Novels like A Siheyuan Story Beginning on the Eve of Liberation
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- 1 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Won't Be Anyone's Pack Mule 四合院：重生不当牛马 Top-tier overworked office drone Li Fei dies suddenly from working overtime, then transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. Taking He Yuzhu's place, he gets a second chance at life. Before the reforms and opening-up, he works diligently at the steel mill and spends his spare time messing with the vermin in the courtyard. After the reforms begin, he rides the winds of change to success. 3kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: My Brother-in-Law Silly Zhu Wants to Borrow Grain? Give Him a Beating 四合院：大舅哥傻柱要借粮？揍他 Jiang Tai transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and saves He Yushui from drowning. After giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he becomes Silly Zhu’s brother-in-law! Now that things have come to this, the bewildered Jiang Tai can only go along with it! To keep his brother-in-law from freezing to death under a bridge, Jiang Tai reluctantly sets about correcting Silly Zhu’s pathetic doormat behavior! One word: “Do it.” Two words: “Beat him up.” Three words: “Knock them all down!” 357Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Run for Village Chief and Build the Greatest Village in the World 四合院：开局竞选村长，打造天下第一村 Siheyuan: Running for Village Chief from the Start and Building the Greatest Village in the World 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Transmigrated into Silly Zhu and Stole Lou Xiao’e from Him 穿越成傻柱，我截胡娄晓娥 A master chef gets an unexpected stroke of luck and is reborn as the young He Yuzhu. Watch him win people over, outsmart the courtyard's schemers, and enjoy the carefree, 'wonderful' life of the Siheyuan, while making them regret their actions every day. 13.9kReads6.3Score61614d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: The Short-Tempered Liu Guangtian 四合院之暴躁刘光天 A young modern man transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. No manners, no morals: two strokes and it's a fight, two dots and a strength stroke and it's done! (Check out my profile for completed Siheyuan novels!) 118.6kReads8.2Score8.7k14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: Starting in 1957, I Fix Anyone Who Dares Defy Me 四合院：57开局，修理一切不服 Agricultural machinery engineer Zhang Ye transmigrates into the younger brother of Zhang Cuihua, a character who does not exist in Love in the Courtyard, and returns to the capital in 1957 as a demobilized soldier. Facing his own sister, Jia Zhangshi, a nephew’s wife and nephew who drain the family dry, and neighbors who are sanctimonious hypocrites, he lays down the law at home while using his technical expertise to advance agricultural machinery at the steel mill. From single-bottom plows to a 818Reads7.0Score10814d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: Something's Off About He Yushui 四合院之这个何雨水不对劲 Zhang Feng fell silent as Yushui unleashed her full fury. The courtyard was still the same old courtyard, but if He Yushui was still the same old He Yushui, he'd write her name backwards! Heh, just sit back and enjoy the show. 3.2kReads6.2Score10214d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: From Popcorn Machines to 10,000-Ton Hydraulic Presses 四合院：从爆米花机到万吨水压机 Li Qingshan transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compound. Taken in after fleeing a famine, he meets Silly Zhu and Yushui, both abandoned by He Daqing. Sharing the same hardships and finding comfort in one another, they become caught up in the turmoil of the compound. Though Li Qingshan has no System, his education in the 21st century and his theoretical knowledge and experience in electromechanical engineering help him make a better and better life. He also helps Silly Zhu change his t 1.8kReads6.5Score10414d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Hong Kong Entertainment Empire 四合院：许大茂的港岛娱乐帝国 [One heroine + no System + no gross-out humor + not too much hostility] The rating has only just come in, so it’ll gradually rise. A modern film and television producer with a keen eye for the entertainment industry unexpectedly transmigrates into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard, set in the early 1960s. Newly married, he should have been enjoying the easy life of a projectionist, but instead he is plagued by the ugly faces of the courtyard’s “awful” neighbors. Li Feng knows the dramatic chan 4Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 10 After Unifying Siheyuan, You Invade a Parallel World 一统四合院后，你又入侵平行世界 I’d just died suddenly from overwork when I was recruited into the ranks of the immortals and dropped into the full-of-beasts courtyard from the start. My boss’s first beginner assignment was to steal the underwear of Xu Damao, a reborn man, and hang it outside the door of the hypocritical First Master? Me, Gu Ping’an, a burned-out office worker who just wants to lie flat, forced into becoming an outlaw who specializes in low-down tricks! Every beast in the courtyard has a cheat! Xu Damao has re 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Selling My House and Fleeing from the Start 开局就卖房跑路 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 106Reads8.2Score12314d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: I Really Don't Have a System 四合院我真没有系统 Liu Xing's soul enters the body of a rural villager during the famine era after he saves someone. But he has no golden finger, only the technical knowledge in his head and a secret that means he must get to the city. With this knowledge, he helps his family survive the famine. With this knowledge, he makes it to the city and moves into a siheyuan courtyard. With this knowledge, he gets a factory job and becomes a key technical specialist. He marries and has children. With this knowledge, he achi 1.5kReads6.4Score—14d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: Put a Wolf's Face on a Sheep? 四合院：给羊换张狼脸？ Siheyuan: Giving a Sheep a Wolf's Face? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: I Have a Home in the Siheyuan 四合院：我在四合院有个家 Li Jun had just divorced his wife. Heartbroken, he drank alone to drown his sorrows. But when he woke up, he had transmigrated into the body of a man with the same name in the capital, known as Forty-Nine City, in the 1960s. What he hadn't expected was that he now had a beautiful wife and a three-year-old daughter. He could accept all that. After all, he was a soul from a later era, tempered by an explosion of information. What really made his head spin was the parade of familiar names appearing 28.1kReads6.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: Earn Merit, Rise Through the Ranks, and Let Others Do Your Dirty Work 四合院：立功升官，擅长借刀杀人 Turning enemies against each other + planning before acting + a short temper + repeatedly earning extraordinary merit + enjoying life + courtyard life From the start, Silly Zhu wants to give half of the big fish from Zhao Hao’s home to Qin Huairu, then divide the rest among everyone in the courtyard. He cleverly resolves the problem. He has to get back at Silly Zhu, making sure he never finds a wife for the rest of his life. He also makes iron underwear for Xu Damao and teaches him martial arts, 594Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Gets Killed from the Start, and Somehow It's My Fault? 四合院开局傻柱被杀怪我了？ Qin Fen is reborn in the Courtyard Siheyuan and awakens the System of Good Deeds Rewarded. As long as he does good deeds, he can grow stronger. But on the second day after being reborn, he gets caught up in a murder case. Silly Zhu is dead. He beat Qin Fen the day before, then died that very night. Everyone suspects Qin Fen killed him. Qin Fen feels more wronged than Dou E. He finally clears his name, only for the System to send him to a time of war. The blurb can’t do this story justice. Read t 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: The Story She and I Had to Tell 四合院之我与她不得不说的故事 (The rating just came out, so it's a bit low. It'll go up.) He transmigrates to the world of the courtyard and gains a pocket world. He puts the beasts in their place, with no unnecessary drama, just one satisfying story after another. Of course, there'll be a little romance too. 1.1kReads5.5Score10014d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: You Birds Better Watch Out, I'm a Top-Tier College Graduate 四合院，众禽大胆，我乃本科巅峰 A courtyard house in the 1960s. Modern-day Zhang Youren has somehow ended up here. Knowing the plot, he can’t help but laugh! I’m a modern-day top student. How hard can it be to deal with a few old farts? 24Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: I Really Didn't Mean to Steal Her Away 四合院：我真没想截胡 This book features [low angst] + [mostly everyday life] + [a little humor] + [a hint of a System] + [a slow start] + [down with the overpowered hero] … Xia Mo transmigrated three years ago, but only just made it into the courtyard where everyone’s out for themselves. He never intended to steal anyone’s love, but they practically shoved it into his arms. Who could resist? The System is a bit of a weirdo, too. It insists he go begging for food. Fine! If I have to beg, I have to beg. As long as I 754Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: Transmigrating as He Yuzhu, I Buy a House from the Start 四合院：穿越何雨柱，开局买房 He Yuzhu wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become the well-known protagonist, Silly Zhu. But as soon as he opens his eyes, he learns some bad news: his father, He Daqing, has run off to Baicheng with a widow, and has been gone for half a year. His family has suddenly lost its backbone. More importantly, the original He Yuzhu has not yet started working at the future Red Star Steelworks, so the pressures of life and the uncertainty of what lies 18.2kReads5.4Score31814d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: I Got My University Acceptance Letter from the Start 四合院：开局拿到大学录取通知书 After transmigrating to the 1960s, he became He Yushui's twin brother and gained a golden finger called the God-Tier Academic System. His first task was to use the System's advantages to get into university and change both his own fate and that of his brother, He Yuzhu. He was determined to stop Qin Huairu from continuing to rely on and exploit He Yuzhu's kindness and generosity. To achieve this, he would not only have to improve himself, but also help move the times forward and accelerate socia —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: My Mother-in-Law Chose My Happy Life 四合院：丈母娘选我的幸福生活 Lin Yang transmigrates into the frail, sickly character who never existed in the world of the Siheyuan. Orphaned at fifteen, he and his older sister, Lin Yue, have only each other. Fortunately, before transmigrating, he gained a golden finger that healed his body. While out hunting beyond the city, he rescues a girl from drowning by the river. After giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he and the girl walk down the aisle together, setting off a series of stories. 32.5kReads7.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: Five Tiger Sons at Home, Keeping the Vermin in Check 四合院：家有五虎，镇压众禽 The Lin family's five tough guys moved into the courtyard house, and everyone had better behave, or the five Lin brothers wouldn't hold back. With the five Lin brothers around, Jia Zhangshi no longer dared to summon spirits, Yi Zhonghai no longer dared to control the courtyard, and Silly Zhu finally behaved himself. 8.5kReads5.6Score30914d adds
- 24 Awakening the System: Enjoying Life in the Siheyuan 觉醒系统：四合院里享受生活 [Period setting + System + spatial realm + daily life + lighthearted, no angst + watching the dogs fight from the sidelines] Chen Xiaoman, a modern-day loser, transmigrates to the capital in the early 1960s. He lives at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, right next to courtyard No. 97... Chen Xiaoman thought he was doomed to a life of going hungry and wearing threadbare clothes. Unexpectedly, his golden finger arrives: he obtains the Social Elite System. The beginner's gift pack contains all kinds of basic s 24.5kReads6.3Score83514d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Are You Sure You're Their Biological Son? 四合院：傻柱你确定你是亲生的吗 After Chen Yang graduated from college, his father, Chen Chen, took him on a road trip to celebrate. They accidentally collided with a heavy truck and both transmigrated to 1935, the year He Yuzhu was born. After transmigrating, the father, Chen Ming, became the young He Daqing. He knew only the history of the Republic of China and nothing about the plot of Love in the Courtyard. His son, Chen Yang, became a baby and He Yuzhu's twin brother, with full knowledge of the characters' tangled relatio 40Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: Starting by Winning Over Qin, Enjoying Life Among the Beasts 四合院：开局收秦，享受禽兽人生 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.9kReads6.2Score23014d adds
- 27 Hello, My Eleventh Book hello第11本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 20Reads8.1Score114d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: Starting in the Steel Mill Office 四合院：开局轧钢厂办公室 [Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully bound the System.] [Host: Zhou Huaimin] [Age: 25] [Constitution: ...] “Knock, knock, knock...” Someone knocked on the door. A young woman's voice drifted in softly... 978Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: Earning a First-Class Merit Starts with Stealing Qin Huairu 四合院：特等功从截胡秦淮茹开始 [Not a do-gooder] + [Decisive killer] With tensions mounting in the war against the Eagle States, Zhou Weiqiang volunteered for the front lines and became a medic. To his surprise, he proved to be a combat prodigy, earning one extraordinary achievement after another and becoming the only gold-medal Special Combat Hero. Zhou Weiqiang has another identity, too: he stole Qin Huairu away and became her fiancé. It all began when... [Ding! To avoid losing Qin Huairu, the Host decided to fight for her, 3Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 30 The Courtyard Fool's Smuggling Business 四合院傻柱的倒爷生活 After being reborn, Silly Zhu uses the System he brought with him to outsmart the various animals around him. Of course, this story isn’t violent; it has its tender moments, too. Some characters have been adjusted as needed. Given a second life, there’s more to it than trivial everyday affairs: he also takes on a responsibility, eventually leading the Dragon Kingdom to the pinnacle of the world. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Chop Down a Doorframe, Leaving the Whole Courtyard Terrified! 四合院：开局砍门框，全院禽兽吓破胆！ Siheyuan: Chopping Down the Doorframe from the Start, I Scare the Whole Courtyard’s Beasts Out of Their Wits! 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: Don't Mistake Me for Silly Zhu 四合院：别把我当傻柱 Siheyuan: Don’t Take Me for Silly Zhu 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: I Invest in Goddesses and Get Ten Thousandfold Returns 四合院，我投资女神万倍返还 [Wild Ideas]+ [Cashback]+ [A Whole Lot of Heroines]+ [Scheming Big Shot]+ [Invincible] Qin Huairu wants to leech off me? Ha! I only hope she does. I’ve awakened an investment system that gives me ten thousand times my money back. If you don’t leech off me, how am I supposed to get rich? I’m not just going to let Qin Huairu leech off me… What about Qin Jingru, Lou Xiao’e, Liu Lan, Yu Li… Come on over, all of you! You don’t even have to leech off me. I’ll give you money myself! But let’s be clear: 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: I Move Out from the Start, Leaving the Courtyard Animals Stunned 四合院：开局搬走，众禽麻了 Lin Hai, a young man from a later era, transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house. Knowing full well that this menagerie of a compound is no place to stay, he moves out from the start without a moment's hesitation. Yi Zhonghai: “Lin Hai, could you empty the old lady's chamber pot for me…” Jia Zhangshi: “Lin Hai, my family is having money troubles. Could you donate a few dozen yuan…” Qin Huairu: “These steamed buns just came out of the steamer and are still hot. How about letting Banggen 34.9kReads5.4Score95614d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: A Man and a Dog Transmigrate 四合院：一人一狗的穿越 A period-drama courtyard + a man and his dog reborn + a cunning protagonist + suspense + sowing discord until the Yan father and son turn against each other + sending Yi Zhonghai off to the northwest to eat sand. Chen Guoqiang and his big yellow dog are reborn in 1965 at Courtyard No. 96, Nanluoguxiang, where a series of hilarious mishaps unfold. The blurb isn’t doing it justice, so please head straight to the story. 1.2kReads5.5Score—14d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: If You Don't Like It, Fight Me 四合院，不服就干 What would it be like if a street punk transmigrated into the body of a top student? I won’t bother anyone, so don’t bother me either. I just want to live a quiet, peaceful life with my younger siblings! 3.8kReads5.5Score21314d adds
- 37 Life in Siheyuan: Punishing the Wicked 四合院的惩治恶人生活 A modern soul is struck dead by heavenly punishment and sent to a parallel world in a courtyard compound. The heavenly punishment within his soul turns him into a fool, and he grows up to the age of eighteen. By then, the heavenly punishment has completely melted away, becoming his golden finger: a heavenly-punishment pocket dimension. This is the story of his life in the courtyard compound. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Siheyuan: Sign-in System! Hmm, Pretty Powerful! 四合院：签到系统！嗯，很强大！ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: He Daqing Is Pinned Down the Moment He Tries to Run 四合院：何大清刚想跑就被按住了 Spatial cheat, transmigrator He Yuzhu. He gives up cooking to join the civil service, and occasionally takes the initiative to teach the courtyard bullies a lesson! Who says a transmigrator has to move out of the siheyuan? No melodramatic relationship drama! A story true to its era! He Yuzhu, who grows more fruit trees in the courtyard than anyone else online! A book that left the author bewildered because of the readers! 18.1kReads7.4Score59614d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: From the Start as Liu Guangtian, I Beat Liu Guangqi to a Pulp 四合院：刘光天开局，暴打刘光奇 The hapless Liu Guangtian transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. His parents already favor Liu Guangqi, and to make matters worse, Liu Guangqi is a two-faced schemer. Most of the beatings Liu Guangfu and he took as kids were because they got blamed for that bastard Liu Guangqi’s misdeeds. To hell with this! I can’t stand another day of this miserable life! Liu Guangtian grabs his younger brother by the hand. “Guangfu, what are you afraid of? From now on, your big brother will show you a diffe 27kReads7.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 41 Reborn in 1987: I Drove My Wicked Grandma Crazy 重生八七：恶毒奶奶被我活活气疯 In his previous life, Lin Xin left home at eighteen. During his absence, his cruel grandmother relentlessly bullied his family. When he finally returned, hoping to make up for all the time he had missed with them, he discovered that his family was gone. But fate gave him the chance to be reborn, sending him back to one month before he left home, with all his memories of his previous life intact. He was back, and this time he would... 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: The Greatest Divine Doctor Cures Jia Zhangshi from the Start 四合院：最强神医开局治好贾张氏 [No AI used. Feel free to check.] After transmigrating into the courtyard, he becomes an eighty-year-old man. He thought he was already halfway into the grave and wouldn't live much longer, but unexpectedly, he activates the Ultimate Divine Doctor System. He receives the medical inheritance of the legendary doctor Hua Tuo, and the System issues a quest: as long as he cures the courtyard's five beauties, Old Deaf, First Aunt, Second Aunt, Third Aunt, and Jia Zhangshi, he can earn divine medical r 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Starting Out in the Siheyuan: Taking Silly Zhu as My Son 四合院开局收傻柱当儿子 Older novel: My Journey Across the Myriad Worlds Begins in the Siheyuan Luo Cheng transmigrates into the Siheyuan world and gets a Godfather System. Every time he takes a character from the story as his godson or goddaughter, he gets a deluxe reward package. Granny Deaf and Yi Zhonghai scheme to drive He Daqing out of the Siheyuan, planning to win He Yuzhu's gratitude at the lowest possible cost when he's desperate. But Luo Cheng gets there first. “Sha Zhu, be my son.” Liu Haizhong beats his two 52.8kReads7.9Score3.4k14d adds
- 44 The Hard Life in the Siheyuan 四合院艰难生活 A family struggles to get by in four courtyards. In those difficult times, they face scheming from all sides and disaster after disaster, yet somehow manage to live through it all with a measure of happiness. 1kReads5.2Score—14d adds
- 45 A Travelogue of the Ghost Capital in Siheyuan 四合院之地酆都城游记 (Please don't continue reading. I'm sorry, dear readers. This book really wasn't very interesting. Halfway through, I'd already lost my train of thought, and the results weren't great either, so I rushed to the ending. I hope you won't hold it against me.) [Karma Comes Around] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] In 2024, food delivery rider Lin Shishan is passing by the river when he sees a disheartened man standing on a bridge, seemingly about to end his life. Kindhearted by nature, he immediately abando 23Reads—Score114d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: From the Start, the Sign-in System Went on a Crazy Ten-Pull Spree 四合院：开局签到系统疯狂十连抽 Wang Yaowen transmigrates to 1960s Northeast China, into the world of Love in the Courtyard? Not only that, he becomes a rich young man and a top university graduate. Sent out to help build up the medical sector, he arrives in the capital and becomes a factory doctor. He awakens a sign-in System and starts off with ten rapid draws. [Obtained 100 jin of pork.] [Obtained 100 jin of Chinese cabbage.] [Obtained 100 bundles of 100-yuan notes.] [Obtained one body-enhancing pill.] [Obtained one manual —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: I Turn Silly Zhu into the Courtyard's Enforcer 四合院：我把傻柱打造成院里打手 [Siheyuan + farming + daily life + warehouse] Zhou Zhenhua transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became the uncle of Silly Zhu and Yushui! To repay his older sister for raising his original body, he decided to stop the people in the courtyard from leeching off Silly Zhu! Seeing Yushui, who had gone hungry and cold since childhood and was thin as a bean sprout, Zhou Zhenhua vowed to spoil her rotten! See how a modern soul teaches the courtyard's animals a lesson and changes th 11.5kReads7.2Score55614d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: A Street Hustler’s Rise to the Top 四合院：街溜子逆袭人生 Xu Feng transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as a street loafer. He has no job, his parents died young, and he was raised by his grandmother. He also adopted Yue, an orphan from the orphanage. After his grandmother dies, Xu Feng becomes a thorn in the side of the courtyard’s scoundrels. They use every dirty trick they can think of, all determined to drive Xu Feng and Yue out of the courtyard. Grandma Deaf resents Xu Feng’s grandmother for once stealing her thunder. She locks the door to Xu 309Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: A Happy Life That Begins in the Kitchen 四合院：从厨师开始的美满生活 Beijing, 1962. Li Qiang, executive chef at a five-star hotel, has been single for thirty-eight years. His death is absurd: he walks past a farmers' market and gets buried alive under a truckload of cabbages after a landslide. He opens his eyes to find himself reborn as a newly qualified apprentice cook in Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. The plaster is crumbling off the walls, he has 31.5 yuan in his pocket, and the courtyard's First Uncle, full of talk about benevolence and morality, is s 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Siheyuan: Starting with Lou Xiao'e 四合院：从娄小蛾开始 [Mostly everyday life] + [A little edge] + [No over-the-top antics] + [Love in the Courtyard] + [The Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate] Lin Xuan transmigrates into a courtyard house. Orphaned with both parents dead, he is fortunate enough to gain a lottery System and receives god-tier medical skills and a portable dimension. He only wants to keep a low profile and enjoy a modest life, but trouble keeps finding him. He makes a name for himself with his medical skills and protects his family with 1.2kReads—Score11014d adds
