Novels like Siheyuan: From the Start, Qin Huairu Took Me Home
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Siheyuan: From the Start, Qin Huairu Took Me Home, best match first.
- 1 Reborn: I'm Silly Zhu's Second Uncle 重生归来之我是傻柱他二叔 Who is He Daquan? In the past, he lived a carefree life, with two houses in the capital, a virtuous wife, filial children, and several young and beautiful companions. But then, he fell asleep and transmigrated. He had watched the show Love in the Courtyard before. The more he watched, the higher his blood pressure climbed. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: Zhang Dabiao's Eventful Life 四合院：张大彪的精彩生活 By a twist of fate, Zhang Dabiao transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and gained a System space. He became a procurement officer. In an era of severe shortages, he planted wheat, rice, and corn, and raised chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, cattle, and horses. As for the conflicts outside, Zhang Dabiao quietly shut the door and lived his own peaceful life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Happy Life 四合院之何雨柱的幸福生活， [Transmigration + slice of life + one heroine + convenience store + pocket dimension + gourmet food] An explosion sends Chen Yanning, a young man from the 21st century, into the body of Silly Zhu in 1958. With the three years of natural disasters only two months away, let’s see how he uses his golden finger to build a happy life in Love in the Courtyard. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: I Took Out Banggeng from the Start, and Now I'm on a Rampage 四合院：开局废棒梗，我杀疯了 Chen Bo transmigrates to the world of the courtyard houses. From the start, he gets hit with a devastating blow: he's landed in a home with nothing in it. But the strange thing is, Chen Bo's father was a hero who died for his country. How could the family have fallen into such a sorry state? Then he turns around and sees his father's ashes and commemorative plaque lying on the floor. After asking his mother, he learns that Banggeng, that little brat, is responsible. Chen Bo's anger surges. Even 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: A Supply Cooperative That Spans the World in the 1960s 四合院：60年代供销社开遍世界 [Congratulations, Host. Your underling Robert has opened a supply and marketing cooperative in Texas.] [Congratulations, Host. Your Brahmin underling Sharma has opened a supply and marketing cooperative in Calcutta.] [Congratulations, Host. Your underling Ross has opened a supply and marketing cooperative in Moscow, in the Bear Country.] “Holy crap, I’m in the TV series Love in the Courtyard! And it’s the 1960s, too!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: Reborn Amid the Flowers and Willow Lanes 四合院：我在烟花柳巷涅槃重生 Yang Haoran is reborn into the story of Love in the Courtyard in 1961. He lives in Rouge Lane, one of the famous Eight Great Alleys in the capital, where he becomes neighbors with three-and-a-half open-for-business young women. By chance, Yang Haoran awakens a brainwave-control System. From then on, he rises from the ashes and writes a dazzling new chapter in his life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: You Dare Mess with Me? I’ll Make You Pay! 四合院：敢惹我？坑你没商量！ Lin Bei transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and binds to an Invincible System. He marries a beautiful wife from the start, making Silly Zhu and Xu Damao green with envy! Silly Zhu dares to cause trouble at the wedding? I’ll teach you how to behave. Yi Zhonghai wants to use morality to blackmail me? Sorry, I have no morals, so what can you use to blackmail me with! Qin Huairu sees that Lin Bei has money and rice and wants to throw herself at him? Ha, my wife is prettier than you! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Film and TV: Starting from the Siheyuan, Breaking the Heavens 影视：从四合院开始，崩坏诸天 After binding to the Universe Transcendence System, Liu Haizhu's life changed beyond recognition, and he transmigrated to the Myriad Worlds. The beasts of the Siheyuan, the hypocrite Hou Liangping, the moralizing hypocrite Yi Xiaochuan, the power-hungry Song Jiang, the treacherous sinner of China Sima Yi, and many others: with Liu Haizhu's arrival, their lives changed beyond recognition too. Liu Haizhu: I am your nemesis, the calamity of the Myriad Worlds! And it all began in the Hongxing Siheyu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: Survive with a Cute Girl and Take Off 四合院：带萌妹求生，起飞了 Shen Zhong transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he gets a god-tier fishing System. Every day at eight in the morning, Shen Zhong can fish up a different reward. He gets three tries a day. One morning, as Shen Zhong fishes as usual, a notification suddenly sounds: Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a Command Talisman. A Command Talisman? What is that? In twenty years of fishing, he’s never reeled in anything like this. Shen Zhong is completely bewildered. T 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Yuzhu, I Save My Mother from the Start 四合院：重生何雨柱，开局救娘亲 [System Space + Red Alert Base] + [Building a faction from scratch] [Ruler of the Universe] He Yuzhu was driven out of his home by those scum from the Jia family! Left paralyzed and freezing beneath a bridge, he was mauled by wild dogs and died in Xu Damao's arms! Then the System brought him back to when he was nine! None of it had happened yet. From the start, he would save his mother! After that, with his knowledge of the future and the System's support, he would keep moving forward, repaying 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: Reborn as Xu Damao, I’ll Wipe Out Those Birds 四合院，穿成许大茂，整死众禽 After becoming Xu Damao, he must keep up the good work in a courtyard surrounded by beasts! To deal with beasts, you have to be crueler and more beastly than they are! There is no such thing as too beastly, only beastlier. The king of beasts, the black-hearted scoundrel: each one is a match for the next... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: I'm Sending Every Beast to Work the Assembly Line 四合院众禽全部给我打螺丝 Zhonghai feigns virtue, posing as kind and generous, while scheming to secure his retirement in secret. Zhonghai’s club beats his son into shape, but his harsh discipline only drives affection away. Old Yan plays the gracious host while hiding his selfish motives, and his crafty scheming makes him detestable. Silly Zhu is kind and a wonderful cook, yet he’s been fooled until his heart is heavy with worry. Damao is as vicious as a rabid dog, spreading rumors and causing trouble wherever he goes. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated with a Treasure Bowl and Can Do Whatever I Want 四合院：穿越送聚宝盆，为所欲为 Manyuyan, born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in his previous life, inexplicably transmigrates into the world of a period drama set in a Beijing courtyard complex. His consciousness attaches itself to a beggar. By a twist of fate, the director of the Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office takes him under his wing and arranges for him to move into the courtyard, where he stays in the side room of Deaf Granny's home. As soon as he arrives, he awakens the Treasure Bowl System, w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: A Tale of Putting the Birds in Their Place 四合院：虐禽记 A clueless young man arrives in the 1950s and faces a hellish start, but gains a pocket world within a spirit pearl. He overcomes one obstacle after another, and enjoys more children, more blessings... The battles against the courtyard's beasts get even more exciting later on. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 My Leisurely Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之我的悠闲生活 Written for my own amusement, so please don’t flame me if it’s not your thing. It’s an everyday story with a realistic feel, a light touch, and a bit of scheming. One female lead, no romantic ambiguity. There’s a small System, and the protagonist is a highly accomplished modern law student who handles everything by the book. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Reborn, Striking Fear into the Whole Compound! 四合院：傻柱重生，威慑全院！ His few words settled gently in her heart, like a warm current flowing through it. She looked up and met his concerned gaze. A hint of gratitude seemed to well up in her eyes, but she didn't say a word. A warm understanding passed between them in the kitchen. They didn't speak again, instead each lowering their head to focus on the task at hand. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: Driving the Yard's Beasts Crazy, I Reign Supreme 四合院：逼疯众禽兽，我为王 [Siheyuan, feel-good power fantasy, leveling up, putting scumbags in their place] Zhang Dong transmigrates into a siheyuan and takes Yi Zhonghai down from the start! In this siheyuan full of scoundrels, so what if he’s the First Master? Anyone who crosses Zhang Dong is finished! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Tomb Raiding in the Siheyuan: From the Start, I Split the Family and Dig Up the Entire Courtyard 四合院盗墓：开局分家，挖穿全院 “Maybe we should head back first,” Lin Xiao said suddenly, his voice carrying a trace of barely perceptible tension. “Something about this place... just feels wrong.” “We’re not going back,” He Kun replied decisively, fixing his gaze on the stone tablet once more. “There seems to be something hidden here. Maybe what we’re seeing is only the surface. Let’s keep going.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Fleeing Famine to Forty-Nine City 四合院：逃荒到四九城 In the autumn of 1951, floods struck one village after another, submerging entire settlements. Lu Demin, who had transmigrated into this world, resolutely decided to flee the famine and head for the capital, Jiu Si City (Beijing). Thanks to a skill passed down through his family, he earned the admiration of the Military Control Commission's leadership and secured a job, a household registration, and a home. But as he happily moved into his new house, he realized he had arrived in the world of Lo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 In the Age of Fire, I Just Want to Live Forever 人在火红年代，只想活到天荒地老 Transmigrating to the 1950s: Laying Low First, Then Rising to Greatness… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Tries to Guilt-Trip Me? I’ll Knock Him Flying 四合院：易中海道德绑架我？打飞 [Siheyuan + feel-good power fantasy + leveling up + myriad worlds + crossover with film and TV + System] Shen Jianshe transmigrates into a siheyuan and binds himself to a sign-in System. Grain, cooking oil, rice, flour, and money: he can get whatever he wants. Jia Zhangshi comes to extort him? Send her flying! Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him with morality? Send him flying! Silly Zhu picks a fight? Send him flying! No matter who it is, if you cross me, I won't waste words on you. I'll send yo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: The Cooking God Starts Out by Telling Yi Zhonghai He's Finished 四合院：厨神开局易中海你完了 A new book, set in a completely alternate version of the original story, with a different plot... The protagonist gains god-tier cooking skills and becomes the best in the industry. He's also Li Huaide's biological nephew! After arriving at the courtyard house, he wins Liu Haizhong over and takes Silly Zhu, Xu Damao, and the other younger generation as apprentices. He'll take complete control of the courtyard house. Yi Zhonghai will be executed by firing squad, and the deaf old lady will be take 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: Striving for a Better Life 四合院之努力奋斗 A new story is here! Come read my work 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! 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: The Joys of Being Reborn 四合院：重生的快乐生活 Liu Weiguo is reborn into the world of the Siheyuan in 1955. He lives in a side courtyard, right next to the famous and lively Number 95 Courtyard. There’s so much unusual about this place that you could talk about it for three days and three nights without running out of things to say. Having transmigrated here, he has both parents and siblings. No matter what, he’ll enjoy this chance to live another life. 1kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: The First Uncle’s Springtime 四合院：一大爷的春天 Yi Zhonghai, a shrewd old man, was manipulated into becoming the last of his line. Fortunately, the fiery Lou Xiao'e took a liking to him and went into business with him. With Lou Xiao'e's help, Yi Zhonghai weathered the storms of the business world and ultimately became a business magnate. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: What? You're a Household Registration Officer Who Solves Cases? 四合院：什么？你这户籍警要破案 Zhou Xing unexpectedly finds himself in the world of the courtyard houses. As a household registration police officer, Zhou Xing is already busy dealing with all the neighbors’ petty squabbles in the compound. But he has bigger things to take care of, like solving cases! “What? You’re a household registration officer, and you want to solve cases?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Siheyuan: My New Life in a Bygone Era 四合院：我的年代新生 He Yu bound himself to a System and transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, replacing the protagonist Silly Zhu and becoming the new He Yuzhu. In this familiar yet strange era, he faced Yi Zhonghai, the supreme moral authority, Jia Zhangshi, the summoning sorceress, Qin Huairu, the vampiric white lotus, Xu Damao, the lecherous rascal, Liu Haizhong, the ambitious official seeker, and Yan Bugui, the god of scheming. He Yuzhu chose a different path. You want to scheme against me and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: Cao Cao Transmigrates into Silly Zhu 四合院：曹操穿越成傻柱 The Forty-Nine City, in a siheyuan. Cao Cao woke up in bed, with the aroma of chicken soup wafting through the air. Confused, Silly Zhu scratched his head. “Wasn’t I dead? Where am I?” On the day he turned sixty-six, he had collapsed onto his sickbed in Luoyang. But now that he had woken up, he found himself in a strange place. “Host awakened,” a voice suddenly sounded in his mind. “Once it detects that the Host has completely changed his fate, the golden finger will awaken.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: Learning from a Master Chef, He Yuzhu Changes His Fate 四合院：拜师神厨，何雨柱改命 He kept walking, his pace quickening as he silently recited his work tasks, trying to focus on the everyday details. But for some reason, that feeling of unease clung to his back, reminding him of its presence every moment. 121Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: Few Words, No Mercy 四合院：人狠话不多 Xu Weiguo, born into a military family, wakes up in the early days of the new nation. He’s a rough sort, not much for talk, and besides, this is an age when people have plenty of fighting spirit. Who’s going to prattle on like some delicate woman? Just get on with it. 24Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: I Arrived Early 四合院：来早了 The young heir of a powerful family in modern-day Yangcheng was stabbed through the heart from behind. As he stared at the tip of the knife protruding from his chest, Jin Wuming felt a profound malice. The golden lock pendant on his chest flashed with rainbow-colored light. Light? As the glow drew Jin Wuming into a spacetime tunnel, a great leap through time and space began. 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: I'm the Real Silly Zhu! 四合院：我傻柱本柱！ When I woke up, I found I had become He Yuzhu, the man from the courtyard house. I also had a magical vegetable garden, with black soil that made fruits and vegetables grow at incredible speed, and a miraculous spring that never ran dry, no matter how much I used. Standing before the courtyard gate, crowded with chickens and ducks, He Yuzhu curled his lips into a cold smile. It was as if the wheels of history had suddenly begun rolling forward at a faster pace because He Yuzhu had appeared. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: I Am Your Comeuppance 四合院：你的报应就是我 Transmigration + Love in the Courtyard + life-choice System Lin Fan is rewarded with a chance to be reborn after doing good deeds. Who would have thought he'd be reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard? With a second chance at life, Lin Fan is determined to live differently. Watch how he uses the System to build a fortune. 206Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Picked Up Zhou Huimin 四合院：开局捡到周惠敏 [Siheyuan courtyard drama + System + one heroine + not Cao De + a touch of ruthlessness] One day, Li Yi transmigrates into the ethics drama Full of Birds in the Siheyuan Courtyard. He is both troubled and excited: troubled by the difficult neighbors, but excited to escape the grind of modern working life. Fortunately, the System he binds to is powerful. From the start, he not only picks up Zhou Huimin as his wife, but also becomes Li Huaide's illegitimate son. With a job at the police station, h 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: Trying to Outwit Me? Let's See Who Outwits Whom! 四合院：想算计我？看谁算计谁！ [Love in the Courtyard + no saintly protagonist + daily life + pocket dimension + one female lead] Li Mu woke up one day to find he had transmigrated to the 1960s, and into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, no less. Right from the start, Yi Zhonghai took a liking to him and wanted him to become a candidate to support him in his old age. Li Mu: Everyone wants to scheme against me? Let’s see who gets the better of whom! Stop going out of your way to help people, and respect their fate! Let go of —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Begin with Qin Huairu 四合院：开局从秦淮茹开始 Zhang Jianguo transmigrates into the world of the Courtyard and becomes one of its residents. From the start, he also awakens a System. As long as he earns Rage Points, he can exchange them for supplies. See how Zhang Jianguo makes a name for himself in the Courtyard. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: I Really Didn’t Mean to Steal Your Catch 四合院：我真不是有意截胡 After transmigrating into a resident of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, Yan Yu finds himself beset by illness and without a soul to turn to. The other residents are just waiting to divide up his estate and leave his body out in the wilderness. At this desperate moment, Yan Yu cries out, “System, save me!” 248Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 38 Siheyuan: It Starts with Marriage 四合院：从结婚开始 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 742Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: I Marry with the Three Big Ticket Items, and the Vermin Turn Green with Envy 四合院：三转一响娶妻，禽兽酸了 [Courtyard, feel-good power fantasy, leveling up, System, beauties, Hong Kong] Lin Dong transmigrates into the courtyard and binds himself to an Invincible System. From the start, he gets a three-transistor radio, a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a beautiful wife. A loving wife and children at home, steady promotions at work, and more than enough money and grain. Let all the beasts in the courtyard stew with envy. 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: Listen Up, No One’s Allowed to Argue 四合院之我说都听着，不许反驳 In this story, the protagonist, Zhang Tianhao, is a young man who has lived in the United States for eight years. He suddenly discovers that he has transmigrated to a parallel world much like our own. This world is full of elements both familiar and strange, and Zhang Tianhao must adapt to his new surroundings. He discovers that he possesses a mysterious space where he can store all kinds of items, making him quite unlike anyone else in this era. Zhang Tianhao's family lives in a courtyard house —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: I Publish the Beasts’ Scandals in the Newspaper 四合院：我把禽兽新闻，刊登报纸 A miserable wage slave in the 21st century, known by netizens as a 007 worker. After working long hours, he lost focus, missed a step on the stairs, and fell. When he woke up again, everything around him had changed. Mud-brick walls, a wooden ceiling, a creaking bed, and old furniture. Everything told him that he had transmigrated. These beasts think they can bully people? As an all-knowing, all-powerful transmigrator, he'll expose everything that's going on here! Before long, every secret about 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Siheyuan Village Chief Has a Time Portal! 四合院，村长有个时空门！ Village chief Zhu Shangtian accidentally activated a space-time portal to the 1960s... From then on, Zhu Shangtian really did become “Pig Soaring to Heaven.” He used the portal to open factories and start businesses, while also taking the time to discuss life with beautiful women from another space-time. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: I Snatch Qin Huairu While She's Young and Reach the Peak of Life 四合院：截少女秦淮如，人生巅峰 [Courtyard setting, feel-good power fantasy, System, stealing the girl away, punishing beasts, intense and ruthless] Zhang Fan transmigrates into the courtyard and binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Fishing System. From the start, he snatches Qin Huairu away while she's still a young woman. What a sweet, soft beauty! Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip Zhang Fan into supporting him in his old age? Dream on! Jia Dongxu and Silly Zhu have their eyes on Qin Huairu? Zhang Fan steps in! Just wait and see 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: My Name Is Xu Damao, and I’m Unstoppable 四合院：姓许名大茂，我无限嚣张 Xu Damao transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Thinking back on his previous life, all those scoundrels had banded together and treated him like an outsider. Every time he thought about it, all he could do was sneer. Those scoundrels have no sense of right and wrong, and they ostracized me too? Now that I’m reborn, I’ll make sure to prepare in advance. He Yuzhu is a good guy? Just wait for his downfall! Yi Zhonghai twists the truth? Just wait until he gets a taste of his own med 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: The Vengeful Soldier King 四合院之复仇兵王 Warrior King Su Chen returns to the siheyuan to take revenge on the villains Yi Zhonghai, Deaf Granny, Aunt Jia, and others. The path to revenge is full of obstacles, and the siheyuan hides secrets. Can Su Chen break through the darkness? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: I Nearly Became a Vegetable 四合院差点植物人 I arrived at the courtyard house and woke up to find myself there, receiving the memories. Hey, it's only 1957. I'll move out of the courtyard house and begin the wonderful life of Li Nianyi and his wife's family. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I’ll Take Revenge on All Those Beasts 四合院：重生傻柱，复仇众禽兽 The winter wind slashed through the courtyard like a knife. He Yuzhu, an old man who had devoted most of his life to this tiny world, stood all alone outside his home. His weather-beaten frame hunched slightly. His threadbare padded coat shivered in the wind, his graying hair lay in disarray, and his deeply wrinkled face was etched with pain and despair. He Yuzhu stared at the familiar yet strange figure inside. His lips trembled, his voice carrying one last desperate plea. “Jia Geng, I'm your s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: If You Won’t Back Down, Then Let’s Fight 四合院：不服就是干 Hou Cao arrives at the courtyard. Faced with a yard full of beasts, he’s ready to fight anyone who dares defy him. He rises step by step from the courtyard until he becomes a big shot in his own right. In the end, he returns from a life of seclusion, reminisces about the courtyard’s past, and sighs as he leans on his cane. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: The Street Hustler Who Goes Barefoot! 四合院：第一赤脚街溜子！ Somehow, Ye Zhongguo ended up inside the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, transformed into an ordinary resident of the siheyuan. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on him and gave him a portable pocket dimension. He knows medicine and is highly skilled, able to pull people back from the brink of illness with the miraculous skill of Hua Tuo returned to the world. In these times, all he wants is to marry a pretty wife and live a quiet, peaceful life. But the people in this siheyuan just won't give him a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Siheyuan: One Move from the Start, and the Old Man Spends Money on Me 四合院：开局一招让老头为我花钱 [Siheyuan] [Film and TV Crossover] [Travel Between Worlds] [System] [Tycoon] [Multiple Heroines] The protagonist, Wang Feng, is a rather frail college student who accidentally transmigrates to the world of Siheyuan. The problem is, Wang Feng didn't die unexpectedly, and both his parents are still alive in the real world. Luckily, the System arrived in time. At first, Wang Feng thought he'd only gotten a System that could read people's minds. But as it slowly leveled up, he discovered it was much 43Reads—Score—14d adds
