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- 1 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—Shelves
- 2 A Tale of Two Siheyuans: This Huairu Has It So Good 四合院双对比，这个淮茹好幸福 Shen Ping'an transmigrates into a world where several period dramas have blended together. His starting area is a Siheyuan courtyard full of scoundrels. He never expects Jia Dongxu to mock him to his face as soon as he steps outside. Is he supposed to put up with that? Without a second thought, he gets in first and wins over Qin Huairu. Then his System activates. Shen Ping'an can save the heroines and earn rewards. The heroines, meanwhile, get to see another version of themselves living a comple 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Is Out by Chapter Five! 四合院：开局五章抬走易中海！ Li Weiguo wakes up reborn in a 1960s courtyard house, where he becomes the Third Master's neighbor. His father died in the line of duty, his maternal uncle died in the line of duty, and his grandparents live in the countryside. To top it off, it's a year of famine. But Li Weiguo doesn't panic, because he has the Dig-Dig System. On his first dig, he uncovers the First Master's diagnosis of infertility. He schemes against the First Master, gets under the Second Master's skin, and makes use of the 227Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: My Pocket Dimension Can Nurture Anything 四合院：我的空间可孕育一切 He accidentally transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and even gets a pocket dimension and an astonishing talent for understanding! Things are tough from the start, but that’s no big deal! With a wave of his hand, Li Huaishan easily picks up hunting and fishing skills. While everyone else is still scraping by on bran and wild greens, he’s already enjoying fish and meat! And mastering other skills is just as easy: a quick look is all it takes to become an expert. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Transmigrated into Siheyuan as He Yutian, the He Family's Third Son 四合院穿越成何家老三何雨天 An alien's mistake turns He Yutian's misfortune into a blessing, giving him a world of his own. The only catch is that it's the world of Birds Filling the Courtyard. Facing the flock of beasts, he has to be even more beastly than they are. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: I Married into Her Family, and I'm Winning Big 四合院：倒插门的我，赢麻了 Wang Bo carefully approaches the place where Xu Damao and Liu Guangtian are. He moves lightly, taking care with every step to make no sound, afraid they might notice him. His heartbeat sounds especially clear in the silent air, as if keeping time with his movements. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: I'd Rather Be a Security Guard Than Go to the Police Station 四合院：不去派出所去当保安 [System + transmigration + low hostility + satisfying power fantasy + humor] Xiao Lan, a police officer in his previous life, somehow transmigrates to 1959 and into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming a recent military academy graduate named Xiao Lan. After an accident, Xiao Lan helps the police catch a habitual thief and activates the Good Samaritan System. Xiao Lan has just graduated from university and is choosing where to work. Between the steel mill's security department and a poli —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Love in the Courtyard: Fix Your Bad Habits 情满四合院：改改你们臭毛病 [Light System + Multiple Heroines + Battles of Wits] Lin Jianguo accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he watches Qin Huairu transform from an innocent young woman into a villain step by step. Schemes and moral blackmail abound, and the male lead nearly gets corrupted himself. He outwits Jia Zhangshi, takes down Jia Dongxu, and teaches Qin Huairu a lesson. In the end, he escapes the entanglements of Lou Xiao'e, Ran Qiuye, Liu Lan, and the other women, and rise 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 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—Shelves
- 10 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, 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 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. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 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—Shelves
- 13 From the Start in Siheyuan, I Roam Through Film and TV Worlds with My Treasure-Hunting Gift 开局四合院我靠憋宝行走诸天影视 From the start, I enter a courtyard compound and meet all the neighborhood busybodies. But with the System, I should be able to do whatever I want. So why did I end up going down the path of tomb raiding... So, Uncles and aunties, brothers and sisters, are you ready? Especially you, Silly Zhu. What are you staring at? Got a problem? Let’s settle it, then... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: After Dealing with Those Vicious Neighbors, I Enlist 四合院：收拾完众禽去参军 Transmigrates into an everyday world, with both parents dead! Brings puppet techniques to a Beijing courtyard! On the very first day, he faces off against “necromancer” Jia Zhangshi! But all she can do is set up an ancestral altar, while I have real skills! From then on, whenever something supernatural happens in the courtyard, I step forward and urge the whole flock of beasts: “Let's be scientific about this. Don't be superstitious!” 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: Erdan's Happy Life 四合院：二蛋儿的幸福生活 [System + period setting + brainless fun + everyday life + wants to laze around but holds grudges] By chance, he transmigrated into the world of The Birds Fill the Courtyard. He also obtained a dual-world travel System and activated the chosen wage slave, Bald Strong. He helped Er Dan raise chickens and ducks and harvest rice in the pocket dimension. The System assigned random missions. Once he completed them, he used the rewards to visit the Pleasant Goat world and trade with Big Big Wolf for i 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Follow Uncle Long in the Siheyuan, and You'll Eat Well 四合院跟着龙叔有肉吃 This is an entertaining transmigration story with a lighthearted tycoon vibe, little bitterness, and a small amount of helping the country develop later on. By 2060, technology has become highly advanced. At the foot of Yunmeng Mountain, more than a hundred miles from the capital, stands an old courtyard house. Long Shuiquan, who has run a nursing home for half his life, is 84 years old. By chance, he obtains a Yin-Yang Bagua Mirror containing a century-spanning cycle space. Inside are vast stor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Takes on Silly Mao from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱打傻茂 Yan Bugui: “I don’t know! I came out and saw Silly Zhu beating up Silly Mao. I was completely stunned!” Xu Damao: “Grandpa He, I’ll never dare to go against you again as long as I live.” Yi Zhonghai: “I’d been counting on Silly Zhu to look after me in my old age, but I ended up being paraded through the streets.” Granny Deaf: “Good boy, why did you give me something so hard to eat? Ah, my tooth fell out!” Qin Huairu: “If only I’d married Zhu back then.” Bang Geng 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: Fighting Fowl with Fowl, Starting with the Jia Family 四合院：以禽制禽，从贾家开始 [Feel-Good Story] + [No Getting Pushed Around] + [Multiple TV and Film Worlds] + [Self-Serving at Others' Expense] Ye Shaochen transmigrates into the world of the siheyuan courtyard and becomes the Ye family's only child in the rear courtyard, a martyr's family member, and a purchasing agent at the steel mill. His System activates, generating missions at random intervals. Complete them to earn rewards. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, on completing the mission: give Qin Huaiju, the white lotus, a l 2Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: Everyone’s a Villain, and I’m the Wildest 四合院：全员恶人，我最狂 Zhang Yang, a supermarket stockroom manager, drops dead in the warehouse. He unexpectedly transmigrates with a mountain of supplies into a courtyard full of beasts in human skin. From the start, he is framed for peeping at He Yushui while she bathes, then driven out of the courtyard at the head of a mob led by the God of Morality. You've got to be kidding me! I'm wildly popular, and I've got a whole bunch of friends. I'll make sure you pay for this! He Yushui goes to prison, Jia Zhangshi loses a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Back to 1960: Li Tian's Life on His Own Terms 重回1960：李天的肆意人生 Scheming + Pocket Dimension + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Female Protagonist (not a brainless story) Li Tian is a kindhearted, promising young man from the modern era. While helping his neighbor, Old Wang, fix a toilet, he is forced to transmigrate to the 1960s. See how he uses a miraculous pocket dimension to live a life everyone envies in an age of scarcity. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Reborn in the Beast-Filled Siheyuan to Watch the Show 重生禽满四合院看大戏 A man from the future arrives in the beast-filled courtyard. Watch as I rip away Qin Huairu's mask, teach the courtyard's uncles how to behave, and make my way to success in the compound. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: I Join the Neighborhood Office, and the Whole Courtyard Panics 四合院：入职街道办，全院人慌了 After transmigrating, Chen Kaixuan finds himself in the world of "Love in the Courtyard". But he soon discovers that everyone in the compound is scheming against him. The Jia family, in particular, has its eyes on his house and the inheritance his parents left him, constantly looking for a chance to snatch them away. After landing a job at the subdistrict office, Chen Kaixuan begins his revenge. Before long, the scoundrels are all panicking. Yi Zhonghai: “Kaixuan, I was wrong! You can take my sp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: Medicine and the Way Share the Same Roots 四合院：医道本同源 [Comedy + traditional Chinese medicine + military service to boost one's credentials + low hostility + plot-driven] Fang Mingyan is reborn in 1950 as Silly Zhu's sworn brother, but his System is useless from the start: he has no home, no job, and only a mighty arm! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: I Grow Stronger After Qin Huairu Breaks Off Our Engagement 四合院：从秦淮茹退婚开始变强 He was just a lowly train driver. While his father was alive, the family was well-off, and he was engaged to Qin Huairu. But after his father died in an accident, the family fell into decline. Then his engagement was broken off, changing the course of his life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 More Children, More Blessings: Starting in the Siheyuan 多子多福，从四合院开始 Wang Dali was at home watching the recently popular Love in the Courtyard. After making a few complaints, he was transmigrated into the courtyard by the System. Using the System, Wang Dali begins a journey through the worlds of various TV shows, with more series to come later. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: My Bedroom Opens into 1960 四合院：我的卧室通1960 Song Guangming, an ordinary office worker, was laid off, cheated on by his girlfriend, and went drinking to vent his frustration. By accident, he discovered that he had entered a trial version of Love in the Courtyard. Not only could he live in the courtyard, he could also travel freely between the 1960s and the twenty-first century. He could earn cash rewards based on how long he survived in the courtyard, and collect all kinds of magical items by completing missions. From an apprentice in the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: Tom's Divine Assist Helps Me Win Qin Huairu 四合院：汤姆神助攻，拿下秦淮茹 [Absurd] [Womanizer] [Mild Violence] [Tom and Jerry] Qin Huairu became a mother while still a young girl. Was it a distortion of human nature or a collapse of morality? Tom, bro, I need you to do me a favor. Go to Lop Nur. When you get back, I won't make you do another thing! Who exactly was Jia Dongxu's godfather? Who was the Brother Weiguo that He Yushui was madly infatuated with? Tune in for Shen Weiguo's shameless (strike that) freewheeling legendary life! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: My Daily Intelligence System 四合院：我有每日情报系统 A 21st-century laboratory technician transmigrates into the body of an apprentice who was schemed to death by Yi Zhonghai. By then, he has already awakened an intelligence-gathering System. The System generates three pieces of relevant intelligence every day, giving him the chance to stay one step ahead in every situation. It also has a shop, where he can trade with the Myriad Worlds as long as he has money and buy anything he wants. With the System's help, Zhao Mengde becomes one of the country —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 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—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: The Immortal Couple's Strange Tales 四合院：仙侣奇踪 My new work is out! Come 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! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: With a Divine Transfer System, I Make the Bullies Suffer 四合院：神级转移系统，虐死禽兽 After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Ma Hua becomes Silly Zhu's apprentice and gets two rooms in the courtyard. As soon as he transmigrates, Silly Zhu shows up with Jia Zhangshi and orders Ma Hua to give one of his two rooms to the Jia family. Ma Hua kicks Silly Zhu to the ground and slaps Jia Zhangshi so hard she scrambles around looking for her teeth. Just then, the Divine Transfer System comes online. Ma Hua uses the Divine Transfer System to transfer his hemorrhoids onto Jia Zhan 3Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 32 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—Shelves
- 33 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—Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan: I Turned Myself In After Buying Without Limit 四合院：无限购买的我上交自己 Also known as: “I Turned a Soulless System into a Cracked Version” He transmigrates to a courtyard home in 1958, a year before the three years of disaster. After obtaining an exchange System and seeing the items available, he decides at midnight to turn himself in, leading the nation on the road to prosperity. 1Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: Bound to a Livestock-Raising System from the Start 四合院：开局绑定养殖系统 When Zhang Can wakes up, he finds he has transmigrated into the world of Full of Birds in the Courtyard. Luckily, he gets a super-breeding System. From then on, while all the other birds in the courtyard go hungry, his family feasts on delicacies and piles of meat every day. It makes everyone else green with envy. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Reincarnated as Qin Huairu's Younger Brother, So What If I'm a Big Shot? 穿成秦淮茹亲弟弟，我就拽怎么了 After waking up, Qin Yuan discovers that he has transmigrated into the body of Qin Huairu’s younger brother. It is 1961, and the three years of drought have just ended. Fresh out of school, he sets off for the capital in search of a future. When Yi Zhonghai learns that Qin Yuan is Qin Huairu’s younger brother, he immediately offers him resources. Sha Zhu knows that if he wants to win over the woman of his dreams, he needs to win over her younger brother first. Jia Dongxu is dead? Jia Zhangshi ge 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 My Carefree Life in the Siheyuan 我在四合院里的悠哉生活 Xu Lianfeng transmigrates into the courtyard at the start of the 1960s. After returning from military service, he finds the Xu family so poor they have barely anything to their name. When he returns home, he improves his family's life while taking things easy. He also meets someone he falls for. The two are a perfect match. From then on, they enjoy a wonderful life together in the courtyard. With a beautiful woman and delicious food... Xu Lianfeng transmigrates into the courtyard at the start of 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 My Uncle-in-Law in the Siheyuan Is Li Yunlong 四合院我的姑父是李云龙 My main soul has only just returned to the courtyard, and I'm already up against the retirement crew. With cheats like mine, why would I be afraid of you? What? My aunt is Yang Xiuqin? Then Li Yunlong must be my uncle-in-law! With connections like that, I really don't know how Li Ping'an still got bullied by that bunch of beasts... —Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: I Just Keep Picking Up Trash Like Crazy 四合院：我就疯狂捡垃圾 In 1970s Sijiu City, Ma Shan dragged his heavy luggage into the crowded courtyard that would be his new home. The uniform of a retired soldier looked a little out of place on him, but the determined look in his eyes had not changed. He had just finished several years of military service and now returned to the courtyard he once knew, carrying a touch of weariness and a measure of anticipation. Everything in the courtyard felt unfamiliar. Standing at the gate, he looked at the dilapidated place, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 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—Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: A Master Brewer from the Start 四合院：开局酿酒大师 Liu Xiangyang transmigrates to a courtyard-house world in 1954, where he becomes an employee at Xu Huizhen's little tavern. His parents have passed away, leaving him a property, but a pack of beasts in the courtyard have their eyes on it. Luckily, Liu Xiangyang awakens a Brewing System and receives a starting reward: a grand wine cellar. The cellar holds all kinds of miraculous wines, including Strengthening Wine, Bone-Strengthening Wine, Rejuvenation Wine, Good-Luck Wine, Invisibility Wine, and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 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—Shelves
- 43 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—Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: Li Aiguo’s Happy Life 四合院之李爱国的快乐生活 This novel is centered on the courtyard compound and also blends in some great elements from "Under the Zhengyang Gate" and "Meals Are Ready". All the notable women from these stories will appear. The story isn’t too dark. The male lead is bound to have conflicts with his neighbors, but he won’t go around killing or driving people insane at the drop of a hat. Also, Qin Huairu is definitely part of the harem. Transmigrating into a courtyard novel without taking Qin Huairu would make the whole tri 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: With a Pocket Dimension, I'm Unbeatable 四合院：拥有随身空间的我无敌 Chen Yu'an transmigrated by accident. More astonishingly, he landed in a world full of bestial behavior: a courtyard house, where he moved in with his younger sister right away. Fortunately, Chen Yu'an's Proficiency Sign-In System awakened. By signing in each day, he could earn rewards and steadily improve his proficiency in all kinds of skills. To make sure he wouldn't be schemed against by the beasts in the courtyard, Chen Yu'an set about frantically improving his cooking, medical skills, an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: Fleeing the Famine Begins with an Arranged Ghost Marriage 四合院：逃荒从被配冥婚开始 [Fleeing famine + killing Japanese invaders + Drawing Sword + espionage + Four-House Courtyard and other TV worlds] From the start, in 1942, during a year of severe drought and famine, Gu Kaizhi's father and older brother disappeared. His beautiful sister-in-law was being forced into a ghost marriage with the son of a wealthy landlord. Gu Kaizhi awakened memories of his past life and activated the Glory System. He rescued his sister-in-law and, following the clues, fled with her and his younger 3.5kReads7.2Score146Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Won't Be a Doormat Anymore 四合院：我何雨柱，不再做舔狗 [Siheyuan + System + Taking Down the Beasts + Feel-Good + Leveling Up] After transmigrating into the Siheyuan as He Yuzhu, he absolutely refuses to be a doormat this time! Qin Huairu wants to leech off him? He turns her down without hesitation! Bang Geng wants to scheme for his property? He'll make sure he spends the rest of his life behind bars! Yi Zhonghai wants to trick him into supporting him in his old age? Ha! He'll tear off that hypocrite's mask! He wants to see who in this courtyard dare 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 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 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 I'm the Old Codger of the Siheyuan 我在四合院里当老六 If you think it’s a power fantasy, then it’s a power fantasy. If you think it’s about the politics and social relationships of the 1960s, then it’s a serious period drama and an expose of officialdom dressed up as a courtyard-house novel. Power-fantasy version: Silly Zhu wouldn’t even ride his bike, but Chen Dingyuan got on and pedaled. Veteran Chen Dingyuan is reassigned to work as head of security at the Hongxing Steelworks. On his first day moving into the courtyard, he beats up Silly Zhu and 129Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Woke Up in the Jia Family's Wardrobe 四合院：开局穿到贾家衣柜里 [Siheyuan + dual-world wormhole + fiery patriot + saving endangered animals + helping the motherland] Cui Xiaotian unexpectedly gains a wormhole that connects two worlds, along with the skills and treasures of the Calabash Brothers. He travels to a siheyuan, where dealing with the shameless neighbors is just a side gig. His main goal is trading goods between the two worlds and making a fortune. The Eagle, the Bear, and the Great White Elephant are bullying us? He'll strip them clean. 218Reads6.1Score—Shelves
