Novels like Siheyuan: Becoming a God by Having a Big Family and Doing Nothing
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- 51 Siheyuan: I Have a Farm Space 四合院：我有一个农场空间 Xue Chengyuan woke up to find that he had transmigrated into the world of a 1970s Beijing courtyard house, with a farm space at his side. When Liu Haizhong, Banggeng, Jia Zhangshi, and others provoked him, he tested out his farm space and taught them a lesson. He was then assigned to join a rural production team in the forests of Changbai Mountain, where he became a forest ranger. Surrounded by wild animals and precious medicinal herbs in thousands of miles of unbroken wilderness, Xue Chengyuan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: Li Huaide, Are We Related? 四合院：李怀德咱俩是亲戚？ Go back to the past: 3 yuan. Strength like an ox: 2 yuan. Beautiful women in stockings: 3 yuan. Monthly salary of 10,000: 3 yuan. Pocket dimension: 2 yuan. Civil servant: 2 yuan. Eight options in total, but you only have 10 yuan to spend. What would you buy? 150Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: You Hate My High Salary, So I Quit. Why Are You Crying? 四合院：嫌我工资高，我走你哭啥 [No Saintly Do-Gooder + Scheming + Revenge the Same Day + Won't Let Anyone Walk All Over Him + Well-Rounded] Huo Feng transmigrates to the 1950s, where he and Bai Ling have been childhood friends. When his childhood sweetheart wants to start a factory, Huo Feng doesn't hesitate to put his skills to work. The steelworks thrives, and with nothing left to do, Huo Feng steps back behind the scenes. But the leaders, headed by Bai Ling, fire him outright for “slacking off and shirking his duties.” Bai 232Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Wrote a Letter to Report Me? I'll Ruin Him! 四合院：易中海写信举报？玩残！ [Siheyuan, System, feel-good, leveling up, putting villains in their place] Yang Guang transmigrates into a Siheyuan and binds himself to an invincible System from the start. Yi Zhonghai can't stand watching me rise higher and higher, so he reports me in a letter? Then don't blame me for teaching you how to behave! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: I'm the Real Silly Zhu! 四合院：我傻柱本柱！ When I woke up, I found I had become He Yuzhu, the man from the courtyard house. I also had a magical vegetable garden, with black soil that made fruits and vegetables grow at incredible speed, and a miraculous spring that never ran dry, no matter how much I used. Standing before the courtyard gate, crowded with chickens and ducks, He Yuzhu curled his lips into a cold smile. It was as if the wheels of history had suddenly begun rolling forward at a faster pace because He Yuzhu had appeared. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: Breaking Silly Zhu’s Leg from the Start 四合院：开局打断傻柱腿 Lin Xiao, a construction worker in the 21st century, gets into an accident on the job and transmigrates to the year 1960, into the novel Birds Fill the Courtyard. When he wakes up, he gains a sign-in System. From the start, Elder Yi teams up with the Jia family, while Silly Zhu pressures Lin Xiao to donate his money and house. With a pocket dimension at his disposal, Lin Xiao lets Silly Zhu make a move, then plots to break his leg. Elder Yi tries to use morality to blackmail him, so Lin Xiao giv 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Raising Kids and Taking It Easy in Siheyuan 四合院的撸娃摆烂日常 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 535Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: Someone Has Their Eye on My House from the Start 四合院：开局房子就被惦记 Our Xiuer hasn’t even figured out what’s going on from the start before the whole courtyard is about to divide up his house. Is he supposed to put up with that? He immediately awakens the Northwest Hammer King’s Proxy System, frightening the courtyard’s beasts into retreat. Then he breaks Bang Geng’s legs, hammers Silly Zhu, turns Yan Bugui into a machine servant, and makes Jia Dongxu into wetware. For him, death is only the beginning. On the night he transmigrates, he clears out all the old hen 285Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: Starting by Winning Over the Qin Huairu Sisters 四合院：从收服秦淮茹姐妹开始 The protagonist transmigrates back to a courtyard compound. He becomes He Yuzhu. Lou Xiao'e is still married, Qin Huairu is still taking advantage of him, and Qin Jingru is still waiting to be fed. He Yushui isn’t his biological sister, while Yu Li and Teacher Ran each have their own secrets. This is a sure-win deal. 1.7kReads6.0Score10014d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Invincible from the Start as a Technician 四合院：无敌从技术员开始 Lin Yu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes one of the residents of the courtyard. His father was a martyr, and his mother was a longtime employee at the steel mill. Lin Yu was originally engaged to Qin Huairu, but after his mother suddenly passed away, Qin Huairu put her own interests first and married Jia Dongxu, an apprentice at the steel mill. To maintain the image that she was not vain, Qin Huairu joins the Jia family in slandering Lin Yu, severely damaging his 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: I'm the God of Medicine 四合院，我就是药神 (One female lead, no angst, and the story doesn't follow the original plot all the way.) Wang Teng, heir to a traditional Chinese medicine practice, was reborn in a Beijing courtyard compound. Seeing all the sick people living there, he secretly made up his mind. I'm going to cure them. A physician heals illnesses, people, families, the nation, and the world. Wang Teng may not have such lofty ambitions, but he doesn't want to fade into the crowd, either. So he'll start with this little courtyard 3.1kReads8.0Score11114d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: Hunting with a Gun, Hunting Down Beasts 四合院：持枪狩猎，打猎打禽兽 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: When the Road’s Blocked, Break Through 四合院之走不通的路就来打开 [Transmigration + System + A touch of edge] Li Manyuan, who transmigrated into the body of a country boy, arrived in Love in the Courtyard. He originally thought this place would be his hell, but it turned out to be paradise. Watch as he becomes the big shot of the courtyard, borrowing money and never paying it back. 159Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: Somehow, Everyone in the Courtyard Is an Enemy Agent Except Me 四合院：院里除了我竟都是敌特 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, Starting with Qin Huairu 四合院：多子多福从秦淮茹开始 Tomato Original | Male-Oriented Fanfiction | Transmigration | System Deng Cheng, a twenty-first-century young man who somehow slipped through the net of nine years of compulsory education and is also a model citizen, transmigrates to Nanluoguxiang in 1965. His parents, both soldiers, died in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, leaving Deng Cheng all alone. Fortunately, Auntie Wang is there to look after him. He thinks he's going to settle into this life, but then the plot begins and 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: I'm Nobody's Doormat 四合院：我又不是大冤种 One day, he transmigrates into Silly Zhu, the fool from Love in the Courtyard, and is completely dazed. Once he gets over the shock, all he can do is accept his new identity. What else can he do? He might as well go all in. If necessary, he'll defy fate and change his destiny. He refuses to accept the original owner's tragic ending. It's either mutual destruction or a life of success and prosperity! 259Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: Watch Me Turn My Temper into a Miracle 四合院：看我大戾出奇迹 Liu Haizhong is obsessed with authority? Make him the head of the toilet! Yi Zhonghai uses moral blackmail? We’ll make that hooligan charge stick! The Jia family loves getting something for nothing? We’ll put them at the front of the line at the crematorium! Qin Huairu is flaunting her charms? Fine, everyone line up! This book is full of hostility. If you don’t like it, don’t flame the author. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan! Still the Same Old Siheyuan 四合院！还是那个四合院 “Damn it! How did I transmigrate into Silly Zhu?” He Yuzhu stared blankly at the plastic sheeting overhead... No System, no pocket dimension, and most of his money had been taken by a widow. What was he supposed to do now... The widow wanted to make up, her eyes brimming with tears. I can't resist those tears. What should I do? 550Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: I Can't Believe I'm He Yuzhu's Brother 四合院，我竟然成了何雨柱的兄弟 Young He Yuliang had just bought his first home, and while celebrating with friends, he had a few too many drinks. When he woke up the next morning, he found himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard, as the younger brother of the protagonist, He Yuzhu. At first, he planned to live a peaceful life there, using the System's rewards to become a self-made millionaire when the times changed. But fate played another trick on him, and he began meeting more and more characters from other movies and 10.4kReads7.2Score41514d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Gets a Shopping App 四合院：何雨柱有了个购物app After He Daqing runs off with a young widow, He Yuzhu has to go hungry one day and eat his fill the next. Then he unexpectedly gets a shopping app that lets him buy items from all sorts of planes and sell things, too. It isn't until he buys a novel called The Courtyard Full of Scheming Fools that he realizes he's a character in a book. So, all you uncles and aunties, could you please stop putting on an act in front of me? 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: Starting at 62, I'm a Super Genius 四合院：开局62，我是超级天才 [Courtyard drama + putting the beasts through the wringer + heaven-defying comprehension + technological development] Lin Feng somehow transmigrates into the world of the courtyard. He has barely arrived when Yi Zhonghai offers to be his godfather. Of course, he turns him down without hesitation. He obtains the heaven-defying comprehension System. He glances at a textbook. Ding! Engineer skills unlocked. He studies steelmaking. Ding! Steelmaking technology unlocked. He looks at an imported machi 303Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: The Cooking God Starts Out by Telling Yi Zhonghai He's Finished 四合院：厨神开局易中海你完了 A new book, set in a completely alternate version of the original story, with a different plot... The protagonist gains god-tier cooking skills and becomes the best in the industry. He's also Li Huaide's biological nephew! After arriving at the courtyard house, he wins Liu Haizhong over and takes Silly Zhu, Xu Damao, and the other younger generation as apprentices. He'll take complete control of the courtyard house. Yi Zhonghai will be executed by firing squad, and the deaf old lady will be take 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Was Heirless, and Qin Huairu Entered the Wrong House 四合院：开局绝户，秦淮茹摸错屋 My new work is here! You can read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 389Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Rebirth of Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan 四合院傻柱之重生 Reborn in 1939, He Yuzhu, a former special forces soldier, unexpectedly obtains a spatial ring and is reborn in the body of He Yuzhu, a resident of a courtyard home. As he faces the Japanese soldiers in the capital, his story begins. Along the way, the novel explores the relationships and everyday dealings among the courtyard’s residents. 176Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: I’m the Factory Director, Yet You’re Still Scheming Against Me 四合院：我是厂长你还算计我 “Scheming protagonist + against moral blackmail + one heroine + exploring the unknown” A new person appears in the courtyard: He Yuxuan, He Yuzhu’s younger brother and He Yushui’s older brother. After He Daqing ran off, He Yuzhu couldn’t afford to support his younger siblings, so He Yuxuan had no choice but to enlist just to get by. Unexpectedly, his System awakened, and he became exceptionally active on the battlefield, accomplishing some remarkable feats. He could only return to China and be k 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Liu Liu Hong Xi Gua's Eighth Book 六六红西瓜的第8本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Siheyuan: Striving for a Better Life 四合院之努力奋斗 A new story is here! Come read my work 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! 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: Trying to Outwit Me? Let's See Who Outwits Whom! 四合院：想算计我？看谁算计谁！ [Love in the Courtyard + no saintly protagonist + daily life + pocket dimension + one female lead] Li Mu woke up one day to find he had transmigrated to the 1960s, and into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, no less. Right from the start, Yi Zhonghai took a liking to him and wanted him to become a candidate to support him in his old age. Li Mu: Everyone wants to scheme against me? Let’s see who gets the better of whom! Stop going out of your way to help people, and respect their fate! Let go of —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: We Trained Under the Same Master, but I'm No Fool! 四合院：师出同门，但我不傻！ Li Lulin goes to livestream in the old capital, but somehow transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, arriving in 1965, just as the story begins. Luckily, his golden finger shows up in time. Otherwise, the police would have taken him away. What? I've become Silly Zhu's senior fellow apprentice, and I'm also another heir to the Tan family cuisine tradition? Never mind, that's not the point! The point is, how can I live well in this era and make my life count? Most importantly, I 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: I'm Really Not a Medicine God! 四合院：我真不是药神啊！ In the autumn of 1951, Qin Huairu had yet to marry into the Siheyuan. He Daqing had just run off, and Silly Zhu and Xu Damao were still a couple of half-grown fools. Just as Li Chengan was fretting over how he had transmigrated, the I’m No Savior System activated. Every day, he could draw a random medicinal effect. [Beginner’s bad-luck effect: Misfortune follows you for three days. During that time, you’re guaranteed to experience at least one mishap, such as falling down, losing money, getting —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Siheyuan: I Awoke First from the Great Dream 四合院之大梦我先觉 Life doesn't involve such long-term scheming. It's just that when people encounter certain events, the choices they make lead their lives down different paths. When He Yuzhu wakes up, he has dreamed of Lou Xiao'e returning with her son more than ten years later to find him. By then, he has already become someone else's stepfather. Out of kindness and a sense of responsibility as a man, He Yuzhu is forced to live apart from his own son, becoming just like the father he once hated: He Daqing. But 872Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: How a Rogue Is Made 四合院：流氓是这样炼成的 [Rascal, Countless Coincidences, Brand-New Golden Finger, Heroines One at a Time, Spatial Powers, Supernatural Abilities, Comedy] After deciding to lie flat, the lonely Hao Bang reads a novel in his security booth, then inexplicably ends up in the world of Love in the Courtyard, lying in the steel mill's infirmary. He heads to the capital to find his father, only to learn that his father died on the job two months ago. In his place, Hao Bang gets the chance to take over his father's position. Wi 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m a Black Dog 四合院：开局就是黑狗子 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 353Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: Handing Over the Space Gate to the State 四合院把空间之门上交国家 [P.S. Readers have said the prelude is too long, so feel free to skip ahead from Chapter 40. The core of this novel is science fiction: in 1960, Earth's fundamental physics is locked down, leaving the planet facing an apocalyptic disaster with no way to leave their homeworld. Is this a safeguard for human civilization, or its death sentence?] [Wang Gebi struggles to survive the Resident Evil apocalypse, only to be killed by Godzilla. He is reborn and transmigrates into the body of a young man w 161Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: The Beasts Bullied My Sister, So I Killed Them All! 四合院：禽兽欺负我妹，都杀了！ Su Liang is reborn in the world of the Siheyuan. The original owner was a police officer who suffered serious injuries during a mission to arrest enemy agents! The beasts of the Siheyuan are already stirring. Yi Zhonghai wants to send Su Liang's younger sister, Su Ranran, off to the countryside to make room for the Jia family. Jia Zhangshi: Su Liang has three spacious rooms. I'll save them for my Banggeng to marry a wife someday. Liu Haizhong: Su Ranran is a fine girl. She should marry my Liu Gu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Time-Space Pearl Lets Me Travel Back and Forth to Nanluoguxiang 时空珠带我往返南锣鼓巷 After being reborn, Zhou Dali happens upon a magical spatial treasure called the Time-Space Pearl. Using it to travel between the Siheyuan and Blue Star, he sells food and supplies from Blue Star in the Siheyuan world in exchange for gold and valuable antiques, then builds a vast business empire on Blue Star. (This story has multiple heroines. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The heroine in the Siheyuan world is tentatively Qin Huairu, while the early heroines in the Blue Star world are ten 680Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 87 In Siheyuan, I Just Want to Be a Nobody 四合院我只想做个小透明 Chen Tian, a young man from modern times, transmigrates into the world of a courtyard drama. He only wanted to keep a low profile, but finds himself drawn into the courtyard's conflicts all the same. For the sake of a happy life, he has no choice but to go with the flow and match wits with the courtyard's residents. 20Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: I Really Am a Good Person 四合院：我真的是好人 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + fake nice guy + comedy + ruthless antics + transmigration across the heavens] “This book is full of ruthlessness. The protagonist isn’t actually a good person, so be warned!” The first time Ye Feng acts on a whim to save a little boy playing with a ball in the road, a truck runs him over and kills him on the spot. He transmigrates to an unfamiliar 1960s world where you need ration coupons for everything, and begins his life in a siheyuan courtyard! Because the Thie 62Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 89 Siheyuan: Little Jia’s Comeback 四合院：小贾的逆袭 [A little mean-spirited, not a one-woman romance, somewhat invincible, no demonizing characters, and no major changes to the timeline] Chen Xuan transmigrated into a courtyard and took Jia Dongxu’s place on his wedding night. But he wasn’t going to let the courtyard hold him back. Rooted in his era, he carved out a legend of his own. Over the decades, young Jia weathered winds and waves, lived through golden years, and witnessed a magnificent age. He founded Bureau 749 himself, turning it into t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai’s Moral Blackmail from the Start 四合院：开局遭易中海道德绑架 When Yang Feng wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a siheyuan in the 1970s. From the start, he’s hit with Yi Zhonghai’s moral blackmail, Jia Zhangshi’s threats to summon spirits, and Silly Zhu’s physical intimidation, all because he refuses to go to the countryside in Banggeng’s place. At the crucial moment, he binds himself to the heaven-defying comprehension System, gains a spirit realm, and masters the martial art Tongbei Fist. Yang Feng decides he’s done dealing with these “anima 7Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 91 The Outcast: Starting with Marrying the Perfect Bride in Siheyuan 一人：四合院从迎娶完美新娘开始 After transmigrating to the 1950s, Zhao Fangyao becomes the younger brother of Zhao Fangxu, who oversees matters involving extraordinary people. Having just completed a mission to protect a scientist returning to China, he leaves the military and returns to the capital, where he becomes the head of security at a steel mill. Before he can even settle into his new job, a senior official rushes him off to a blind date... A world combining Siheyuan and The Outcast. With his innate Merit System, Zhao —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: I'm Only Three, What Is This Comeback System? 四合院：我才三岁逆袭系统什么鬼 Xiao Minglei transmigrates into the world of a period drama, but why is he only three years old from the start? And now the neighborhood office wants to send him to live in a courtyard house? Spare me! Does anyone understand that everyone there is a villain? If I’ve committed a crime, punish me according to the law. There’s no need to go this far! The hypocrite Yi Zhonghai leads the way in refusing to adopt him, and everyone else follows suit! Xiao Minglei is moved to tears! Thank you for not ta 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: Living Easy and Enjoying Every Day 四合院：悠闲的日子潇洒的过 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows are what motivate me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 350Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Reborn as a Master Chef from the Start 四合院重生何雨柱，开局神级厨师 Most people in this world lead ordinary, unremarkable lives, and He Yuzhu is no exception. When the soul of an ordinary person inhabits He Yuzhu, his world changes forever. That change has nothing to do with absurd toilet-humor plots, invincibility auras, or all kinds of talismans. He Yuzhu, now the new vessel for this soul, must first deal with the complicated relationships in the courtyard compound. There is no pure black or white here. Everyone has their own little schemes. He is no longer th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Siheyuan: The Ultimate Apprentice Builds an Industrial Superpower 四合院：最强学徒，打造工业强国 [Courtyard + Pocket Dimension + System + Advancing the Nation Through Science and Technology + Putting the Courtyard Scoundrels in Their Place + One Heroine] Xu Guodong transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he joins the Red Star Steel Plant as an apprentice looked down on by the First Grandpa. He turns around and reports him, putting an end to his bullying once and for all! He awakens the Great Nation Craftsman System and gains max-level comprehension from the st 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: The System Is a Troll, So How Is That My Fault? 四合院【系统是老六，怪我喽】 The protagonist, Zhang Weiguo, unlocks a god-tier System. No, wait, a schemer System. The original residents of the courtyard are in for a rough time. (The story isn't too intense. It's mainly lighthearted and laid-back. Don't miss it if you happen to pass by!) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: Fighting Over a House? The Entire Factory's Leadership Begged Me to Stay 四合院：抢房？全厂领导求我别走 An Bangguo transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. He thinks that with his parents' love, his life will go smoothly. But an accident turns him into the orphaned son of martyrs, and the scoundrels seize the Siheyuan house his parents left behind. The sixteen-year-old is driven out of the Siheyuan. Little do those scoundrels know that he will return as an engineer. [Ding! Scoundrel-Reform System activating...] [Welcome back, Host.] [Mission objective: Reform the miscreants in the Siheyuan. S 496Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Everyday Life in the Siheyuan 在四合院的日常 Wang Dongwen, an ordinary nobody from the twenty-first century, transmigrates to the 1950s. No 996 work schedules, no car loans or mortgages. Life may be tough, but people are in good spirits. The story unfolds amid the love and rivalries of the Siheyuan at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang and the steel mill! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Sign-In, Transmigrate to the Siheyuan, and Start as a Chef 签到，穿越四合院，从大厨开始 After an accident, he transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes a chef at a steel mill in the 1960s. Bound to a god-tier System, he wields the divine craftsman's Heaven-Slaying Blade, living by the motto: With a blade in hand, the world is mine! He sets out to reach the pinnacle of life! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: Cao Cao Transmigrates into Xu Damao 四合院：曹操穿越许大茂 After waking from a nap, Cao Cao found himself transformed into Xu Damao, the good man of the courtyard. What golden finger? I, Cao Cao, am the greatest golden finger of all. Do the Jian'an literary style and the poems of Wei Wudi count? —Reads—Score—14d adds
