Novels like A Countryman in the Siheyuan
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- 1 The Siheyuan's Third-Generation Rich Kid 四合院资三代 If I had to transmigrate, then why couldn’t I be the child of a revolutionary family or a military family in this era? At the very least, I could have been from one of those families, or the child of a farmer. How did I end up the third generation of a capitalist family? In this Courtyard, where everything goes wrong from the start, watch how Zhou Wen survives and builds a life for himself amid a compound full of scoundrels. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: Exaggerating Makes Me Stronger, Now I'm Soaring 四合院：夸大事实就变强，我起飞 After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, Chu Fan found himself ostracized by a group of unfriendly neighbors. Fortunately, Chu Fan acquired a “Fact-Exaggerating Enhancement System.” At the start of the story, Bang Geng stole a bag of rice from Chu Fan. Chu Fan exaggerated the facts and claimed Bang Geng had stolen two hundred yuan, which landed him in prison. Silly Zhu hit someone, so Chu Fan exaggerated the facts and said Silly Zhu was a member of the underworld. The police took —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: Activating the God-Tier Teleportation System from the Start 四合院：开局激活神级转移系统 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: You Called Off Our Engagement? I Make a Comeback, So Why Are You Panicking? 四合院：退我婚？我逆袭你急什么 [Ding! Skill copied successfully!] Jiang Chen transmigrates to the 1960s and into Love in the Courtyard. His parents have disappeared, and he activates the God-Tier Copy System. Whenever someone's jealousy of him reaches 100 percent, he can copy one of their skills or talents and improve it! From the start, Qin Huairu introduces Qin Jingru to Jiang Chen. Qin Jingru thinks his salary is too low and runs off to Silly Zhu instead. Qin Jingru: You're just an apprentice fitter. Your monthly pay can't 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: The Easygoing Days of the Red-Hot Era 四合院：火红年代的悠哉日子 If you had everything you needed to eat and wear in the late 1950s, would you choose to live it up (being loud and acting like a know-it-all) or keep a low profile (narrowing your eyes and watching the world)? Well, Ma Hua, a middle-aged bachelor, was reborn. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: Getting by in Society With a Broken System 四合院：残缺系统混社会 Wang Hong dies in a car crash after driving home while exhausted. But fate has other plans, and Wang Hong transmigrates into the world of The House of the Beasts, a show he has watched several times. Naturally, a System comes along with him. But this System is a fused, damaged, battle-worn version... 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 My Career in Siheyuan’s Security Department 四合院之我的保卫科生涯 My new story is here! Come 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! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, Earning Gold Coins at a Job in Another World 四合院：我许大茂异界打工赚金币 If you have a problem with me, then let's fight. Can you be tougher than someone who's lived two lives? I transmigrated as Xu Damao, and that damned Silly Zhu nearly kicked me into becoming a cripple. I couldn't give the woman I love most, Ezi, the happy life she deserved, so I turned around and knocked Silly Zhu out. Now Yi Zhonghai, that hypocritical little moralist, wants me to pay compensation? In your dreams! We can just call the police. You lot don't dare, but I, Xu Damao, will do it mysel —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: I Take Over Silly Zhu's Body and Beat Huairu from the Start 四合院：穿身傻柱，开局暴打淮茹 [No System + Smart Protagonist + Easygoing Daily Life + Period Setting] Su Yu has been transported into a TV drama! And the character he's become is none other than Silly Zhu from Love in the Courtyard, whose blood the Jia family has been sucking dry his whole life. Enraged by the plot, Su Yu punches Qin Huairu right from the start. He also breaks the leg of Banggeng, the thieving prodigy, so he'll never be able to steal again. Now go behave and spend some time in juvenile detention. At the subs —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: Dating He Yushui from the Start 四合院：开局与何雨水谈对象 He journeys to a new world and is reborn as the son of a wealthy family, living deep within an ancient mansion steeped in charm. There, he unlocks the Medical Benevolence System. With its power, his career flourishes, and he can easily crush the despicable schemers who get in his way. As soon as he enters this world, he begins a pure romance with a young woman named He Yushui, and together they dismantle a secret group seeking to control the elderly. He then ventures into the business world, m —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: I Take Xu Damao's Place 四合院之我代替许大茂 Xu Damao was an overworked corporate drone in the twenty-first century. After jumping in to save a girl from drowning, he triggered the System and transmigrated to the passionate years. See how he makes the most of life in that optimistic era. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: Chicken Dinner from the Start 四合院：开局吃鸡 Reborn in a Siheyuan, he comes across the famous painting of Bang Geng stealing a chicken right from the start. What else can he do? Chicken for dinner tonight, winner winner! Lin Yang transmigrates into the world of Full Yard of Birds and awakens a lottery System. His first draw gives him a character card for Bang Geng, the Siheyuan's legendary thief. Tonight, he'll get to taste Xu Damao's old hen for himself and see how it is. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Reborn, Marrying Xueru 四合院：重生何雨柱，娶妻雪茹 “These contributions are enough to make up for some of the reckless things he has done!” she declared, unafraid of the potential danger and fully aware that the consequences could damage her reputation. Seeing this, Li Ran felt both touched and warmed, and a smile appeared on his face. The Crown Prince, however, looked grim, his gaze seeming ready to tear Li Ran apart. The Fourth Prince was just as furious. Seeing Xiao Mengqi defend Li Ran without hesitation, his face turned livid. “Tell us wher 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: The 1960s Supply and Marketing Cooperative Can Be Upgraded 四合院：60年代供销社能升级 He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and gets an upgrade System. It's 1960 in China. When He Tianhu walks through the supply and marketing cooperative's gate and enters Texas in the United States, he sees wild boars stretching as far as the eye can see... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Do You Want a Wife? 四合院：傻柱你要老婆不？ [Two female leads] [No System] If you're used to rich, hearty meals, why not try this pickled cabbage dish? After being reborn, He Yuzhu uses the golden finger brought by a wooden box to rise from an ordinary man, one step at a time. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Red-Hot Era Begins in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的火红年代 [A lighthearted System-powered courtyard-complex novel, focused on easygoing daily life with little conflict] Xu Jiahao wakes up in the 1960s to find that he's become Xu Damao's younger brother, fresh back from the battlefield. Faced with the whole courtyard full of troublemakers, Xu Jiahao wants no part in stirring things up. He just wants to live a quiet, peaceful life in this exciting new era. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Stirring Up Trouble in the Siheyuan 四合院之兴风作浪 [Siheyuan] + [A dark, volatile edge] + [Multiple heroines] Unlike traditional stories set in this era, this book makes major changes to the characters’ backgrounds. The soul of a powerful survivor from the apocalypse is unexpectedly reborn in the body of a poor boy in a Siheyuan. See how he cares for his younger siblings and puts all those rotten neighbors in their place in this turbulent era, carving out a life of his own! This is a darker story with a strong undercurrent of hostility. Characte 270Reads5.3Score110Shelves
- 18 Silly Zhu, the Hustler of Siheyuan 四合院爱钻营的傻柱 Now that I'm here, the first thing I should do from the start is work hard and keep my head down. Why waste every day on all that nonsense? They fought for a lifetime, and neither got a thing out of it. A few tears were enough to swindle away a lifetime's hard-earned savings. What a sucker. I can't let that happen again. 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: A Life on the Cutting Edge 四合院之锋流人生路 Ye Feng, a top mercenary in his previous life, was betrayed and died on a foreign battlefield. Unexpectedly, a mysterious System brought him to the turbulent year of 1931. With his birth, divine arts, pills, and even a pocket world came pouring in. This System seemed a little unusual: to receive more rewards, he had to keep expanding his family line. As for that task, the righteous and upright Ye Feng naturally thought... the more, the better. When Ye Feng learned that this world was actually th 2Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: A Promotion? Why Bother When Being a Slacker Is Better? 四合院：升职？咸鱼它不香吗 The protagonist transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, where Lou Xiao'e marries him under a hidden identity. Qin Huairu remaining a widow for Jia Dongxu? No way! The boss wants to promote me? No way, being a layabout is just fine. Multiple heroines. The protagonist doesn't go looking for trouble, but he isn't afraid of it either. He gets all the heroines to do the work for him, calling it giving them a chance to grow. 136Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: What Do You Have to Fight Me With? 四合院：你们拿什么跟我斗？ The protagonist, Li Hao, transmigrates into the world of the Beastly Courtyard. Whenever the courtyard’s beasts bully him, he gets a reward. Wahahahaha! Well, then, unless you’re dead, you’ll just have to keep playing with me! First Uncle: “The boy has no father or mother. He’s the perfect person to take care of me in my old age without costing me a cent!” “Ding! Reward: a ten-cubic-meter storage space!” Second Uncle: “The boy has no one to rely on. He should hand his good job over to my eldest 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: I Enlighten All Things and Make the Birds Drool! 四合院：我点化万物，馋哭众禽！ In 1962, Li Nian transmigrates into the world of "The Full Courtyard House". His parents are dead, and his original self was a saintly man who would rather starve than let anyone else go hungry. He also has a younger sister whom he abused every day. To make matters worse, the men in the courtyard are all watching him like hawks. Luckily, Li Nian awakens an Emotion Value System. As long as he earns emotion points, he can imbue objects with special abilities. Fully Automatic Wok: Put ingredients i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: I Became an Inventor at 58 四合院：我在58当发明家 Lin Xiangnan transmigrates to 1958 with a golden finger called the Inventor System. With a difficult period looming, he uses his talent for invention and creation to live a life of plenty. Whenever someone gets jealous and tries to pick a fight, Lin Xiangnan shows off his technical prowess, for example, assembling an RPG on the spot. One demonstration of a rocket launcher is enough to plunge the entire courtyard into silence. Then Lin Xiangnan turns to the military industry, inventing a string o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Double Transmigration to the Siheyuan: My Blind Date Is My Grandma's Best Friend 双穿四合院，相亲对象是我奶闺蜜 [Courtyard house, period drama, everyday life, low on hostility] Xu Peiming transmigrates to a courtyard house in the 1960s and becomes one of its residents. He also becomes a doctor at the steel mill's infirmary and awakens a farming System. Xu Peiming ignores the petty scheming in the compound and figures that living a comfortable life of his own is best. He runs into his grandmother when she was young and in her prime, before he transmigrated. His blind date turns out to be his grandma's best —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: I Leave the Jia Family Without an Heir, and the Courtyard Animals Panic 四合院：我让贾家绝后，众禽慌了 [Siheyuan Courtyard + Feel-Good Story + Leveling Up + Humiliate the Villains + Divine Doctor System + Hong Kong] Lin Yang transmigrated into a siheyuan courtyard and bound himself to the Divine Doctor System. With incredible medical skills at his disposal, why should he fear those villains causing trouble? From the start, he helped Banggeng a little out of a doctor's compassion. He never expected Qin Huairu to offer herself to him in gratitude. Uh... I saved your son, and you’re trying to repay 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Take Down the Beasts Without Blinking 四合院：我，何雨柱秒禽兽不眨眼 [Siheyuan + reborn + escalating wish fulfillment + System + heaven-defying comprehension + revenge] In his previous life, He Yuzhu was a poor judge of character. He treated Qin Huairu like a treasure, willingly supported Yi Zhonghai in his old age, and raised Banggeng and the other two ungrateful brats, only to meet a miserable end on the east side of the bridge. Reborn into a new life, He Yuzhu binds himself to a heaven-defying comprehension System. His cooking skills are astonishing, his resol 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 I Became Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan 四合院之我成为了傻柱 This story takes place in a courtyard house full of everyday warmth and complicated relationships, beginning in the 1960s. The protagonist, He Yuzhu, is a modern urban professional who accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes He Yuzhu, a man with the same name. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Isn't a Tycoon, So Shut Up! 四合院何雨柱他不是神豪，闭嘴！ “System, transmigration, tycoon, feel-good wish fulfillment, romance.” “Picking a fight with me? Sorry, I've got money to burn! Guys, get him! Beat him up good!” He Yuzhu laughed heartily, holding a wad of cash in his hand. He Yuzhu had been transmigrated into again by someone else. This time, at last, he was no longer poor. “Since you're so rich, I won't hold back!” Xu Damao's fingers trembled with rage. He pointed fiercely at He Yuzhu. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: Give Them a Taste of Their Own Medicine 四合院之以彼之道还之彼身 After watching Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, he was lying in a hospital bed as a spectator when Murong Fu died. At that very moment, he too passed away and returned to his roots, arriving in the world of the Siheyuan and becoming the Liu family’s fourth son, Liu Guang’an. He had suddenly landed in a family like this, so the days ahead were easy to imagine. Luckily, the System came with him, along with the principle of turning someone’s own methods against them. He meant to leave others alone as lon —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: Crippling Silly Zhu From the Start 四合院：开局打残傻柱 (System + pocket dimension + ruthless + somewhat overpowered + scheming + multiple heroines + laid-back personality) After waking up, Chen Feng unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and activated a daily sign-in System. As a model young man from the 21st century, Chen Feng was a thoroughly good person. Yi Zhonghai wanted someone to look after him in his old age? No problem, off to the prison on the outskirts of town. Granny Deaf wanted someone to care for her too 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: Moral Blackmail? I'm an Expert at That! 四合院：道德绑架？这事我熟啊！ [Period] + [Rejecting Moral Blackmail] + [Multiple Female Leads] Qin Feng woke up back in the 1960s and even awakened a Doormat System. He thought that was how his life would go from then on. But who could have guessed… “You have been subjected to moral blackmail by ‘Elder Yi.’ Please choose…” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Siheyuan: A Daily Check-In Somehow Gives Me a Treasure Map 四合院：日签，居然给藏宝图 [Siheyuan], no angst, treasure hunting around the world. He transmigrates into a Siheyuan. He gets a daily sign-in System. Sign in once a day to claim a daily reward. Sign in: receive a TT33 pistol and 200 rounds of 7.62×25mm Tokarev ammunition. Sign in: receive a one-hundred-yuan bill. Sign in: receive a fishing hook that greatly increases the chances of catching fish, especially big ones. Sign in: receive a Water-Repelling Pearl. Sign in: receive 10 computers. He obtains a treasure ma —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Give Qin Huairu a Hard Slap 四合院：开局给秦淮茹大比兜 While watching TV, Song Guoping already knew that Qin Huairu was shameless. She was the courtyard's number-one hypocrite. But it wasn't until he transmigrated into the courtyard that he learned just how shameless Qin Huairu really was! In that case, the beasts of the courtyard had better not blame him for being ruthless! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan: I Can Hear People’s Thoughts 四合院：我能偷听心声 The mechanical dog Wu Yao transmigrated into the world of Birds in the Courtyard. As Wu Yao planned to use his mechanical expertise to help build the country, the scoundrels in the courtyard set their sights on him. Then Wu Yao suddenly discovered that he could hear their inner thoughts. Bloodsucker Qin Huairu: Wu Yao is so young and promising. If I could spend my life with him, there'd be hope for me and my three children. Necromancer Jia Zhangshi: Damn Wu Yao, living so well and not even givin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: Leaving the World Behind for a New Chapter 四合院：遁世启新里程 He suddenly discovers that he has transmigrated into a world called Love in the Courtyard and become the story's protagonist, He Dashazi. He realizes that, in this new reality, his father, He Daqing, ran away to Baicheng with another woman six months ago, while he himself has yet to set foot in the future Red Star Steel Mill. What catches his attention even more is that, although all kinds of troublesome characters are already in the hutong, Jia Dongxu is still alive. As a result, Yi Zhonghai an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 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—Shelves
- 37 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—Shelves
- 38 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—Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: A Brazen Start, Transmigrating to 1962 四合院：嚣张开局，穿越1962 Li Chengcai transmigrates to late 1962, just as the three-year period of hardship is coming to an end. He finds himself in the midst of a family tragedy: his father died on the job, and his stepmother also failed to survive the hard times. She left behind two girls, one of whom is his unrelated fiancée, while the other is a toddler of three or four. Li Chengcai is left with no living parents, but fortunately, he inherits what they left behind. More importantly, he has a transmigrator's golden fi 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: The System Space and Heaven-Defying Insight 四合院：获得系统空间和逆天悟性 Li Ping’an transmigrated across time and space into the world of 1952, a society centered around traditional courtyard homes. Both his parents from his previous life had passed away. His uncle, a bachelor with no children, was gravely ill and near death in the capital. So Li Ping’an traveled north alone to reach him, and through a stroke of fate, acquired a mysterious space and astonishing powers of comprehension. Any knowledge or skill he studies, he can quickly master and understand thoroughly 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Retirement Life in the Siheyuan 四合院的退休生活 A joke written by an old reader who can't write books, purely to get a laugh. The characters' intelligence depends entirely on the author's, so it's perfectly normal if you find them stupid. I haven't researched everything, since I'm no expert. If you can keep reading, thank you for indulging me. If you can't, I'm sorry. My skills are lacking, and I've offended your eyes. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: A Soldier's Heart Is Full 四合院：情满兵王 [New Release Top 10] [Featured Author] [Recommended Read] Special forces soldier Chen Man was once a king of the modern battlefield. But after an unexpected accident, his soul transmigrated to the world of The Full Courtyard in the 1950s. From the start, Chen Man was assigned three rooms in the courtyard. Soon afterward, the sisters Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru moved into his home as tenants. In this familiar yet strange place, he gained a new life as a soldier just returned from the battlefield, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: A Game of Life 四合院：游戏人生 Reborn in that turbulent, romantic era, Yun Yi has no cheat abilities or System, only a steadfast heart and memories from the future. Watch Yun Yi make the most of life in this world and look upon the human realm with a smile. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: The Ultimate Impostor 四合院之顶级伪装者 One outsider after another wants to leave their mark on this little world of a siheyuan. Transmigrators with wildly different personalities and all kinds of Systems emerge one by one, stirring up wave after wave in the siheyuan world. Whether the times will be changed or they will be forgotten by them all comes down to a single thought from Chen An. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Reborn in Siheyuan? I Take Every Advantage and Stop at Nothing 魂穿四合院？占尽便宜，坏事做绝 A thoroughly rotten scoundrel transmigrates into a courtyard world and does every wicked thing he can, taking every advantage available. He Yu is reborn. A con artist wakes up in the only TV drama he ever watched all the way through. What kind of upheaval will this version of He Yuzhu cause in the courtyard? 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Myriad Realms Siheyuan: From the Start, Sha Zhu Becomes a Dad 诸天四合院：开局傻柱喜当爹 A bombshell suddenly rocks the courtyard: Granny Deaf is pregnant! Everyone is trying to guess who the father is. Granny Deaf: “It’s either Yi Zhonghai or Silly Zhu!” Everyone: “What?!” Just as Silly Zhu is trying every which way to get rid of the baby, the protagonist says, “The baby can’t be aborted. Granny Deaf drank water from the Women’s Kingdom!” 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: The Rise of Technology 四合院之科技崛起 As someone who has transmigrated, why bother picking fights with those troublemakers? Shouldn't you be doing something meaningful? As someone from the modern world sent back in time, we should set our sights on the stars and beyond! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: Maxed-Out Skills from the Start, Beating Silly Zhu to a Pulp 四合院：开局满技能，暴揍傻柱 [Siheyuan courtyard + never takes abuse + maxed-out skills from the start + putting the courtyard’s troublemakers in their place] Zhao Liang transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard packed with troublemakers. Starting out as an orphan, he takes over a worker’s job as a fitter, only to face the troublemakers’ “welcomes.” After Silly Zhu beats him up once again, Zhao Liang awakens a Proficiency System. An eighth-grade fitter? Watch me improve my skills by tightening screws and surpass Yi Zhonghai i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: I Snatched Qin Huairu from the Start! 四合院：我！开局截胡秦淮茹！ After reading the story of the siheyuan compound, Li Zimin angrily smashed his computer and was electrocuted to death. When he woke up, he found that he had transmigrated into the world of the TV series and seen its true ending. The 1997 Asian financial crisis devastated the Lou family's businesses in Hong Kong. Lou Xiao'e sold her restaurant and returned to Hong Kong with her son to save what she could, leaving the nursing home in the siheyuan compound unable to stay afloat. What happened next —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 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—Shelves
