻天 Yang Feng is just unlucky. In his twenties, he has no idea what to do with his life. According to the neighbors, Old Yang found him. Of course, Old Yang made his living collecting scrap. Though Old Yang beat him every few days, he still put him through middle school. He was a bit rebellious back then, and his grades weren't great, so there was no hope of high school. In fact, he didn't get in. The blurb doesn't really matter. The protagonist of this book will live in both the Siheyuan world and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Apocalypse System Siheyuan 末世系统四合院 After finishing his mission, Liu Dong is in a safe house watching a period drama when he is chosen by a doomsday survival System. As his soul is pulled from his body, interference from the TV’s electromagnetic waves sends him by accident into the courtyard of a period-drama world. When he arrives, he finds himself held hostage by spies. To save himself, he unexpectedly rescues a kind and beautiful young woman, and activates the Doomsday Survival System. Depending on his level, he can enter the a 194Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: An Aggressive Player Who Leaves the Whole Flock Speechless 四合院：进攻型选手，破防众禽 After transmigrating to the 1960s, Jiang Chen becomes an ordinary resident of a Beijing courtyard compound. All he wants is to shut the door, live a peaceful life with his younger sister, and maybe leave something behind in this era. Unfortunately, a small temple can still have fierce winds, and a shallow pond can still be full of turtles! In this tiny, three-courtyard compound, there’s Yi Zhonghai, known as the “Virtue Venerable”; Liu Haizhong, a career-obsessed domestic abuser; Silly Zhu, a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: Studio Head, Starting with Drawing Sword 四合院：制片厂厂长，从亮剑开始 Qin Ming wakes up to find that he's transmigrated to the 1950s, into the world of Love in the Courtyard. As a film studio employee, he's taken a private job screening movies at the steel mill. While the other projectionists are showing The Bridge, Glorious Families, and Marching Forward Together, Qin Ming decides to take a different approach and give the workers of the 1950s a real shock! The Eight Hundred is the one. It's decided! At first, the workers think it's just an ordinary war-of-resista 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: I Break Off My Engagement to Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院：开局退婚秦淮茹 [Courtyard + System + Beauties] Jiang Chao transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as Qin Huairu's devoted, lovesick fiancé. The original owner was slapped eight hundred times and died young! After transmigrating, Jiang Chao swears he won't be anyone's lovesick puppy. He wants to get back all the money the original owner spent on Qin Huairu! But the Qin family village threatens him with their house. Oh no, did he transmigrate just to be a joke? Just as he says the old line, “Thirty years east o 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Become a White Lotus Too 四合院：重生之我也当白莲花 After staying up all night to finish watching Love in the Courtyard, A Bin frowns. In the show, Silly Zhu ends up with Qin Huairu, but he knows the director deliberately arranged that. It isn't how things really end. So A Bin searches online for the original novel, only to discover that the finale has Bang Geng, whom Silly Zhu raised all his life, kicking him out of the house. He freezes to death beneath a bridge on a snowy night, and the one who finally collects his body is Xu Damao, the man wh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Apocalypse Siheyuan: I Blow Yi Zhonghai's Head Off from the Start 末世四合院：开局爆头易中海 Lin Bufan woke up one day to find he had transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan. His original self’s parents had died serving their country. As their only child, he was placed in a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang. The greedy neighbors envied the good treatment he received and teamed up to bleed him dry. Then the apocalypse arrived. The glaciers melted, temperatures rose across the world, and the capital soared to sixty degrees. Lin Fan received ten jin of grain in government aid, making h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 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—14d adds
- 88 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—14d adds
- 89 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—14d adds
- 90 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—14d adds
- 91 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—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: My Birth Father Is a National Scholar, My Adoptive Father Is the Jia Family’s Lapdog 四合院：家父国士，养父贾家舔狗 [Four Siheyuan + space + smart protagonist + satisfying read + one heroine] I transmigrated into a Siheyuan full of beasts. The bad news: my dirt-cheap “father” is a pathetic simp, and the object of his devotion is the necromancer Jia Zhangshi. The good news: I brought along a blessed pocket dimension. Lin Tianyu uses the blessed pocket dimension to make his life better and better, while taking care of the monsters in the courtyard. Just as the beasts are plotting how to deal with Lin Tianyu, a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Period: Watching the Clouds Drift By 年代：笑看浮云起 Li Xiao is an ordinary person from the twenty-first century who transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old boy in the 1950s, living next door to that famous courtyard. With the help of a golden finger, he develops and strengthens himself while helping the country. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: Building the Nation and Dealing With the Beasts 四合院：发展国家，收拾禽兽 Li Huaide: “Engineer Xiao, what do you think?” Xiao Han shot Li Huaide a sidelong glance. “I’m the chief engineer at Hongxing Steelworks, not you! Tens of thousands of people depend on this factory to survive, to grow, to find work, and to put food on the table! I’m the one who’s responsible, not you!” Xiao Han roared at Yi Zhonghai: “Pick up the parts with your mouth! I said pick them up with your mouth!” Xiao Han: “Bangzi is definitely going to prison! I said it, and even Silly Zhu can’t save 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 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—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Get Away from These Beasts 四合院之我只想脱离众禽 [Courtyard compound fanfiction + single female lead + slight edge + romance + transmigration + System + strengthening the nation + no womanizing + gradually moves beyond the courtyard compound later on] Chen Kuangyi transmigrated into the legendary “Beasts Fill the Courtyard” world. Unlike most transmigrated male protagonists, both his parents were alive, and he had a beautiful, clever younger sister. He graduated from university and passed the engineer exam, with a bright future ahead of him. T —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 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—14d adds
- 98 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—14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: I Am Ni Baba 四合院：我是倪八八 I’m Ni Baba, the poor relative of the neighborhood committee director. I’ve just arrived at the courtyard, so all you good folks, young and old, can show your support by chipping in some money or just showing up. I’ve heard people say you’re all a pack of beasts, but I beg to differ. After seeing you for myself, I can confirm you’re all fine, upstanding comrades. Who says Third Uncle is stingy? It’s not that I don’t want this bicycle. He insists I ride it! Look, he even cleans it for me every 76Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 100 Back to the 1960s: From the Start on Nanluoguxiang! 重回60年代：开局南锣鼓巷！ [Period setting + farming + daily life + inner space + no saintly do-gooder + decisive and ruthless] Li Qing was enjoying life when a knock at the door startled him so badly that he jumped out of a building! He transmigrated to the courtyard at No. 95, Nanluoguxiang, in the 1960s! Li Qing also discovered that he had brought an inner space with him when he transmigrated. But it was completely barren, so he got to work developing it nonstop. He wanted to turn it into a paradise! 1.8kReads—Score—14d adds
