Novels like Period: Living Well in the Siheyuan
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- 51 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Cultivating Immortality from the Cellar 重生四合院之从地窖开始修仙 Courtyard life, cultivation, a pocket space, and farming. Chen Jin is a mighty cultivator in the Deification stage, a 900-year-old virgin who has never married. After dying, he is reborn and starts out in the cellar of a courtyard home. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: Spring Winds Blow Again 四合院之春风吹又生 Hao Lei returned from the battlefield and was assigned a job at the Hongxing Steel Mill and a home in the Hongxing Courtyard. Why bother with all that scheming? He’s just an ordinary man, and the deputy head of security is more than enough to keep the petty troublemakers in line. 30Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: The Honest Man Fights Back, and the Troublemakers Are Stunned 四合院：老实人反抗，众禽麻了 Wang Jianhua, a passionate young man with a System, transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and takes over the body of a young man named Wang Jian. Wang Jian is honest and timid, while Wang Jianhua is arrogant and refuses to let anyone take advantage of him. As soon as Wang Jianhua arrives at the courtyard, he catches a bunch of lowlifes trying to leave Wang Jian with nothing. How could he put up with that? Wang Jianhua: “First Master, you’re highly respected. You’re practically a 2.9kReads—Score10714d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: I, the Demon Lord Reborn, Have Peerless Medical Skills 四合院：我魔尊重生医术通天 Li Wei, once the Demon Venerable of the cultivation world, accidentally fell into the world of the courtyard houses after failing to ascend. After losing his cultivation, Li Wei was rescued by an ugly woman whom everyone in the courtyard despised. But Li Wei discovered that she had a rare Immortal Spirit Physique, one in ten thousand. If everyone else despises her, then I'll carry her home myself. Everyone in the courtyard laughed at the beggar and the ugly woman, saying they were made for each 377Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: The Yard Is Full of Beasts, So I Beat Them Up from Behind 四合院：禽兽满地走，我在后头揍 [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Saintly Heroics] [No Female Lead] [A Little Scheming] [System] [Punishing Scumbags] Transmigrating to the 1960s? What? From the start, he’s in the Birds of the Courtyard? Everyone in the courtyard except Chen Xia is a piece of trash. If there’s a problem, let’s settle it right here in the courtyard. None of these scumbags will escape Chen Xia’s lessons. Silly Zhu: “Chen, did you steal my wife? Give her back!” Qin Huairu: “Chen Xia, I’m going to stick close to you. You 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: Rejecting Moral Blackmail and Driving the Villains Mad 四合院：拒绝道德绑架，气死禽兽 Lin Hai transmigrates into the world of Full Courtyard. From the start, the beasts in the courtyard want to seize the Lin family's property. At the crucial moment, Lin Hai awakens the Negative Emotions System. After that, why does Jia Zhangshi scream in the middle of the night? Why is Yi Zhonghai disgraced? Why can't Qin Huairu suck anyone dry? Why is Silly Zhu, the courtyard's battle god, taking a dip in the toilet? Lin Hai smiles faintly and spreads his hands, insisting he knows nothing. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: Starting Out as the Security Department's Boss 四合院：保卫科话事人开始 (System-powered wish fulfillment + multiple girls) Hu Tianyu, an ordinary modern young man, transmigrates to the 1950s, into a world of courtyard compounds teeming with troublemakers. (The main setting is the courtyard compound, blended with Glorious Era, Dancing with Wolves, Under the Zhengyang Gate, Men Are Iron, Food Is Steel, and more.) He also gets the essential companion every transmigrator needs: “System Bro.” Looking at Huairu, Jingru, Bai Ling, Qiao Yan, Ding Qiunan, Su Meng, and the re —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 I, He Yuzhu, Refuse to Be Silly Zhu! 我，何雨柱，绝不当傻柱！ [System]+ [Transmigration]+ [Love in the Courtyard]= Silly Zhu! Chen Hao had watched Love in the Courtyard countless times. Furious at He Yuzhu for never standing up for himself, he thought the man truly deserved to be called “Silly Zhu.” He was every bit as foolish as his name suggested. Who could have guessed the System would slap him right in the face? [If you think you can do better, then you do it!] So Chen Hao, utterly bewildered, stared blankly at the enamel mug in his hand and fell into 236Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Mouth, A Liar’s Tongue 四合院之傻柱的嘴，骗人的鬼 [Siheyuan courtyard setting + altered plot + System + pocket dimension + humor and comedy + putting the courtyard’s troublemakers in their place + multiple heroines] Transmigrated into a Siheyuan courtyard as Silly Zhu, he awakens the Trouble-Maker System. Watch how Silly Zhu makes the most of his fresh start and takes the courtyard by storm. You bunch of beasts, Master Zhu is here. Get ready to tremble! Want to suck me dry? Get lost. This time, Silly Zhu won’t be anyone’s doormat. In this life, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: This Silly Zhu Is a Brute 四合院：这个傻柱是莽夫 I transmigrated into He Yuzhu's body. Watch me take on the whole bunch of troublemakers and climb the ranks one step at a time... 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: I Dressed Qin Huairu as a Bunny Girl from the Start 四合院：开局让秦淮茹穿兔女郎 [Multiple heroines + System + crossover] Ye Ming transmigrates to the courtyard and awakens a mission System. His beginner’s gift pack includes a natural talent for locksmithing. Bunny girl Qin Huairu, young He Yushui, mature beauty Lou Xiao'e, maid Yu Haitang, teacher Ran Qiuyue... 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: Stop Acting, the Whole World Is Watching 四合院之别演了外面全是观众 Ma Baoguo was a late-blooming heir to a demolition payout. Just as he was about to use his compensation money to reach the pinnacle of life and spend his days flirting with beautiful women, he suddenly transmigrated into the beginner village of the period-drama world: the courtyard. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: Dongxu Wants to Steal My Wife? I'll Cripple Him 四合院：东旭抢我媳妇？让他残废 Jia Dongxu stole my wife, Qin Huairu, right out from under me? Fine! You brat, your Jia family is in for trouble! Now that I’ve ended up in this courtyard, I’m destined to deal with these animals. So I’ll just have to strike first! 1.3kReads—Score10814d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: None of You Are Getting a Wife 四合院：都别想找老婆 Lin Hao lives next door to Courtyard No. 95. What kind of clashes will he have with the people living there? After being ambushed and suffering a mental breakdown, how does he manage to recover? 777Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Workshop Director 四合院：从成为车间主任开始 [The protagonist acts decisively] [Female lead, judging by the protagonist’s name] [Career development] [Conflicts aren’t manufactured mindlessly; the protagonist looks out for himself, with some fun along the way] [He really doesn’t grovel; every incident serves a purpose] [Nobody is an idiot; everyone is a normal person] [Everyday life and career] [Follows basic logic] [A renowned wordsmith and master of making grand promises] [His moves get results]. What? I’m becoming the workshop director, 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Yuzhu, Reporting Yi Zhonghai 四合院：重生何雨柱，举报易中海 After transmigrating into a world full of drama, He Yuzhu becomes the protagonist. Faced with Yi Zhonghai, the self-righteous moral arbiter, trying to control him, He Yuzhu sneers and reports him to the police, accusing Yi Zhonghai of pocketing the monthly living expenses He Daqing sends to He Yuzhu. Meanwhile, the scheming Qin Huairu is being unfaithful too, so He Yuzhu reports her as well. As for the other scoundrels, He Yuzhu says he’ll make sure not a single one gets away. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: It Starts with Refusing to Become a Live-In Son-in-Law 四合院：从拒绝做上门女婿开始 Reborn + System + ruthless and decisive + reigning over Blue Star In his previous life, Li Jianguo was framed by Qin Huairu for stealing ten thousand yuan from her family. He was forced to marry her daughter, Xiaodang, and only after the wedding did he discover that she had been born unable to bear children. Li Jianguo immediately asked for a divorce. To his utter shock, Banggeng and Silly Zhu beat him until he was left partially paralyzed. Later, by chance, Li Jianguo learned that his grandmoth 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: I'm Just a Nobody 四合院之我是路人甲 What? This is a courtyard? It feels more like the Academy of Sciences. Everyone knows someone, and they’re all master chefs and big shots! What am I supposed to do? Why did Jia Zhangshi die so soon? Why are there so many weird people in this courtyard? 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: A Notorious Bandit Moves In, Everybody Clear Out 四合院：悍匪入住，通通闪开 [Warning: This book is full of hostility. Don’t read if that’s not your thing!] There is no synopsis. This book is about a patriotic young man who swears like a sailor and has absolutely no moral limits, a consummate self-serving opportunist. That’s it! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: My Story with Five Women 四合院：我和五个女人的故事 [A wife, a lover: one leaves and another arrives. Everyone tramples him, yet every woman falls for him.] When a crisis at the company sweeps him into a vortex, a fiery beauty takes the blows for him, an elegant older woman helps him assess the situation, a young girl clutches her candy and vows to protect him, a mature woman offers him a steady source of support, and his assistant quietly organizes the documents he’ll need to stay safe. He doesn’t blame fate, nor does he act rashly. He knows he 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 From the Start, I Ruined the First Master's Reputation in Siheyuan 四合院开局让一大爷身败名裂 Li Maoshi has no golden finger, so he can only live in constant fear in the crowded courtyard. In his spare time, he flirts with his pretty teacher and heads to the black market to make a little money. Of course, he also gives those scumbags plenty of trouble, though he doesn't dare do it openly. He's no violent thug, has no golden finger, and has to make his own way through hard work! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Reborn in 1975: It All Starts with Leaving the Army 重生75一切从退伍开始 Tian Fu jolted awake to find himself sitting in a truck. There was a duffel bag by his feet and a large backpack in his arms. He was dressed in camouflage. “Isn't this what I wore when I left the army?” Tian Fu wondered. He had clearly been drinking with his old comrades and reminiscing about the past. How had he suddenly gone back seven years? Tian Fu enlisted in March 1969, when he was just eighteen and had only just finished high school. He joined the special forces, but for certain reasons, 11Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Ordinary Life 四合院：何雨柱的平凡生活 He Yuzhu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1951. A resident of the Beastly Courtyard, he is already seventeen and working as an apprentice in the cafeteria at the Red Star Steel Mill. He Yuzhu experiences the changing lives, human stories, and social landscape of the courtyard from the 1960s through the 1990s. All he wants is to live a quiet life until the opportunities of the era arrive, then work hard to give himself a somewhat comfortable life. Who could have expected a 375Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: I Am He Yuzhu 四合园之我是何雨柱 I was unexpectedly reborn, and somehow became He Yuzhu, the ultimate simp. That’s not even the scariest part. The scariest part is that I’m about to face these awful neighbors: Yi Zhonghai, who weaponizes morality; Liu Haizhong, who lives for a government post; Yan Fugu, who schemes about everything; Jia Zhangshi, the harbinger of death; and Deaf Granny, who pretends she can’t hear or see... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: The Apocalypse Arrives, and I Slaughter the Vermin From the Start 四合院：末日降临，开局屠杀众禽 [Not a mindless power fantasy + not invincible + lying low to grow stronger + growth-focused + farming] Bai Chenguang transmigrates into the courtyard as one of its residents and gets a sign-in System. He expects to lie flat and live a simple, unremarkable life, but then a zombie apocalypse breaks out. The courtyard beasts are notorious for their wickedness, and Bai Chenguang gets a taste of it as soon as the apocalypse begins. You want to use me to lure the zombies away? Ask the shotgun in my h 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: Outwitting the Courtyard's Fools, I'm the One True God 四合院：智斗众禽，我是唯一的神 A young man from the future transmigrates into a courtyard house, becoming someone who never existed. With a golden finger, he can easily uncover the secrets every scheming neighbor keeps hidden. Taking advantage of his position, he gets his revenge on them in spectacular fashion. Their so-called secrets become the talk of the neighborhood over tea! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, the God of Calamity Himself 四合院：何雨柱，真是人间太岁神 The bitter winter wind howled, and snow covered He Yuzhu as Bang Geng drove him out of his home. Lying beneath a bridge, he looked back on his life. Almost all of it had been spent living for others: the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai, and everyone in the courtyard. Not a single day had been lived for himself. And in the end, this was what he had come to... Resentment swelled in his heart, and his burning hatred awakened the jade pendant on his chest. This extraordinary pendant had actually made He Yuz —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: Starting by Stealing Lou Xiao'e 四合院：从截胡娄晓娥开始 With a fully stocked supermarket in tow, Li Chengye travels to an old-fashioned courtyard compound. Even in these hard times, when supplies are scarce, he lives without a care in the world. While out and about, he sees Lou Xiao'e frantically looking for a husband, searching high and low in hopes of finding her perfect match. Lou Xiao'e is not only beautiful but talented, so he steps in and wins her over, making her his bride. Poor Xu Damao is doomed to remain a bachelor for life, and Silly Zhu's —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 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
- 80 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, The Wind Rises and the Clouds Soar 四合院：何雨柱，大风起兮云飞扬 Silly Zhu is reborn at sixteen with a personal space. He realizes it is the very day his father, He Daqing, is about to run off with the White Widow. Silly Zhu goes straight to the police, and He Daqing is arrested. He successfully transfers the house into his own name. Then he uses his personal space to raise livestock and grow crops, amassing a fortune. In the end, he marries Qin Huairu and lives a life everyone envies. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 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
- 82 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Keep My Head Down, Not Get Caught Up in the Rat Race 四合院：我只想苟着，不想卷起来 Jiang Jiajin accidentally transmigrates to an era of scarcity, becoming a young man with rural household registration. He obtains a game System called Happy Farm, which lets him improve his family's life by growing crops. Using pumpkin seeds from the game, he trades for eggs and flour in the real world, and even plans to trade pumpkins for more supplies. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: I Started Getting Stronger After Qin Huairu Betrayed Me 四合院：从秦淮茹背叛，开始变强 Li Dong stood alone outside Qin Huairu’s home, his eyes empty and despairing. He clenched his fist and said, “Today, I’m taking back what’s mine!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: I, Lin Ping'an, Am Utterly Unremarkable 四合院：我林平安平平无奇 Lin Ping'an arrives in a courtyard home in 1962. He meets Lou Xiao'e and tells her outright: Brother Damou is no good! Qin Huairu is still a lotus, but she hasn’t been stained white yet. After a few moves: Your maid, Qin Huairu, is at your service! Jia Zhangshi still likes to smear people? Listen up, all of you. I, Lin Ping'an, will not be insulted! Bang Geng, Silly Zhu... I’ve got a complete set of Bajiquan right here. Come on, get ready, here we go! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: Joining the Group Chat, Winning Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院：进入群聊，开局a秦淮茹 Ma Chao is the village watchman, chosen as a test subject by the Time-Travel Research Institute and added to a group chat... Group member: Researcher No. 1 Group member: Researcher No. 2 Group member: Logistics Group member: Test subject Ma Chao “I want to marry a beautiful wife! I want to marry Qin Huairu!” Time-Travel Research Institute: Ma Chao has entered the courtyard house world... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 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
- 87 Siheyuan: Turning Qin Huairu into a Tea Art Expert 四合院：调教秦淮茹成茶艺师 Photographer Wang Wenjun discovered that he had transmigrated into the series "The Birds Fill the Courtyard". The characters had once made him so angry that his liver hurt. Now that he had transmigrated into their world, he decided to start with Qin Huairu and give her a thorough lesson. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: Bet You Didn't Know I'm a Beast Too 四合院：没想到吧，我也是禽兽哦 From the start, he was given a beastly task: trade food for young women. Jin Shuang transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and was panicking over how to survive. Then he unexpectedly received a sign-in System that gave him supplies every time he signed in: ration coupons, cash, food, and all kinds of rare treasures. Jin Shuang means real comfort! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Transmigrating Into the Siheyuan: A Sign-In Life 穿越四合院之签到人生 In 1960s Beijing, life in a traditional courtyard compound is harsh. Supplies are scarce, life is difficult, and neighbors are always caught up in petty family matters. A young man from the modern era transmigrates there with a Sign-In System. He works hard to improve his life and gradually falls for a young woman in the compound. But when the unequal distribution of resources sparks jealousy and scheming, he discovers a shocking secret while fighting back and resolves to take revenge. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 I Picked a Fight with the Siheyuan 和四合院杠上了 I'm just writing for fun, and only writing about the courtyard. I want to make it a bit more detailed, though I'm not sure my writing skills are up to it. I'll write, read, and learn as I go. After all, this is just something I'm doing for fun to pass the time. The story is set in that era, but for convenience, I'll change some of its historical details. For example, ration coupons originally had expiration dates, but they don't here... And so on and so forth. 76Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: They Want to Rob the Orphan? I, a Fearless Cop, Turn My Life Around 四合院：吃绝户？我悍警逆袭人生 After Lu Jiwu’s parents die of illness, his aunt takes him in at the family’s courtyard house. Then his uncle dies of illness too. The neighbors call him a jinx and a harbinger of death, trying to drive him out and constantly targeting and ostracizing him. By 1952, Lu Jiwu is gravely ill. His aunt spends all her savings and racks up hundreds in debt trying to cure him, but to no avail. In the end, she suddenly falls ill too. The neighbors watch coldly, gloating and waiting to devour the Lu famil 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: I Become a Tycoon by Selling Houses 四合院：从卖房开始成为大佬 Su Ming transmigrated into a vast world where countless TV and film universes had merged. From the start, he ran into the courtyard’s scheming tenants, who were trying to snatch his property and job assignment. Luckily, he also bound himself to a System called the Myriad Worlds Garbage Recycling Station, which could receive all kinds of garbage from the Myriad Worlds... With the System at his disposal, he flipped the table and refused to play along with those scoundrels. He promptly sold his hou —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 I Want for Nothing in the Siheyuan 我在四合院衣食无忧 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: From the Start, Becoming a Cute Little Boy 四合院：开局成为小正太 Zheng Jianguo, a chef by trade, transmigrates into the body of a man with the same name living in a courtyard house. He soon realizes things aren't so bad: aside from being all alone, he has a pretty good System and a personal space. With his naturally broad-minded personality and his status as the family of a fallen martyr, nobody dares to mess with him! The residents of the courtyard have no malice toward Zheng Jianguo. Their squabbles are just everyday family matters, nowhere near as awful as 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m a Level Seven Engineer! 四合院：开局七级工程师！ He transmigrates into the descendant of a family of loyal patriots in a Beijing courtyard compound. In 196, he dreams of contributing to the country's development, but reality forces him to apply for early graduation at the last moment, armed with the credentials of a senior engineer. However, first he must stand up to the compound's pack of bullies. And so he begins a Cao Cao-style life, outsmarting and outmaneuvering the villains while helping build the nation. He marries his childhood sweeth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 In Siheyuan, More Children Mean Greater Blessings 四合院之娃多爹贵 How do you make yourself heard in a siheyuan? Probably by having lots of sons. Then no one dares to pick a fight with you. Li Ronghua got it. He took them all in. From then on, every new member of the family meant one more room and three more mu of land in his pocket dimension. Many years later, Li Ronghua stood at the edge of his land in the pocket dimension and roared at the sky, “There's no way we can eat all this!” He raised chickens and pigs, and life grew better and better. Every now a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: Beating Up Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu from the Start 四合院：开局暴揍易中海贾东旭 I’m a decorated combat hero from the Korean Peninsula, a professional police station chief who has killed countless enemies and earned numerous military honors. When Jia Zhangshi took over my home, I didn’t retaliate. I don’t hit women. When Jia Dongxu tried to hit me, I taught him a lesson. He was charged with attempted murder and spent two and a half years eating cornmeal buns. Yi Zhonghai tried to help, so I planted a kick right in his chest and sent him against the wall. The First Master did 11Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: How Should I Live? 四合院：我应该怎么活 {Multiple Heroines Transmigration Gaming Through Life Pocket Dimension Farming Ignoring the Original Plot Starts in the 1950s} After Chu Yuan transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan, he enjoys life in an era where multiple TV and film settings merge, meeting beautiful heroines from various stories and embarking on a happy life. He lives carefree as an ordinary person in an era when people struggled to get enough to eat. He observes the ways of human relationships from a higher vantage point. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: My Clones Can Transmigrate 四合院：我的分身会穿越 Zhang Xinghe, the protagonist, lives at No. 96 South Copper Gong Lane from the start, in the infamous “Beasts-Fill-the-Courtyard.” Luckily, he was transmigrated into this world before birth, bringing along the special ability from his previous life. The transmigration between worlds also brought about a few beneficial mutations... [The main world is the courtyard. Later on, he will go to the Hong Kong TV-and-film universe.] 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Wandering the World, Starting from the Siheyuan 从四合院开始流浪 A new story is here! You’re welcome to 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! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
