Novels like Stirring Up Trouble in the Siheyuan
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- 101 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
- 102 Siheyuan: Cao Liang’s Rise to Power 四合院：曹亮的崛起之路 [His only golden finger is a perfect gene serum and a pocket dimension. From the start, the space contains just one mu of land and a warehouse, but it can be upgraded.] Cao Liang transmigrates into the world of the Courtyard Households. Using his golden finger, he rises from humble beginnings one step at a time… 4.2kReads6.5Score13714d adds
- 103 What's Wrong With Being a Fisherman? I Just Make a Little More Money! 我当渔夫怎么了？不就多赚点吗！ [Transmigration] [1980s] [Spatial Dimension] [Building Wealth] [One Female Lead] [Alternate Setting] Lu Ye was fighting monsters in the apocalypse when his own teammates shoved him out to take the hit. He set off a bomb on the spot. If he couldn’t survive, neither would they. He went to hell along with the monsters and those teammates who had never treated him like a person. When he woke up again, he had become Lu Ye in the 1980s. Luckily, Heaven had shown him some mercy and hadn’t sent him to t 1.6kReads8.3Score10414d adds
- 104 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
- 105 I, He Yuzhu, Refuse to Be Silly Zhu! 我，何雨柱，绝不当傻柱！ [System]+ [Transmigration]+ [Love in the Courtyard]= Silly Zhu! Chen Hao had watched Love in the Courtyard countless times. Furious at He Yuzhu for never standing up for himself, he thought the man truly deserved to be called “Silly Zhu.” He was every bit as foolish as his name suggested. Who could have guessed the System would slap him right in the face? [If you think you can do better, then you do it!] So Chen Hao, utterly bewildered, stared blankly at the enamel mug in his hand and fell into 236Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: Reborn with Two Systems 四合院：重生，获得双系统 Reborn in a 1958 courtyard, with no saintly protagonist and an unconventional punishment system. The protagonist, Lei Hong, is an absolutely impartial engineer from the human race in the interstellar era, who transmigrates and is reborn. He comes with telekinesis and always gets even with those who wrong him. He gets two Systems from the start. He takes revenge on the courtyard's villains every single day. He builds an underground shelter, grows food to save people, and changes the course of the 651Reads5.4Score10414d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Marries a Wife from the Start, Driving Qin Huairu to Her Grave 四合院，开局傻柱娶妻气死秦淮茹 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 703Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Got a Beautiful Wife, Bai Ling, for Free 四合院：开局白捡个俏媳妇白玲 [Drama set in the 1960s–1990s] Modern teenager Zhang Chen returns to the capital and discovers he's actually an inheritor of traditional performing arts. Well, would you look at that! Is he being forced to usher in an entertainment era of his own? Wait, he's also awakened a heaven-defying comprehension System! He's practically ready to take off! Zhang Chen: Let me lie low for a few years first, then I'll soar in one go! Lao Guo: If you're coming to the capital to learn the arts, you have to 132Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Reborn in 1953 with a System 四合院：53年傻柱子重生有系统 Old Silly Zhu huddles beneath a bridge, looking back on his life and realizing he'd been a complete fool. The heavens can't bear to see it, so they give him another chance. Reborn for a second time, he plans to watch everyone who wronged him bring about their own downfall. The bloodsucking white lotus Qin Huairu The moralizing Yi Zhonghai The selfish, deaf old lady The office-obsessed Liu Haizhong Jia Zhangshi, summoner of the dead... And so on. Just wait. With his System and his own hard work, 1.1kReads6.2Score10314d adds
- 110 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
- 111 Siheyuan: Back to 1960, Starting in the Security Division 四合院：回到六零，从保卫科开始 A new work is out! You can read my story on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 800Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 112 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
- 113 I Want for Nothing in the Siheyuan 我在四合院衣食无忧 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 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
- 115 Transmigrating to My Siheyuan 穿越我的四合院 The protagonist, Lin Dongfang, transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. Stir up trouble, then get involved with Huairu. He helps Silly Zhu and foils Yi Zhonghai’s plan to rely on him in old age, bringing peace to the courtyard. When the winds shift, he rises rapidly. This story isn’t gloomy or bitter. A spirit of Jian'an-era heroism. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 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
- 117 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
- 118 Siheyuan: What Do I Do Without a System? 四合院：没有系统怎么办 I’m a transmigrator. In Love in the Courtyard, Second Uncle Liu Haizhong is my uncle. “Uncle, my mom told me to come stay with you. Could you rent me a room in our courtyard? Could you buy me some eggs to help me regain my strength? Could you show me a little concern?” Liu Haizhong: ... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 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
- 120 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, Scion and Assassin 四合院：世家杀手何雨柱 He transmigrates into Silly Zhu and gains a sign-in System. Now he sets out to turn the story of the courtyard house on its head. Using all the great things he gets from the System, he strengthens the nation while tormenting the beasts in the courtyard. Tormenting the beasts is easy enough, but making the country strong is another matter. When the winds of change begin to blow, He Yuzhu discovers that behind many events lurk powerful clans and interest groups. Those people are the real mastermin 1kReads6.6Score—14d adds
- 121 Siheyuan: Snatching Lou Xiao'e from the Start 四合院之开局截胡娄晓娥 “Yang Han, do you want a wife or not?” “If you do, just say the word and I’ll introduce you to a girl!” After transmigrating into the world of The Birds of the Courtyard, Yang Han stole Lou Xiao'e right from the start. The Third Uncle loves scheming? Fine, as long as you don’t scheme against me. Otherwise, you’ll regret it! The Second Uncle likes throwing his weight around? Sorry, you don’t have that kind of clout with me. The First Uncle wants me to support him in his old age? Oh, come on, keep 335Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 122 A Multiverse of Film and TV, Beginning in Siheyuan 从四合院开始的诸天影视 Li Qingshan, an orphan from the 21st century, is a web novelist whose books barely get noticed. To keep his web novel from going on hiatus, he stays up writing for a whole week, but eventually he can't hold on any longer and collapses asleep on his keyboard. By chance, he obtains the Myriad Realms Film and TV System. The System tells him that he died from staying up too late, his body has been cremated, and only a wisp of his consciousness remains in the System's space. If he wants to be reborn, 388Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 123 1960: I Have a Super Mall 1960，我有超级商城 Back in that fiery, passionate era, how could a modern man not make a fortune and thrive? Make money, and make it fast! Chase girls, and chase them hard! With a life on easy mode, he races ahead all the way!! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Siheyuan: A Loving Family 四合院：相亲相爱一家人 Just as Liang Hao, a young man from the twenty-first century, was ready to give up and coast through life, Heaven played a huge joke on him and sent him to an era of hardship and struggle. Now he can't afford to slack off, or he'll starve to death. (The story won't be too grim, but he won't suck up to the courtyard residents. Also, if you don't like Qin Huairu, feel free to skip it.) 9.5kReads6.9Score43114d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: Marry Qin Huairu First, Then Take Down Yu Li 四合院：先娶秦淮茹再斩于莉 (The rating has only just come in and will rise later. If you want a satisfying, no-brainer read, jump right in!) [Multiple Heroines] [No Original Heroines] [Mostly Lighthearted Daily Life] [Saintly Do-Gooders Beware] [Characters Stay True to the Original, No Major Changes] (The protagonist mainly farms System missions early on. The System plays a smaller role in the middle and later arcs, mostly for messing with the scoundrels.) Overworked office drone Shen Chengfeng was still in front of the T 154Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 126 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
- 127 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu, and My Scumbag Father Fled from the Start 四合院：穿越傻柱，开局渣父跑路 He transmigrated and became the young He Yuzhu. “Zhuzi!” “Dad? What is it?” “I want to transfer our house into your name.” “What? Why do you suddenly want to transfer it to me?” “Dad… Dad has let you and your sister down. I want to leave here and go away with the widow Bai.” “What? You’re abandoning us?” “Zhuzi, don’t blame me. I have no choice.” “Fine! So you’d already planned this! You bastard!” “Zhuzi, don’t talk to your father like that. I don’t want this either, but I really love her.” “Wha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Upright Gentleman of the Siheyuan: Xu Damao 四合院正人君子之许大茂 Scumbag: Xu Damao. Simp: Silly Zhu (He Yuzhu). White lotus: Qin Huairu. Hypocrite: Yi Zhonghai. Necromancer: Jia Zhangshi. Officialdom fanatic: Liu Haizhong. Scheming director: Yan Bugui. Old-timer who pulls rank… Deaf Granny… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: Bringing Warmth to a Period Drama 四合院：我在年代剧里送温暖 A blend of period dramas: The Courtyard, Little Woman, Man of Iron, and other feel-good period dramas A food-delivery guy travels between two worlds, completing orders and solving problems for people in period dramas as he helps them find happiness. One System mission after another brings romantic encounters and period-drama love stories. (Collecting cards of the Qin women + drinking rainwater + nibbling pears + a big white goose + helping Ladi...) 93Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 130 The Brute: Starting in the Siheyuan, I Sweep Across the Myriad Worlds 莽子：从四合院开始，平推诸天 A tough guy standing 190 centimeters tall and weighing 190 kilograms! Broad-backed and burly, he specializes in bulldozing straight through! But, unexpectedly, those muscles are merely there to protect the brilliant mind of a quick-witted genius! Tu Man is a master of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, roaming through worlds of movies and TV dramas and crushing every hypocrite! Right now, he’s in the courtyard-compound world: Tu the young master, born and bred in the right tradition, fearsomely strong a 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 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
- 132 Siheyuan: This Silly Zhu Is a Brute 四合院：这个傻柱是莽夫 I transmigrated into He Yuzhu's body. Watch me take on the whole bunch of troublemakers and climb the ranks one step at a time... 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: The Carefree Years 四合院之逍遥篇 Li Changsheng, captain of the Qinglong Special Operations Team in the Huaxia Guardian Army, perishes alongside a spy while on a mission. He is reborn in 1950 at Changchun Spring in Dali and inherits the Xiaoyao Sect’s legacy, cultivating the carefree art of controlling the wind and practicing its carefree martial arts. When he returns to the capital and moves into Siheyuan No. 95, he obtains a National Fortune System. What is carefree? A pure heart and unimpeded thoughts: that is carefree. What 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Transmigrated into the Siheyuan! What Do I Do Without a System? 魂穿四合院！没有系统怎么办？ Starting in the Siheyuan and moving on to Hong Kong, he rises all the way to become the richest man… 754Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 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
- 136 Siheyuan: Li Yang 四合院之李阳 A story about a man and the women he keeps, with multiple heroines. Low on angst. The protagonist, Li Yang, is lazy and just wants everything handed to him. To ensure a happy life in the future, he buys a group of girls and sends them to school, raising them all to become strong, independent women who can stand on their own. 1.2kReads7.9Score10314d adds
- 137 Period: Living Well in the Siheyuan 年代：四合院之好好生活 [Transmigration, period setting, System, survival] Li Shengli was an ordinary construction worker in the 21st century. After a traffic accident, he fell asleep and woke up in the early 1960s. After being demobilized and reassigned, he took a job as deputy head of security at the Red Star Steel Mill. Wait, isn't this the courtyard drama I used to follow, Full Courtyard of Fowl? He Yuzhu, Qin Huairu, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, Old Mrs. Deaf, and all the rest... Li Shengli doesn't care a 525Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 138 Siheyuan: My One-Cent Instant-Kill System 四合院之我有一分钱秒杀系统 A new work is here! I hope you’ll come read it on Tomato Novel and enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 537Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 139 Siheyuan: I Really Don't Want to Deal with You People 四合院：我真不想收拾你们 After transmigrating to the countryside in the 1960s and unlocking his golden finger, Lin Ping'an is brimming with fighting spirit. He knows these are hard times: food and clothing are scarce, and a turbulent period lies ahead. But none of that is a problem. What he never expected was to end up living in a “Beasts-Fill-the-Courtyard House.” He never wanted to get too involved with the courtyard’s residents. But they can’t help envying Lin Ping'an’s life... 2kReads5.8Score10114d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: One Hand Shrouds the Heavens 四合院：一手遮天 Luo Xiaoqing transmigrated to a courtyard house in 1952, becoming a lonely boy who had tragically been separated from his parents during the war and eventually ended up living on the streets. Luckily, an ordinary family living in the courtyard found and adopted him. He became their son, and they arranged his engagement to Qin Huairu. But unexpectedly, Yi Zhonghai got in the way, inciting Jia Dongxu to steal Qin Huairu from him. He then joined forces with the neighbors to ostracize Luo Xiaoqing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 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
- 142 Siheyuan: The Honest Man Fights Back, and the Troublemakers Are Stunned 四合院：老实人反抗，众禽麻了 Wang Jianhua, a passionate young man with a System, transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and takes over the body of a young man named Wang Jian. Wang Jian is honest and timid, while Wang Jianhua is arrogant and refuses to let anyone take advantage of him. As soon as Wang Jianhua arrives at the courtyard, he catches a bunch of lowlifes trying to leave Wang Jian with nothing. How could he put up with that? Wang Jianhua: “First Master, you’re highly respected. You’re practically a 2.9kReads—Score10714d adds
- 143 Siheyuan: Xia Yuchen's Tale of Tormenting the Beasts 四合院夏雨辰虐禽记 A famous male cross-player in the modern cosplay scene accidentally transmigrates into the body of a man with the same name in the world of Siheyuan. Only after the System explains the situation does she realize that the TV drama was far too tame: the real world is much darker than what it showed. Since she’s here, sitting around waiting to be devoured by the courtyard’s beasts is out of the question. It’s not in her nature. Watch her fight back from the brink. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 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
- 145 Jin Se's Hong Kong: A Boy's Dream in the Siheyuan 瑾色香江：四合院里的少年梦 I’m a new author, and this is my first novel. I’ve read a lot of courtyard-themed stories, so I wanted to try writing one myself. If you spot any problems, please don’t hesitate to point them out. After a car accident, Zhou Jin transmigrates into the legendary animal-filled courtyard. His parents die right from the start, and, still young, he joins the army alone. Five years later, he returns to the courtyard with the System. From then on, he punishes the courtyard’s schemers, settling things wi 14Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 146 Siheyuan: I Get Bajiquan from the Start and Beat Up the Bullies 四合院：开局获得八极拳暴打禽兽 Han Baoshan, an overworked wage slave from the 21st century, transmigrates to the 1950s. No more being squeezed by the 007 work schedule: now he has nothing but enthusiasm for building the motherland. This vibrant era is full of passion and hope, and the story takes place in Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang, a place truly teeming with “beasts”! A crossover world combining multiple storylines. Read with caution if that's not your thing! 17.6kReads7.3Score56914d adds
- 147 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
- 148 Siheyuan: Come On, Let's Hurt Each Other 四合院之来啊互相伤害啊 P.S. This is a slow-burn story with plenty of conflict. In the early and middle parts, the villains are crippled; from the middle to the end, they're all finished off. Being forced into reconciliation pushes the protagonist to snap. He's just an ordinary person, not the sort of wish-fulfillment hero who starts by slaughtering his way through everyone. If you're in a hurry, this book isn't for you. This is the struggle of an ordinary person trying to survive in that era. Even kitchen knives can f 2kReads8.2Score10514d adds
- 149 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
- 150 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Nobody 四合院：我从一个边缘人物开始 (Plot + Daily Life + Striving) Xu Qi'an: “Damn it, old Heaven! What have I ever done to you? Why did you dump me in the 1950s...” Xu Qi'an had a high education, a high salary, and never wanted for food or clothing. Then suddenly, he returned to the 1950s and transmigrated into the body of a child just seven years old, 41Reads—Score—14d adds
