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- 101 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
- 102 Siheyuan: I Annoyed Jia Zhangshi from the Start 四合院：开局气坏贾张氏 One day, he wakes up to find that he's been transported into the world of Birds in the Courtyard, where the whole neighborhood gangs up on him from the start. How could he possibly put up with that? He slaps “Yi Buqun,” drives Jia Zhangshi into a faint, punches “War God” Silly Zhu, and kicks Jia Dongxu... 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Siheyuan: What's Cooking at the Yuan Family Today? 四合院：源家今天的饭 A new work is here! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: The Good Life 四合院：悠哉生活 The protagonist is unexpectedly reborn in a parallel world in the 1960s. As time goes by, he discovers that many people from films and TV shows are here, though they’re not quite the same... (daily life + mild edge + no harem + no deliberately making the characters’ stories worse + no cultivation) Qin Feng slowly said, “Zhuzi, have you heard the saying, ‘Fools have good fortune’?” He Yuzhu thought he was being praised and nodded, a little embarrassed. “Have you heard the second half of that sayi 64Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: I'm a Black Market Underling 四合院：我是黑市小头目 Zhang Xiao transmigrated into the world of the courtyard houses. After surviving three years of hardship, he was nearly starved to death when he unexpectedly awakened the Treasure Basin System. From then on, he sped down a path everyone envied! The System gives him rewards based on how much money he earns each day. [You earned 10 yuan today. Reward: double your earnings. Host receives 20 yuan.] [You earned 150 yuan today. Reward: one bicycle coupon and 100 jin of pork.] [You earned 10,000 yu 1.3kReads5.5Score10214d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: A War God's Soul Transmigrates, Bringing Heaven-Defying Medical Skills from the Start 四合院：战神魂穿，开局医术逆天 [Ancient-to-modern, period setting, medicine and martial arts, spies] After leading troops for sixteen years in his previous life, the God of War was ambushed upon returning to court. A thousand years later… In 1947, He Yuzhu awakens the bloodline of his past life and joins the Communist Party, killing collaborators and catching spies. The nightmare begins for the reactionary forces… “Team Leader, I can’t watch this anymore. The enemy… the enemy is so pitiful!” “Team Leader, I object to Comr 249Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 I Want for Nothing in the Siheyuan 我在四合院衣食无忧 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Reborn in Officialdom: I Rise Straight to the Top from the Siheyuan 重生官场：我在四合院青云直上 Back from military service to the Siheyuan, he can punish the birds and climb the ranks at the same time! Chen Dong starts out as a low-ranking clerk. Watch him grow step by step amid the tides of the times, advance smoothly through the ranks, and ultimately rise to the top! (This novel combines period drama and officialdom. The early chapters feature everyday antics and bird-punishing, mostly set in the steel mill. The middle section takes place in the capital, and later he is transferred to an 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Love in the Courtyard: An Ordinary Procurement Officer 情满四合院之普通的采购 This isn’t a traditional courtyard-house story. It’s a shared-universe courtyard-house story. There’s a pocket dimension and a System, but they’re just accessories. Everyone’s personality is warped, and the protagonist treats life like a game. Bugs are perfectly normal, because this isn’t a normal world to begin with. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: I Became the Only Son of Capitalist Lou Bancheng 四合院之我成了资本家娄半城独子 A young man from a later era unexpectedly transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as the only son of the tycoon Lou Bancheng and the younger brother of Lou Xiao'e. He thought he would enjoy a comfortable life as a capitalist in Hong Kong, but various circumstances force him to return to the mainland. Watch how Lou Lin carefully navigates his way through mainland China in the 1960s. 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 A Countryman in the Siheyuan 四合院之农村人 (Slow burn, no System, one female lead, lots of characters without heirs.) In early 1945, what could an eight-year-old kid from the mountains do? What could a poor student do for the country? In the early days of the People's Republic, it was easiest for rural people to become city residents. But why must you become a city resident to move to the city? Migrant workers can also help build the nation. 201Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: The System Demands Both Grinding and Spending 四合院，系统又肝又氪 A new story is here! Come read my work 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! I’m a new author, so the plot may move slowly at first, but things will pick up later. Stay tuned! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: Beating Up Beasts Is Everyone's Responsibility 四合院：暴打禽兽，人人有责 After transmigrating to 1954, internet-addicted young man He Hong falls asleep and wakes up in Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes He Yuzhu. When it comes to putting those scoundrels in their place, you need He Yuzhu! The God of War, He Yuzhu, is here. You scoundrels, prepare to face judgment! 2.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Middle Courtyard 四合院中院 A new story is out! Please visit Tomato Novel to read my work. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 260Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 115 Siheyuan: The Dark, Steady Old Sixth 四合院：黑稳苟老六 No System, no pocket dimension, no golden finger of any kind, yet he transmigrates into the infamous Siheyuan full of vicious neighbors!!! Born into poverty to honest parents, he is no chosen protagonist, yet the courtyard’s “beasts” keep picking on him... Watch Han Li, who is determined to become the slyest player around, outwit the whole lot and flap a butterfly’s wings until a hurricane blows through and changes the world! Until one day, Qin Huairu becomes a virtuous wife and loving mother pr 346Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 116 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
- 117 Siheyuan: Becoming a Security Office Clerk from the Start 四合院：开局成为保卫科干事！ [The rating just came out, so don't pay it any mind. It'll gradually go up.] [Courtyard + pocket space + farming + low angst] He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard. From the start, his parents are both dead, and he's stuck with a little sister who's a burden! Wait, no, it seems like I'm the burden here!!! Faced with the courtyard full of beasts, Hao Jianshe isn't the least bit afraid! I've got a super-sized supermarket. What have I got to fear? Qin Huairu, the pure-hearted white lotus 125Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is a Warmhearted Man 四合院：傻柱是个暖男 A nobody named He Yuzhu transmigrates and becomes the biggest simp in the courtyard, Silly Zhu. The courtyard seems peaceful on the surface, but beneath it, schemes and undercurrents run rampant. One careless move, and you could get played. The seemingly honest First Master, the deeply calculating Second Master, the ever-strategic Third Master, the venomous Qin Huairu, and Jia Zhangshi, the biggest shrew in the capital... Transmigration itself isn’t scary. What’s scary is transmigrating and stil 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 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
- 120 Siheyuan: I’ll Never Be a Simp Again 四合院之我再也不要做舔狗了 This book’s characters are definitely smart. In just one week, the protagonist sends a moral blackmailer to the Great Northwest to reclaim wasteland; in twenty days, he marries Yu Li; and within a month, his wife is pregnant. He also gets the Jia family thoroughly under control. Later, he gets into trouble and takes Liu Lan in. The satisfying moments just keep coming. There are no get-out-of-jail-free cards here, so don’t worry about the disgusting business of someone getting arrested and then r 3Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 121 Siheyuan: I Was Too Late for Ezi from the Start 四合院开局娥子我来迟了 Waaah! I came one step too late! Ezi, how can I go on without you? Xu Damao, you ruined my cushy job, and I'll never forgive you, Cao Youde! The story starts in Love in the Courtyard and will also sensibly bring in characters from other works of the same era. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Lou Xiaoe's Dream Courtyard of Beasts 【娄晓娥的梦中禽院】 Lou Xiao'e, a modern beauty, accidentally broke the most inconspicuous jade pendant in an antique shop. Then, just like in countless web novels, she pricked her finger. It started sizzling and bubbling... no, not oil, blood. Damn it, she'd transmigrated. What? It's 1961? Oh, heaven, you're practically my own father! Did you ask my permission before dumping me here? Where did my food delivery guy, online shopping, friend circle, and Wi-Fi all disappear to? After she finished yelling to no avail, 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: I Snatched Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院：我！开局截胡秦淮茹 Li Wuwei transmigrated to a siheyuan compound in 1952 and activated an ability called the “Cut-In System.” When he discovered that Qin Huairu was on a blind date with Jia Dongxu, he didn't hesitate to use the System's power. He successfully stepped in and won Qin Huairu's heart. Afterward, he arranged for Qin Huairu to take over his job at the steel mill, sending her out to work and earn money while expecting her to handle the housework once she got home. Meanwhile, he enjoyed a life of leisure, 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 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
- 125 Siheyuan: The Neighbors Beg Me to Cure Them 四合院：禽兽们求我治病 Good news: I awakened the [Medicine and Food Space]! Bad news: I'm in a courtyard-house world full of beasts. I transmigrated into the orphaned grandson of a martyr, and became Grandma Deaf's grandson! By sensing people's emotions, I can magically create food and medicinal dishes that make the beasts humiliate themselves. They can heal the sick and save lives, while amplifying the beasts' greed until they bring ruin upon themselves. I fed Jia Zhangshi an [Appetizer], and she had a public, humi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: They Steal My Medical Money from the Start 四合院：开局被棒梗偷走治病钱 Fang Han unexpectedly found himself in a courtyard full of scoundrels, where he encountered his wife and daughter, who had already passed away. He swore to protect them with all his might! After activating a Reformation System, was he supposed to reform this pack of scoundrels? Well, it was possible, but the approach was a little unusual... Some of the scoundrels went mad, some went crazy, and others were sent to labor camps. Fang Han declared that the reformation had been a great success! With 29Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 127 Transmigrating Across the Heavens with a Gourd Space: Starting in Siheyuan 葫芦空间诸天穿越：从四合院起 Chen Fengsheng heads up the mountain as usual, looking for a bit of something, and ends up digging up a real treasure. After transmigrating through time and space and overcoming a few setbacks, he reaches the pinnacle of life. 157Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 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
- 129 A Siheyuan Full of Beasts? Good Thing I’m No Saint Either 禽满四合院？正好我也不是啥好人 [Mostly everyday life, not too much angst, a schemer's way of doing things, a fun-loving rascal who could use a little more virtue, one heroine, no harem] In his previous life, Wang Dachui was a man who had it all. Now he has transmigrated to 1960s Beijing. Faced with a courtyard full of vicious troublemakers, he can't change his surroundings, so he'll just fit right in! I, Wang Dachui, am done being a decent person! Short on cash? No problem, I'll borrow a little from Yi Zhonghai. Then I'll cas 963Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: Xu Damao and His Houseful of Descendants 四合院：子孙满堂许大茂 Modern man Xu Da wakes up one day and finds himself as Xu Damao, who is about to get married in Love in the Courtyard. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I was given an incomplete life, so let me make up for what was missing. Who says Silly Zhu is the protagonist? I, Xu Damao, will live better than him, with more children, more blessings... 545Reads5.8Score10114d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: Bound to the Sweeper Monk System from the Start 四合院：开局绑定扫地僧系统 [Moderate punishment, scheming, play the pig to eat the tiger, slow burn, an ordinary life with a little excitement] Xie Qiang transmigrates. It’s the first time in his life, after all, everyone has a first time. He wakes up with impeccable credentials and is bound to a Sweeping Monk System, then settles into a quiet life beginning in 1957... 194Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Sent Banggeng Straight to Prison 四合院：开局先送棒梗蹲监狱 After transmigrating into the Siheyuan world, Wang Jianshe was nearly killed when the Jia family framed him. The First Uncle and Qin Huairu were in cahoots, while Silly Zhu did their dirty work and acted as their accomplice. A whole pack of beasts ruled the Siheyuan with an iron fist. Unbelievable... It’s a new era, and they’re still pulling this kind of stunt? Wang Jianshe went straight to the police! First, he’d send the little beast Banggeng away to prison! 40Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: It Begins with Me Becoming Silly Zhu 四合院：从我成为傻柱开始 The rating is low because this new book has only just received one. For He Yuzhu, a dirt-poor rural bachelor, becoming Silly Zhu in 1959 was like spending two yuan on a lottery ticket and winning fifty million. If he weren’t afraid someone would discover that the original owner had been replaced, he’d have reacted just like Fan Jin. 3.1kReads6.0Score10014d adds
- 134 Siheyuan: Beijing’s Meat Grinder, Sending Every Invader to Hell 四合院：北平绞肉机，鬼子全归西 On the eve of Beiping’s fall, Zhang Lei was abducted by Lin Wan’er, the Black Wind Stronghold’s boss and the dual-pistol-wielding Red Whirlwind, to become her husband. After transmigrating, he obtained a vast arsenal of advanced weapons through the System. Barrett rifles, RPG launchers, Katyusha rocket launchers, Tiger tanks... With all this equipment, why stay holed up in a ravine playing bandit? So he united the Black Wind Stronghold’s forces, swallowed up six nearby bands of bandits, and beca 3.3kReads6.7Score19214d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: Da Mao's Life of Unrestrained Pleasure 四合院之大茂快意人生 By some inexplicable twist of fate, he transmigrates to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang and becomes Xu Damao, a recent middle-school graduate learning to operate film projectors. With the wisdom of an outstanding young man who knows the next 500 years and the previous 50, Xu Damao doesn’t want to become a laughingstock again. All he wants is a warm home with a wife and children, but unfortunately, he doesn’t have the means for that! 312Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: A Role Model for Our Generation 四合院之我辈楷模 Zhao Dadan was originally an upstanding young man of the twenty-first century. Then, by a twist of fate, he ended up in the 1960s. He discovered that he was in the world of Love in the Courtyard. In his previous life, he'd read quite a few novels about the courtyard. They all bragged that every heroine here was gorgeous, and each one more alluring than the last. Now that he was here, he was going to find out for himself whether it was true. In the end, he lived up to everyone's expectations and 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to 1958 and Getting Rich Through Farming 四合院：穿越58年养殖发家致富 [Transmigration + System + Daily Life + Career + Power Fantasy] Su Lin transmigrates into a 1962 courtyard world and obtains a one-click learning System. After hunting a wild boar king, he earns a third-class merit award. All he wants is to live an ordinary life with his wife. But who could have guessed that the city residence assigned to him by the neighborhood office would be in the notorious Beast-Filled Courtyard? There’s Jia Zhangshi, who can summon spirits; Qin Huairu, who’s considerate an 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Siheyuan: Returning from Cultivation 四合院，修仙归来 The opening mainly introduces the male lead’s family. The beasts in the courtyard compound will all meet different fates. Each person’s ending will be something you never saw coming. This book has its share of quiet everyday life, with occasional bursts of excitement, and the beasts get what’s coming to them in ways that will make you cheer. The story may hit a rough patch, but please trust me. I’ll treat it with care, and I promise it will only get better as I keep writing. 7.7kReads7.2Score43214d adds
- 139 There's No System in This Siheyuan, So I Became a God Instead 这个四合院没系统，我直接成神了 [The male lead is immoral] [The male lead is immoral] [The male lead is immoral] [The male lead is immoral] [High-end golden finger] + [comedy] + [both parents alive] + [starts out at the subdistrict office] Ye Kong transmigrates to a courtyard compound and becomes the God of Positive Energy, wielding the authority of space. The problem is, he’s a thoroughly crooked person! 408Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: A Hellish Start, a Life Turnaround 四合院：地狱开局，逆袭人生 [This is a slow-burn story. The protagonist keeps a low profile and builds up his strength early on, then dominates everyone later. Entirely fictional, so please don't take it too seriously.] Zhao Shifeng, an academician at the Academy of Engineering who devoted his life to his country and was renowned around the world as a food expert, died with one regret: he had never managed to solve the global food crisis. When he awoke again, he was in a parallel world, a low-ranking agricultural research 24Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: Unlimited Supplies Leave the Courtyard's Beasts in Shambles 四合院：无限物资，禽兽们破防了 He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compound and receives unlimited supplies from the start. In this era, having food in hand means having peace of mind. He only wanted to live a lazy life and quietly build himself up, but the whole courtyard is full of troublemakers who keep picking fights. The old deaf lady constantly targets him to protect Silly Zhu, so he exposes her true nature, ruins her reputation, and then drives her out of the courtyard! The ungrateful little thief Bang Gen 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: I’m Silly Zhu, a Hidden Gem of a Guy 四合院，我傻柱，宝藏男孩 He Yuzhu became Silly Zhu from the Courtyard House series and obtained a god-tier livestream System. He could draw rewards whenever viewers praised him. So when fans hoping to revisit the Courtyard House series tuned in, they were astonished to discover that He Yuzhu, a cook, could operate a film projector, drive, and fight… He became a hidden gem, giving his younger sister a wonderful life and becoming a winner in life himself. As for Bang Geng, the “Thief Sage” who schemed against Silly Zhu, 1.1kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 143 He Yuzhu After Waking from a Dream 梦醒后的何雨柱 I’ve read too many fan novels based on Love in the Courtyard. A lot of them don’t seem to have anything to say, and feel like they’re just a way for their authors to vent their inner darkness. So I wanted to write a story of my own. There’s no System, and no womanizing protagonist. It’s mostly about an ordinary life. I thought about this book for a long time before deciding to write it. I hope those who enjoy it will show their support, 3kReads6.8Score10414d adds
- 144 Siheyuan: A Life of Romance 四合院之风流人生 Yang Xingguo transmigrates into the world of the courtyard. After an accident brings him into a relationship with Qin Huairu, he somehow obtains a damaged magical treasure and begins an entirely different, flirtatious life. Family squabbles + Qin Huairu + multiple female leads + a place to park your brain… 6Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: Cast Off Morality and Enjoy a Life of Freedom 四合院：摒道德素质，享恣意人生 Before transmigrating, Li Weiguo was an ordinary working stiff. He came from a small village, had an average family, did poorly in school, was bad at video games, had no special talents, wasn’t handsome, and was a bit socially anxious. When he tried to be a good person, he ended up being a pushover; when he tried to be bad, he never went all the way. He couldn’t hold on to the people he liked, and no one had ever firmly chosen him. He’d lost out in education, family background, and looks, and al 403Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 146 Siheyuan: I Want to Become the Ancestor of All the Beasts 四合院：我要当众禽祖宗 Li Yi suddenly finds himself in the world of the Siheyuan and becomes a man in his seventies. Taking full advantage of his age, he throws his weight around and strikes hard, becoming a patriarchal figure in the courtyard. When he gives an order, no one dares disobey. [There's a bit of hostility early on, but after Li Yi reforms everyone's character through lessons in military discipline, cultural education, and other methods, life in the courtyard settles into a daily routine ୧꒰•̀ᴗ•́꒱୨] 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Siheyuan in the Box: Snatching Qin Huairu from the Start 箱子里的四合院，开局截胡秦淮茹 [Putting the beasts in their place] + [multiple heroines] + [invincible] Zhou Zi'an transmigrates into a 1950s courtyard and discovers that his original body was beaten to death by Jia Dongxu, who stole his home. It's the night Jia Dongxu is marrying Qin Huairu and taking her to their bridal chamber when Zhou Zi'an awakens the Model Courtyard System, giving him God's-eye control over the entire courtyard. How could he put up with that? He intercepts Qin Huairu on her wedding night, leaving Jia D 3.1kReads5.8Score13014d adds
- 148 Lost in Siheyuan 误入四合院 After encountering alien technology, he gains the freedom to travel through four vast realms. On his first visit to a courtyard compound, the other residents teach him just how harsh society can be, so he starts fighting back, setting off a string of hilarious, absurd events. It’s fun and funny, and since the courtyard-compound world is an X-rated world, there are also stories about a world war against the Little Gray Men in the real world. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Reborn in Siheyuan as a Western Cuisine Chef 重生四合院之西餐大厨 This is the author's first book. The author is a professional French chef, and hopes readers will enjoy the story and learn how to prepare the dishes along the way. The dishes featured in the book are based on those served at restaurants in Shanghai and the capital where the author has worked. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Siheyuan: A Happy Life 四合院之：幸福生活 This story follows Lin Yu, a young man from the modern era who, after a traffic accident, is reborn into life in the Courtyard! See how Lin Yu relies on the System to match wits with and fight against the hypocrite Yi Zhonghai, the summoning mage Jia Zhangshi, the official-obsessed Liu Haizhong, the stingy “Yan the Miser,” and the other beasts of this courtyard! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
