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- 51 Silly Zhu Reborn: I Take Everyone Down! 傻柱重生：创翻所有人！ [Reborn + The Cursed Courtyard + Original single heroine] After He Yuzhu died a tragic death, he was reborn at the time when He Daqing ran off with the White Widow. He took the opportunity to send He Yushui to He Daqing, then returned to the courtyard to fight it out with a pack of beasts! Moral sage Yi Zhonghai? I’ll knock out one of your teeth first! Summoning master Jia Zhangshi? I’ll beat you whether you’re a man or a woman! Greedy old deaf woman? Want someone to care for you in your old age 3.1kReads7.1Score10114d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: Keep Those Scoundrels Away, I'm No Silly Zhu 四合院之禽兽靠边站，我不是傻柱 A sleazy modern middle-aged man, He Dazhu, transmigrates into the body of Silly Zhu. Watch a different version of the protagonist of the Siheyuan story, ‘He Yuzhu,’ laugh at the courtyard’s riffraff and lead his younger sister and wives to a happy life. With a spirit-spring space to stockpile supplies, he masters e 2.4kReads6.6Score10514d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: It All Began When I Had Old Mrs. Deaf Executed 四合院从枪毙聋老太太开始 Cai Liugen has made a real success of his life, finally catching the attention of the Retirement Brigade. Yi Zhonghai invokes respect for the elderly and helping those in need as reasons to get him to spend more time with the deaf old lady in the back courtyard and the Jia family! 9kReads8.0Score24214d adds
- 54 He Yuzhu After Waking from a Dream 梦醒后的何雨柱 I’ve read too many fan novels based on Love in the Courtyard. A lot of them don’t seem to have anything to say, and feel like they’re just a way for their authors to vent their inner darkness. So I wanted to write a story of my own. There’s no System, and no womanizing protagonist. It’s mostly about an ordinary life. I thought about this book for a long time before deciding to write it. I hope those who enjoy it will show their support, 2.9kReads6.8Score10114d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: I’m Silly Zhu’s Uncle, and I’m Marrying Qin Huairu 四合院：我傻柱舅舅，娶妻秦淮茹 The summer of 1951 was swelteringly hot. But He Yuzhu’s heart was cold. His father had abandoned him, leaving him and his little sister, He Yushui, to go hungry and fend for themselves. Yet that year was also a warm one, because Li Zili arrived: He Yuzhu’s uncle. Li Zili was also a military officer transferred to civilian work. He worked for the Military Control Commission and married Qin Huairu, making her Silly Zhu’s aunt by marriage. With family by his side at last, will He Yuzhu find a d 1.7kReads5.5Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: My Grassland, My Horse 四合院之我的草原我的马 Yang Kai is a Chinese restaurant chef who has crossed oceans to settle abroad. Every day, he rides a fine steed across the vast Hulunbuir grasslands. As the saying goes, this is my grassland and my horse, and I can do tricks whenever I please... Life is blissfully carefree, until a shooting sparked by a rivalry over a woman sends him transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard in the 1960s. Watch him make a name for himself in this era... 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: Reborn as the Greatest Silly Zhu 四合院：重生之最牛傻柱 After being reborn with his memories intact, Silly Zhu refuses to let anyone control him. So what if He Daqing left? So what if the First Master withheld his money? I, He Yuzhu, have a whole set of culinary skills. I’ll start making money by running a street stall. Exceptional cooking skills and memories of the future. From street stalls to opening a restaurant to catering banquets, life is thriving. The petty schemes in the courtyard, and taking care of people in their old age and seeing them o 8.9kReads6.5Score27314d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: My Little Patch of Land 四合院：我的一亩三分地 [No System] [Pocket Dimension] [Multiple Worlds Combined] He Yuxian, a decent young man, unexpectedly arrives in the 1950s. When he discovers this is the world of Birds Fill the Courtyard, he wants nothing to do with it at first. This is an era so miserable you could piss blood. Not even a dog would come here. But once he truly settles into this world, He Yuxian discovers that his neighbors in the courtyard aren't nearly as awful as people online made them out to be. Life is hard, sure, but 1.4kReads6.4Score10114d adds
- 59 The Big Trouble-Maker of Siheyuan 四合院之大顽主 In old Beijing slang, a “wan zhu” is someone who doesn’t do proper work. For a wan zhu, the most important thing is to treat having fun as a serious business and find all kinds of ways to enjoy it, while applying themselves wholeheartedly. In the past, children from relatively well-off families often fit the description: they didn’t do proper work. Looking around, Qi Mingfei’s heart sank! It was already November, yet he and his younger sister were still living in a dilapidated woodshed with no w 188Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: The Fat Livestock, Second Uncle 四合院：胖牲畜二大爷 Since I've taken over Second Master's body and there's not a decent person in this courtyard, it won't hurt if I act like a beast too, right? Lili, Shushui, Ruru, Ezi... who else? Damn, I forgot. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 1960: I'm a Miracle Doctor in the Siheyuan 1960：我在四合院当神医 In the winter of 1960, Li Chengfeng transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes the nephew of one of its residents. Invited by his second uncle to the capital, Sijiu City, he discovers that his uncle has been bullied right in his own home. Li Chengfeng strikes back. First, he kicks the old Jia family out of his uncle's home and makes them pay their back rent. Then he joins the steel rolling mill... While all the beasts are still plotting how to target Li Chengfeng, he has a 6.9kReads6.6Score14814d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: Every Day Brings New Fun 四合院：乐子天天有 Duke Zhuang of Zheng defeated his younger brother Duan at Yan. The heroine is Qin Huairu, a woman who takes matters into her own hands. There is no System, no toilet humor, and Jia Dongxu never ends up on the wall. No saving trash collectibles like stamps and antiques for the son, either. The beginning of Volume Two has a few rather complex chapters that might take some brainpower... 6Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Happy Life 四合院：何雨柱的幸福人生 [Courtyard compound + everyday life + one female lead + mild conflict] One day, he transmigrated into a courtyard compound and became He Yuzhu. From the start, good fortune came knocking: “Zhuzi, do you want a wife?” How could no one want such a kind and gentle woman? He'd better hurry up and marry her so he could dote on her himself... 1.1kReads6.4Score—14d adds
- 64 My Family's Supermarket Connects to the Siheyuan 我家超市通四合院 In November 1951, He Daqing abandoned his children and eloped with a widow, leaving behind two frightened siblings. While honoring their late mother, Sha Zhu and his sister unexpectedly transmigrate to a modern supermarket. The supermarket owner, Liu Ruyun, looks remarkably like their deceased mother. With her help, He Yuzhu and He Yushui find themselves on different paths in life. The sinister schemers of the courtyard fall apart: the deaf old lady who pretends to be hard of hearing and Yi Zhon 6Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: Good Grief! I've Become the Compound's Beloved 四合院：夭寿啦！我成了大院团宠 [A Twist on the Usual + Comedy + A Brand-New Siheyuan Story You’ve Never Seen Before] Li Jianguo transmigrates to the 1960s and activates the Snatching System from the start. Thanks to his silver tongue and almost unnervingly kind nature, he soon becomes the whole compound’s favorite! Yi Zhonghai: “Jianguo, I know you’re having a hard time. I’ll call a whole-compound meeting tonight to raise money for you!” Jia Zhangshi: “I just made these shoes, and they fit like a dream. Jianguo, don’t be shy, 1Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: Iron Monkey Li Kong 四合院：铁猴子李空 After Li Kong devoured the soul of Yan Kong from the movie Iron Monkey, he inherited all of Yan Kong's martial arts. He became Qi Tongwei's patron, Gao Yuliang's close friend, the Little Bastard's big brother, and the one Feng Kuozi feared most, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Yan Jiecheng's Cheat-Code Life in the Siheyuan 四合院阎解成的开挂人生 I woke up as Yan Jiecheng from Love in the Courtyard, the shrewd eldest son of Third Uncle Yan Bugui. It was 1958. The courtyard seemed calm on the surface, but beneath it, currents were already stirring. The shadow of famine had yet to fall over this capital, and I planned to use my foreknowledge to change everyone's fate: save Jia Dongxu, give Silly Zhu some guidance, and talk sense into Xu Damao... Yet I soon discovered that this world seemed to have a stubborn power that corrected itself. G 501Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: I'm Serious About Putting Those Beasts in Their Place 四合院：整治禽兽我是认真的 High intelligence, a moderate edge, taking the initiative, never letting anyone take advantage, and no poop-and-pee talismans Zhao Ziyu transmigrates into the world of The Birds Flock to the Siheyuan after rescuing someone from a reservoir, and awakens a System space. Since he’s here, he might as well make the best of it. But he never expected to transmigrate into the body of a pathetic loser who was bullied to death. I’ve transmigrated, so how could I let those animals keep bullying me? A sati 1.5kReads7.3Score10814d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: Zhuzhu's New Life 四合院：柱子的新生活 A young man transmigrates into the 1960s and becomes a chef at a steel mill. The tragic past will not repeat itself. As the tides of the era surge around him, a new-generation culinary genius will make a brilliant life of his own. My new work is out! Head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. 7.6kReads8.0Score21714d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: Starting in 1951 四合院：从1951开始 Li Qingshan is born into the 1930s, carrying with him the ancestral jade pendant from his previous life. Unexpectedly, his golden finger doesn’t react, so he lives cautiously for more than ten years. It isn’t until the founding of New China that Li Qingshan and his family enter the capital and move into the legendary “Courtyard Full of Beasts.” When he enters the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, his golden finger finally stirs. That year, there are no courtyard committee elders yet; He Daqing 163Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: My Phone Opens Up a Different Kind of Life 四合院：手机开启别样人生 He Dazhu, an unremarkable young man in the 21st century, hits one dead end after another in his job search. After getting drunk and passing out in despair, he wakes up transmigrated into the body of “Silly Zhu” in the world of Love in the Courtyard. His father ran away, his mother died young, his sister is still a child, and he's out of work. Fortunately, he hasn't yet become Qin Huairu's devoted doormat. And luckily, he's only Yi Zhonghai's insignificant backup choice. See how He Dazhu takes th 937Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: Back from the Battlefield, He Leaves the Beasts Reeling 四合院：战场调回，禽兽被整麻了 After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, he fought on the front lines through the 1960s and earned glory upon glory. When the System binds to him, Ye Heng decides to request a transfer from the battlefield. From then on, he relies on the Case-Solving Reward System to punish wrongdoers in the capital and keep the peace. On his first day as a deputy section chief at the Public Security Bureau, he starts by reforming Courtyard No. 95. The moment he gets home, the scoundrels start commit 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: You Were Told to Be a Good Person, So Why Are You Acting Like a Beast? 四合院：让你当好人，你做禽兽？ After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, he learns from experience that everyone here is a character. Fortunately, he has a System, so there’s no need to be afraid. Anyone who dares to bully him will get a hundredfold payback within days. That’s just how he does things. 90Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: Getting Xu Damao to Help Raise the Kids 四合院：让许大茂帮忙养孩子 No System, no space, and no cheat abilities. He transmigrated into a courtyard house and became a young man whose father had run off and whose little sister was still a child. Apart from two rooms in the back courtyard, totaling about forty square meters, he had practically nothing... By comparison, He Yuzhu was already quite satisfied. At least he had a home, and now he worked as a chef at the steel mill, earning 37.8 yuan a month. He could just about get by raising his thirteen-year-old sister 398Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: I'm Yan Jiecheng, and I Love Watching the Action 四合院：我阎解成就爱瞧热闹 Transmigrated into 1958. Whether No. 95, Nanluoguxiang, in the capital's old city is a mess is up to me, Yan Jiecheng! The story of Yan Jiecheng, the Yan with the loud mouth. Yan the capable? Yan the capable! 1.7kReads6.6Score10614d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Won’t Shoulder the Burden Alone 四合院：我何雨柱才不负重前行 He Yuzhu transmigrates into Silly Zhu: “There’s no such thing as moral blackmail, only people with thicker skins. Why should I shoulder the burden while you get to enjoy peaceful days?” He decides to do the opposite of what everyone expects: shamelessly mooch off them every day until Qin Huairu ducks away whenever she sees him. In short, take their path and leave them nowhere to go. 516Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 77 Siheyuan: Unleashing My Edge 四合院之锋芒毕露 New Book 1959: Silly Gen No gross-out humor, no super-advanced technology, and no demons or monsters. Just the everyday growth of ordinary people in peaceful times. Come experience a different kind of story set in a bygone era. We hope you enjoy it. 5.4kReads8.2Score24114d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: A Miracle of Filial Piety, With Granaries Full of Grain and Meat 四合院：孝出奇迹，粮肉满仓 With a nephew standing at his door, a man can hardly be called the last of his line. Yi Ping'an wakes to find his soul transmigrated into the body of Yi Zhonghai's nephew, who had only just passed away. He gains the Filial Piety Brings Miracles System: honoring his elders earns him generous rewards. He also gets a portable space spanning ten thousand square meters. 5Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 79 He Yuzhu, the Moral Paragon: A Young Man Who Wins People Over with Reason 道德楷模何雨柱，以理服人好青年 As the 2008 Olympics approach, elderly He Yuzhu, under Bang Geng’s persuasion, is about to transfer the three rooms in the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang to him. Bang Geng thinks his scheme has succeeded. But he never expected that He Yuzhu, transmigrated from Blue Star, would take over the old He Yuzhu’s body. With the help of the Old Six System, he successfully foils the schemes of Bang Geng and Qin Huairu, and makes their lives worse than death. With the Old Six System’s help, He Yuzhu, th 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: I'm the Golden-Tier Publicist 四合院之我是金牌宣传员 Yang Chong is demobilized and returns to the capital, where he moves into the Red Star courtyard compound and takes a job in the publicity department at the Red Star Steel Mill. He obtains the Golden Pen System, which rewards him with readers' emotion points whenever he publishes an article. He can exchange those points for items in the System's store. After his first radio script is broadcast, he can't stop writing. The Courtyard's Funny Stories series is a huge hit as soon as it's published in 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take on the First Uncle 四合院开局硬怼一大爷 My latest work is here! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 283Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Those Years Watching Lovers Flirt and Quarrel in the Siheyuan 在四合院看人打情骂俏的那些年 The heroine is Yi Zhonghai’s daughter. That’s all there is to it. Life is unpredictable, and the intestines wrap around themselves. The heroine is definitely Yi Zhonghai’s biological daughter. She’s also the First Aunt’s child. Read it and you’ll understand. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 From High School Graduation to Starting Work at the Meat Processing Plant 开局高中毕业，从入职肉联厂开始 An ordinary young man from the 21st century, Sun Yunhao watches the TV drama Love in the Courtyard at a friend's urging. At first, it seems fine. But Sun Yunhao never expects it to become so beastly later on. In a fit of anger, he smashes his computer screen, gets electrocuted, and ends up in 1955. This book is also titled Woke Up to Find Myself in the 1960s and Love in the Courtyard: A Warm and Loving Family. 7kReads6.0Score17214d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, My Wife Is Stolen from the Start 四合院：重生傻柱，开局媳妇被抢 He Yuzhu is reborn in 1951, only to have the woman he is on a blind date with stolen by someone else! Just then, his System activates. He focuses on building his career and becomes the most successful person in the courtyard! Qin Huairu: Silly Zhu, I want to be your woman. I don't even need you to make it official! Yi Zhonghai: Zhuzi, I've always known you'd do great things! How about becoming my godson? Bang Geng: Uncle Zhu, can you be my dad? Having lived another life, He Yuzhu sees right 3.6kReads6.6Score12614d adds
- 85 Transmigrating to One Month Before Jia Dongxu's Death 穿越到贾东旭死前一个月 A new plot, a new story. A middle-aged man from the twenty-first century transmigrates into a courtyard house. See how he survives among a bunch of rotten people, then goes on to make a good life for himself. 28.3kReads6.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 86 Siheyuan: The Dawn He Yuzhu Brings 四合院之何雨柱带来的曙光 Any resemblance is purely coincidental! A story about Silly Zhu... Watch how He Yuzhu makes a name for himself! This novel has nothing to do with its title... and it's not the least bit pathetic! If you like it, give it a read. If you don't, give it another read. And if you still don't like it, read it one more time... 7.5kReads6.4Score23914d adds
- 87 The Cursed Town 被诅咒了的小镇 The Cursed Town 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: Transmigrators Gather Under One Roof 四合院：穿越者欢聚一堂 Director Wang of Nanluoguxiang has always been proud of the excellent courtyard compound in her jurisdiction. That is, until one day, when she learned the truth. Listening to the Moral Heavenly Venerable's endless boasting, Jia Zhangshi's wailing and spirit-calling, Qin Huairu's coquettish antics, the undefeated God of War Silly Zhu, and the scheming abacus man and power-hungry official fanning the flames, she couldn't help but fall into deep thought... Years later, when she returned to the old 8.2kReads5.9Score26214d adds
- 89 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, From Cook to Tycoon 四合院：重生傻柱，从厨子到首富 [Siheyuan] + [Silly Zhu] + [Urban Daily Life] + [He Yuzhu] + [Period] Twenty-first-century young chef He Zhu gets incredibly lucky on his way home from work, then transmigrates straight into a Siheyuan, becoming Silly Zhu, the courtyard’s undefeated champion. He also gains top-tier chef skills and a farm! Surrounded by a courtyard full of beasts, let’s see how He Yuzhu puts them in their place and starts his life as a master chef at the steelworks. Early one morning in 1961, a middle-aged woman’ 704Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 90 Siheyuan: Returning from Wudang Mountain 四合院：从武当山归来 Transmigrating as Wang Ye, a Taoist priest from Wudang Mountain, he masters martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine from childhood. After descending the mountain, he becomes a factory doctor and moves into a courtyard full of villains. From then on, he toys with the courtyard's troublemakers, thrives in love, and climbs the career ladder. Life couldn't be better! 632Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The System Told You to Do Good Deeds, and You Stole Qin Huairu's Man? 系统让你做好事，你截胡秦淮茹？ [Low on angst]+ [Lighthearted and hilarious] Luo Fan transmigrates into a courtyard compound and gets the Benevolence System. As long as he does good deeds every day, he earns rewards! Everyone in this compound is a beast, and you expect me to do good deeds? I already had to swallow my pride before I transmigrated, and now the System expects me to keep swallowing it? Then what was the point of transmigrating? From the start, Jia Dongxu is on a blind date with Qin Huairu, and Luo Fan swoops in to 26Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: I Became Liu Guangtian 四合院：我成了刘光天 Just writing this for fun. Updates may not be regular, and it may not be completed. The timeline in the story follows what the author writes. I'm a laid-back author. There won't be many scenes set in the courtyard, for the most part. I don't want to write about tormenting the birds. The protagonist leaves the courtyard not long after the story begins. I want to write about striving through a particular era. 7.9kReads7.6Score23814d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: Starting in 1952 四合院之从52年开始 A discharged soldier from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Li Qiang, a veteran who has just returned from the Korean War after being transferred to civilian life. Back in the courtyard, he lives an ordinary yet happy life with his older brother and sister-in-law's family. A different courtyard, a different story. 2.6kReads8.0Score11414d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: Is the Yan Family's Third Son Really a Genius? 四合院：阎家老三难道真是天才？ (No talismans + Staying on Earth + No pills + No heroine?) Yan Jekuang transmigrates and gets lucky enough to inherit the legacy of an ancient pre-Qin cultivator. (No talismans, no pills.) He hopes to make a name for himself, but reality is cruel. It takes him only ten years to go from child prodigy to fallen genius. Feeling the pocket dimension in his mind and the Wood Spirit Art cultivation method, Yan Jekuang falls silent. Cultivation is so difficult in this age of spiritual decline. Yet 3.3kReads7.1Score10114d adds
- 95 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Pointed a Gun at Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局用枪指着贾东旭 Not too much hostility + Undermining Others + Scheming. There are two letters of forgiveness! Don't read if you dislike that! Yang Chu was an ordinary office worker in 2025. One day, he happened to overhear his colleagues talking about Love in the Courtyard. Curious, he watched the TV series too, and thought Silly Zhu was a good guy who hadn't done anything wrong. But after reading a few fanfics, he realized Silly Zhu was a huge sucker, and felt that he had been treated unfairly. Just as Yang Ch 4.5kReads7.5Score13114d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: Who Says Everyone in the He Family Likes Widows? 四合院：谁说老何家都喜欢寡妇 He Eryang was He Yuzhu’s uncle. After returning from the Korean Peninsula battlefield, the first thing he did was stand up for He Yuzhu. He put Jia Zhang under control and dealt with Yi Zhonghai. Although they brought He Daqing back, He Daqing left Xiao Bai and found himself another woman, Xiao Zhou. He left He Yuzhu and He Yushui in He Eryang’s care. To keep He Yuzhu from repeating his old mistakes, he found him a wife and arranged a speedy marriage. 8.3kReads7.3Score41114d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: Watching from the Sidelines 四合院之冷眼旁观 I'm new to this, just writing for fun. There's a fair bit of hostility, so if you don't like it, don't flame me. I want to write the courtyard story I've always imagined, transmigrating into Silly Zhu in 1951, before anything has even begun. What can you do to me? Just watch what happens to you all! 14.3kReads7.4Score45214d adds
- 98 Transmigrating to 1960: From the Start, I Can Eat Meat Whenever I Want 穿进1960开局吃肉自由 A sulky, flirtatious post-90s guy stumbles into the world of the Siheyuan in a daze. There’s negativity and positivity, confusion and touching moments. Savor life’s many flavors, its bitterness and sweetness, and face it all with courage. As the saying goes: Every day is a day, no matter how you live it, so why be unhappy? Be happy and enjoy every day! 238Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 99 The Legend of Xiao the Carpenter 肖木匠传说 The Legend of Carpenter Xiao 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: Leeching Off the Number One Elder from the Start 四合院：开局啃老一大爷 Li Anye's soul transmigrates to a rural village in the 1960s. After graduating from technical secondary school, he is assigned to the Red Star Steel Mill, where he discovers that Yi Zhonghai is actually his long-lost great-uncle by marriage. With Li Anye around, Jia Dongxu and Silly Zhu will have to take a back seat. 1kReads5.1Score—14d adds
