Novels like Siheyuan: Xu Damao and His System
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- 101 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! 321Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 102 From the Start, I Send Silly Zhu to Prison 四合院开局送傻柱坐牢 From the start, he transmigrates into the plot of Love in the Courtyard and becomes an ordinary tenant. After absorbing the original owner's memories, Lin Ye learns that Silly Zhu was responsible for the original owner's death. Without hesitation, Lin Ye goes after Silly Zhu for revenge. He not only beats him up, but reports him and sends him to prison. And the scoundrels who framed Lin Ye fare no better! 30Reads—Score105Shelves
- 103 Siheyuan: Did the Big Shot Give Me the Wrong System? 四合院：大佬给错系统了吧 Could the mole between Dugu Jianping's eyebrows really be a System vessel? That's ridiculous. And it's a System with transmigration capabilities, too! But what am I supposed to do with a System whose functions are like this? Still, this System is exactly what I've always dreamed of. I'll gladly take it! I hope everyone will support this book. Thank you~~! 2.4kReads6.5Score—Shelves
- 104 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Reborn in 1955 四合院：许大茂重生1955年 After Silly Zhu froze to death, Xu Damao was also driven out of the courtyard and died beneath an overpass alongside him. But Xu Damao had lived from the age of eighteen all the way to the present. What’s more, he had acquired an incredible skill that could raise any profession to master level. This time, Xu Damao told himself, he wouldn’t make the same mistakes again. He would become the strongest person in the world, the strongest of them all! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Siheyuan: The Strongest Villain, Xu Damao 四合院：最强反派许大茂 Xu Damao suddenly transmigrates on his way to work, becoming the villain Xu Damao from the Siheyuan, a man with the exact same name, and binds himself to the strongest Villain System! As long as he gets under people's skin and builds up their resentment, he can keep drawing prizes: grain coupons, meat coupons, all kinds of scarce supplies, and special skills like cooking, boxing, and driving! He Yuzhu loves showing off? Don't indulge him! Give him a beating when he deserves it, and chew him out 316Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 106 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
- 107 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
- 108 Siheyuan: What Do You Mean, What's Wrong with Me, Xu Damao? 四合院：你说我许大茂怎么了？ [Soul transmigration + System + utterly scheming] If one day you transmigrated into the world of the courtyard and even ended up in Xu Damao’s body, what would you do in that era? Male lead: What else is there to do? Make it a grand affair! 183Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 109 Your Little Friend's Fifth Book 你家小朋友的第5本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 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 1.7kReads8.3Score104Shelves
- 111 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—Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: My Unrestrained Life 四合院：我那放飞的一生 Chen Liang has just transmigrated to the Siheyuan when he gets one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news is that he has a personal System! The bad news is that his System blew up on its very first day. Still, even though the System is gone, its boundless legacy remains. And so Chen Liang lives in absolute comfort during this passionate, fiery era! As for the beasts filling the courtyard? Come on, broaden your horizons! They’re not exactly his pals, and with a little effort, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Siheyuan: I’m He Yuzhu, Defying Fate to Rewrite My Life 四合院：我！何雨柱逆天改命 By a strange twist of fate, I arrived in the world of a story set in a traditional courtyard, taking on the role of He Yuzhu, the family’s human ATM. But I never expected to transmigrate so far back in time. I arrived in the bitter winter of 1950. That was the year He Daqing abandoned He Yuzhu and his younger sister. He Yuzhu was fifteen that year, while his sister, He Yushui, was only five. Although I still appeared as an apprentice at Hongbin Restaurant, I was no longer the future top chef He 25Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 114 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Lives It Up with His Farm 四合院：许大茂，靠农场爽翻了 [Transmigration + exhilarating wish fulfillment + smart characters + period drama comeback] Xu Damao from the 21st century transmigrates into a beastly courtyard compound, only to open his eyes and find himself caught in bed committing adultery. He activates a mysterious farm with a wave of his hand. From then on, he never has to worry about food or meat, his physique grows stronger, and no one in the courtyard can match him. Qin Huairu, Lou Xiao'e, Yang Ningning... one after another, they come 2.9kReads6.6Score165Shelves
- 115 Siheyuan: Damao, Tell Your Brother to Stop Hitting Me! 四合院：大茂，让你哥别打了！ Xu Dajun accidentally transmigrated to the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming the older brother of Xu Damao, who had returned from military service. But Xu Dajun soon discovered that he seemed to have a terrible reputation. When word spread that he was back, the whole courtyard erupted. Yan Bugui: "That bastard Xu Dajun is finally back! He still owes me money!" Jia Zhangshi: "That wretched Xu Dajun! Why didn't he die on the battlefield? Heaven really is blind!" Silly Zhu: "Damn, Xu Dajun i 985Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is a Real Man, Tough and Taciturn 四合院：真男人许大茂，人狠话少 I, Xu Damao, have been reborn! I’m back in that courtyard, commonly known as a place crawling with scoundrels. Looking back on my past life, I’ve finally come to my senses! I’m the only person in this world whose values are normal. I’m a person too, and I need to live. You scoundrels are the ones who banded together and treated me like an outsider. In the end, He Yuzhu, who bullied and tormented me from childhood, pulled my pants down, and mocked me for having no heirs, somehow became the good g 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 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
- 118 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
- 119 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, Let Go of My Wife! 四合院：许大茂，你放开我老婆！ Reborn as Xu Damao, he sets out on a different path in life. He transmigrates with a cheat, and he absolutely won’t put up with the Lou family. His pocket dimension has a ranch and a fishery, and he leads his trusted people in overcoming every obstacle. From then on, his life takes a different course! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Siheyuan: Reborn as Damao, I Let My Charisma Shine 四合院：重生大茂，我霸气侧漏 An honest, conscientious intern transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. What would that be like? Xu Damao's mind went completely blank in an instant. But then, with a ding, a prompt rang out in his mind. [Ding! The Item Pickup System has been activated!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained intermediate clinical medical skills!] [Clinical Medical Skills: Intermediate (0/100)] Xu Damao stared wide-eyed at the nurse in disbelief. Could it be... that he could gain someone's abilities j —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 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
- 122 Siheyuan: Activating the Business Prodigy System from the Start 四合院：开局激活商业奇才系统 Li Poxiao transmigrates into a parallel world of the Courtyard and activates the Business Prodigy System. Complete the tasks issued by the System, and you’ll gain new abilities. Can’t do anything from the start? Begin with the chicken-stealing incident, slap Xu Damao and the other birds in the courtyard in the face at their meeting, win Silly Zhu’s favor, and acquire cooking skills. Your cooking improves, but you still can’t make money? Cut Silly Zhu out and create an opportunity to cook for a s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 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
- 124 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
- 125 Siheyuan: The Kid Is Mine? And You Expect Me to Pay? 四合院：孩子是我的？要我给钱？ Shen Jianguo woke up to find he had transmigrated into the world of the courtyard, only to have the Jia family come to his door demanding money. The child wasn’t Shen Jianguo’s, so what were they asking him for money for? At the crucial moment, Shen Jianguo awakened a power that made him stronger whenever someone refused him. So Shen Jianguo started making unreasonable demands of everyone else. “Qin Huairu, we’re neighbors. Surely you wouldn’t mind having a child with me?” “First Master, we’re n 2.7kReads—Score106Shelves
- 126 Siheyuan: My Struggle 四合院之我的奋斗 After waking up, Hu Qingbiao found himself transmigrated from 2024 into the world of the TV drama about the courtyard house. His arrival seemed to change the whole story. In this life, I’m going to live it to the fullest. 712Reads—Score—Shelves
- 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—Shelves
- 128 Siheyuan: Liu Ergou Reborn 四合院之刘二狗重生 Liu Lin accidentally stepped on an egg, slipped, and died. He unexpectedly came back reborn in a Siheyuan. The story only gets started in Chapter 40, when his new life in the courtyard begins. Everything before that was the dream of unlucky Liu Ergou. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Siheyuan: Why Can't I, Silly Zhu, Be the Villain? 四合院：我傻柱为啥不能是反派？ [Courtyard fan fiction, period drama fan fiction, villain protagonist, lighthearted, daily life, System, no bloodthirstiness, pocket dimension, multiple female leads] Take the villain's path and leave the villains nowhere to turn! Don't read this if you want a story about scraping by on coarse food. This book does not misrepresent or distort any of the characters from the dramas. Other stories full of hostility are just people venting personal grievances! Just after finishing the TV series, He Y 255Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 I Lead My Whole Family to Success with Max-Level Insight 带飞全家从满级悟性开始 [Golden finger + pocket dimension + maxed-out comprehension + no overly hostile characters + daily life + lighthearted + side characters with brains] An ordinary physics student from Earth unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. The story begins in 1959, just as the disaster is starting. Fortunately, after transmigrating, Bai Junjie awakens a System that maxes out his comprehension. With the knowledge and skills he brings with him, the Bai family not only escapes its 2Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 131 In the Siheyuan: I Can See the Comments 人在四合院：我能看见弹幕 Don't bother reading, it's unfinished. [No System] [Small pocket dimension] [Multiple heroines, nothing over the top] Li Shaohui transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming a talented graduate returning from studies in the Soviet Union. He has never watched the TV series, but still thrives by reading the on-screen comments. So what if he doesn't have a System? He can interact with the comments. The courtyard's pack of beasts isn't a big deal either. The comments will help him 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Siheyuan: The Legend of Lingxi 四合院之灵犀传奇 Low on hostility and rich in humanity, a fantastical stroke of fate changes the life of a minor character in a courtyard compound and sets him on the path to legend. The road to a powerful nation begins. When the young are strong, the nation is strong. If you don't like Piaomiao's changes to the original story, start reading from Volume Two. That's where Piaomiao follows the original story's progression. 4Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 133 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
- 134 Siheyuan: Deal with the Reborn First 四合院：先解决重生者 [Slice of life, everyday family matters, no angst, multiple female leads. If that’s not your thing, don’t read! Don’t read!] Reborn in a Beijing courtyard, he runs into someone else who’s been reborn. That guy is gravely ill, but no one checks in on him or reports it to the neighborhood office. Everyone has already taken everything from his home and is just waiting to celebrate his death. Good grief, the whole courtyard is full of villains! Faced with this situation, Qin Wuyi has no choice but t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Siheyuan: Livestreaming Qin Huairu Kneeling to Beg Me to Marry Her 四合院：直播秦淮茹跪下求我成婚 [Wish-Fulfillment + No-Brainer] Reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard, he pursues Qin Huairu, who looks down on Wang Fang for being a country boy. He activates a livestream System, then binds himself to a Choose Your Life System, with the livestream viewers choosing the options. But Wang Fang ignores them and tricks them into sending him a bunch of gifts. He goes with his biological parents to the capital, takes the first steps toward the pinnacle of his life, and Qin Huairu comes to the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 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
- 137 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 3kReads—Score107Shelves
- 138 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! 2.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Siheyuan: Spring Winds Blow Again 四合院之春风吹又生 Hao Lei returned from the battlefield and was assigned a job at the Hongxing Steel Mill and a home in the Hongxing Courtyard. Why bother with all that scheming? He’s just an ordinary man, and the deputy head of security is more than enough to keep the petty troublemakers in line. 34Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 140 Siheyuan: I'm a War Hero, Taking Over the Security Department 四合院：我战斗英雄，上任保卫科 [Courtyard houses + period setting + daily life + no grimdark drama] Lu Qingshan transmigrated to a courtyard house in the 1960s, leaving the military to become head of security at the Red Star Steel Mill. As luck would have it, he moved into a courtyard house and became one of its residents. Faced with all the petty scheming in the compound, Lu Qingshan decided that simply living his own life was best. After awakening the Space Farming System, he could stroll through the fields each day and com 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is Reborn and Never Lets a Grudge Go 四合院许大茂重生之睚眦必报 I believe in making it on my own. I value self-reliance and prefer solving problems with my own abilities rather than asking others for help. If I really can't solve something, I'll find another way. Paying to make trouble go away is nothing to be ashamed of! Please note: this is a pure period novel, with no System, no golden finger, no special abilities, and no cheats! So many rebirth and transmigration stories these days follow the same formula: the characters are lazy and don't like to think, 51Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 142 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1952, Fleeing Famine to Beijing 四合院：重生52年，逃荒北京城 Just as Lu Weimin transmigrates, the Yellow River floods and swallows the village where he lives. To survive, he promptly climbs aboard a train, escapes his home, and makes his way to the capital. It is a time of military administration, when people with special skills are especially valuable. Thanks to a recommendation from Mr. Wang at the relief station, Lu Weimin, a man with exceptional abilities, gets a job at a factory. This gives him a job, an urban household registration, and a place to l 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Transmigrating into a Siheyuan with a Pigeon Market System 穿越四合院获得鸽子市系统 The protagonist transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compound and gains a market System where anything can be sold. As long as you pay, the protagonist can sell you anything. The protagonist isn't a good person in the traditional sense. Everything he does is driven, at least in part, by his own interests. Want a better life? Fine, he'll give you what you want, but only if you're useful to him or can offer him something he's interested in. The protagonist is willing to use any means nece 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 A Path to Power: It All Begins in the Siheyuan 官路通天之从四合院开始 A tiny butterfly flutters into life in the Siheyuan. This book has no grim, violent drama; the Siheyuan setting simply provides a backdrop for the protagonist, and won't feature too heavily. In the early chapters, he is sent to the countryside and waits to take the college entrance exam, then enters government and governs a region. I'm a new author, so please be kind. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Xu Damao's Postmodern Romances in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的后现代的风流生活 Xu Lin, a modern-day shut-in, is drinking soda while playing a game when he accidentally spills it on his computer tower. It immediately catches fire and explodes. At the same time, a half-defective space in a higher-dimensional realm gains sentience. Unhappy with being ordered to destroy itself, it opens a rift in time and space to escape. By sheer bad luck, its escape point coincides with Xu Lin’s explosion. The power of space twists everything, and the space travels alongside Xu Lin’s soul to 112Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 146 1957: Starting in the Siheyuan 1957从四合院开始 Xu Damao’s life in Love in the Courtyard is comic and tragic. Or perhaps he only seems normal because he is surrounded by a crowd of abnormal people, which makes him abnormal too! What would the courtyard be like without him? 1.1kReads5.9Score100Shelves
- 147 Siheyuan: I Can Hear Xu Damao’s Thoughts 四合院：我能偷听许大茂心声 In 1953, just turned eighteen, He Yuzhu was following his father He Daqing's arrangements and getting ready to apprentice in the canteen at the steel mill. One day, after he beat up Xu Damao, he unexpectedly discovered that he could hear the man's inner thoughts. He Yuzhu: You little brat! My buddy Jia Dongxu has his eye on a country girl named Qin Huairu. Do you think they'd make a good match? Xu Damao: Absolutely! They couldn't be more perfect... But in his heart, he was thinking: [Hurry up an 24Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 148 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, and I’ll Take My Time Playing Along 四合院：我许大茂跟他们慢慢玩 Reborn in 1957, he becomes Xu Damao, beaten half to death by Silly Zhu and nearly left unable to have children by that bastard! He swears he won’t rest until he gets revenge! Moral blackmail? From the start, he’s in the hospital calling the police! Outnumbered? His father fought the Japanese, knows people on both sides of the law, and is a tough man himself! Silly Zhu can pay every last cent he owns and it still won’t be enough. He dares to ambush me with a sack? Fine, let’s talk about stealing 1.1kReads5.5Score105Shelves
- 149 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, a Professional Trouble-Maker! 四合院：我许大茂，专业捅娄子！ After transmigrating into the world of the courtyard, Xu Damao found himself just about to drop out of school and enter the factory as an apprentice projectionist. He was bound to a God-Tier Feedback System: no matter what he did, he would receive a reward. Xu Damao opened a book. [Host studies hard. Reward: 1,000 yuan in cash!] [Host studies hard. Reward: 1 bicycle voucher!] [Host studies hard. Reward: 1 complete set of Ming blue-and-white porcelain!] Xu Damao chopped vegetables. [Host works ha 455Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 150 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Unfazed Life 四合院之何雨柱淡然人生 He Yuzhu is reborn as He Yuzhu from Love in the Courtyard. After being reborn, he gains an independent space measuring 100 cubic meters. This is a story about an ordinary person's life, following the various things that happen after an ordinary man with no toilet humor and no invincible powers is reborn as He Yuzhu. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
