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- 1 I Transmigrated Into Siheyuan, and Xu Damao Awakened a System on His Wedding Night 穿越四合院，许大茂新婚觉醒系统 After transmigrating as Xu Damao, I awaken a System on my wedding night. Xu Damao swears. “Damn it, everyone else who transmigrates into the Courtyard House starts by sticking their head in a noose, but I’ve got my marriage certificate and I’m reporting for duty tonight. I’ll cherish my wife and make this a perfect wedding night.” 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Turns His Life Around with a Spirit Spring 四合院：许大茂携灵泉逆袭 In 2025, construction foreman Xu Mao has an unexpected encounter with a honey trap and ends up in the world of Love in the Courtyard in the 1960s, becoming Xu Damao just as Lou Xiao'e is being publicly criticized! Things go disastrously from the start: the whole courtyard is against him, his reputation is in tatters, and he has personally pushed his wife toward ruin. At this critical moment, he unexpectedly awakens a spiritual spring dimension! Inside, the spring can temper his body and strength 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Xu Damao and Got Into Trouble Again 四合院：穿越许大茂又捅篓子了 Xu Damao transmigrates, activates the System, and enjoys a happy life. The First Master wants to guilt-trip me? I’ll start by poaching the person who was supposed to care for you in your old age. The Second Master wants to throw his weight around? I’ll send you away early to pick up soap. The Third Master wants to take advantage of me? Let’s see who ends up taking advantage of whom. What’s our idea of fun? Stirring up trouble, stirring up trouble, stirring up trouble! What’s our motto? Finding f 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: Sharp-Tongued Xu Damao Trades Schemes for True Love 四合院：毒舌许大茂，算计换真心 [Period Setting + Face-Slapping + Self-Interest + Farming + One Heroine + Mild Edginess] After waking from a nap, a corporate drone finds he's transmigrated into the famous "most-hated man in the courtyard," Xu Damao! From the start, Jia Zhangshi smears his name, Silly Zhu throws punches, and Qin Huairu tries to guilt-trip him? [Ding! Emotion Value System successfully bound!] As long as he provokes strong emotions in onlookers, whether laughter, anger, or admiration, he can collect "emotion valu 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: From the Start, Xu Damao Exposes the Birds for What They Are 四合院：许大茂开局让众禽现原形 After a miserable transmigration, he became Xu Damao, the Siheyuan's number-one villain. He was racking his brains trying to redeem himself and turn his life around when he suddenly discovered he could hear everyone's thoughts! [Yi Zhonghai (hypocrite): Silly Zhu has to support me in my old age, and Qin Huairu has to help out too. Otherwise, what happens to my image as a paragon of virtue?] [Qin Huairu (false innocent): Silly Zhu's wages are mine, and so is the cornmeal. Nobody gets to take them 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is Reborn at 18 and Goes to College 四合院：许大茂重生18岁上大学 In 2025, 88-year-old Xu Damao finishes dinner at the courtyard house at No. 95, XX Alley, Nanluoguxiang. Looking at old photographs from the past, he falls asleep. When he wakes up, he finds himself back in the summer of 1955... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: The Remarkable Life of Xu Damao, an Old Rogue 四合院，老混子许大茂的精彩人生 Xu Damao, a modern-day man from Daxu Village on the outskirts of Beijing, happens to visit the capital and unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Xu Damao from the fan fiction Love in the Courtyard. A well-read fan of web novels, he discovers that he has become the sworn enemy of Silly Zhu, the only good person in the courtyard! The entire courtyard is against him! To survive there, and to save this silly young man while breaking the retirement-minded clique's control over the courtyard, Xu 14.1kReads8.0Score94214d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: From Beijing to Hong Kong, Living It Up 四合院：从京城到香港浪的飞起 "Entirely handwritten"+ "No AI"+ "Plenty of supplies"+ "Don't read this if you want a story about scraping by on bran and vegetables"+ "Don't read this if you have a strict moral code"+ "Don't read this if you dislike Qin Huairu" Modern-day wage slave Xu Yusheng transmigrates to 1965 and becomes Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. He thought things were off to a terrible start, but soon realized that nobody else could match the fun Xu Damao had. 2.5kReads6.8Score10814d adds
- 9 From the Start, Da Mao Was Targeted, and a Drugged-Up Old Deaf Granny Was Sent Away 开局大茂被针对，下药送走聋老太 In his previous life, Xu Damao transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan after a clichéd attempt to save someone. From the start, at the courtyard's general meeting, Yi Zhonghai targets him. His uncle might put up with it, but his aunt sure won't. Taking a carefree attitude toward life, Xu Damao angrily tears into the whole pack of beasts, turns the tables, and demands to switch houses with Deaf Granny, as well as extorting 1,000 yuan from her. But during the deal, he realizes how deeply thes 2.4kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: I Reincarnate as Xu Damao, and Ezi Couldn't Be Happier 四合院：魂穿许大茂，娥子乐坏了 945Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: I Became Xu Damao and Chose to Head South 四合院：成为许大茂，我选择南下 [Heading South to Hong Kong + Business + Tycoon + Intelligence System] When modern young man Wang Lei wakes up, he has transmigrated into 1962 and become Xu Damao, the scheming, universally disliked man from the courtyard! Faced with an era of scarce supplies and complicated relationships, he doesn't despair, because an unbelievably powerful intelligence System has bound itself to him! Two top-secret tips arrive each day, guiding him to wealth and pointing him toward the land of opportunity: Hon 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Xu Damao of the Siheyuan Is a Bit of a Jerk 四合院许大茂有点贱 Any similarities to other stories are purely coincidental. Brain storage area. There is a pocket dimension. (Siheyuan courtyard life, everyday happenings, family matters, no chance of ending up without descendants, respecting everyone else's fate, starting a business later on) Synopsis: A modern-day wage slave, fresh out of college, accidentally transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan courtyard and takes over Xu Damao's body. He's entrusted with a major responsibility from the start. If you 742Reads—Score10514d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Xu Damao, and He Won’t Be Wearing a Green Hat 四合院：穿越许大茂，大茂不戴帽 The moment Xu Damao opened his eyes, he had become the newlywed antagonist from Love in the Courtyard. The pounding headache from his hangover and the unfamiliar memories made him realize he had transmigrated. Worse still, he found himself facing Silly Zhu’s fists, while the neighbors jeered nonstop. “Ding! Detected He Yuzhu’s anger: +20 points!” “Ding! Detected Yan Bugui’s contempt: +15 points!” “Ding! Detected Jia Zhangshi’s gloating: +10 points!” Xu Damao endured the pain and stared at the ex 3.2kReads—Score15114d adds
- 14 The Self-Cultivation of Xu Damao in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的自我修养 This story isn't full of anger and conflict. It's all about everyday family life, a relaxed farming story. If you're looking for nonstop killing, please don't click in, or you'll be disappointed! 359Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Awakens a System and Face-Slaps All the Beasts 四合院：许大茂觉醒系统打脸众禽 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Happy Life 四合院：许大茂的美满人生 ^^ You can transmigrate and be reborn after blowing yourself up? Sheng Hao, a post-apocalyptic ability user, transmigrates into the middle of a courtroom scene in a courtyard? Heh. You’d all better watch this Silly Zhu, if you want to fawn over a widow, that’s your business. But if you mess with me, Xu Damao, I’ll send you away for good! ~~Lou Xiao'e, you want a divorce? Fine, I’ll give you one. Let’s see how well you fare, daughter of a capitalist. Doesn’t the old-age support clique all say 447Reads6.0Score11314d adds
- 17 I, Xu Damao, Got Into Technical College from the Start 我许大茂开局考上中专 Xu Damao, a modern veteran soldier, transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became Xu Damao. With a new soul, Xu Damao was no longer the selfish projectionist who only schemed in the courtyard and was constantly at odds with Silly Zhu. The wheels of fate suddenly turned, and from the start, he obtained a sign-in System.. He was no longer a small-time nobody trapped by the courtyard’s petty squabbles. Instead, he gradually grew into a responsible, courageous man in the wide worl 3.1kReads5.3Score11814d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Story Begins in 1953 四合院，许大茂从1953开始 Silly Zhu killed Xu Damao with a brick. When Xu Damao woke up, another soul had taken over his body. Cleaning up the courtyard is everyone’s responsibility! Watch Xu Damao bring some warmth to the courtyard! 946Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Leisurely Life 四合院之许大茂悠闲的一生 [Courtyard House + storage space + transmigration + everyday life + sweet romance + one heroine] Xu Qinghong was an ordinary nobody in the apocalypse. While scavenging for gold at a jewelry store, he was caught in the shockwaves of a battle between a high-level Esper and the Zombie King and transmigrated into the notorious Courtyard House world, becoming Xu Damao. Fortunately, his farming space came with him, making life very easy. Every day, he heads to the countryside, screens films, and picks 1.2kReads6.0Score—14d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: Da Mao's Life of Unrestrained Pleasure 四合院之大茂快意人生 By some inexplicable twist of fate, he transmigrates to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang and becomes Xu Damao, a recent middle-school graduate learning to operate film projectors. With the wisdom of an outstanding young man who knows the next 500 years and the previous 50, Xu Damao doesn’t want to become a laughingstock again. All he wants is a warm home with a wife and children, but unfortunately, he doesn’t have the means for that! 312Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 21 Xu Damao Takes Over the Siheyuan 许大茂玩转四合院 233Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: Living a Long Life by Slacking Off 四合院，从摸鱼开始长命百岁 Others transmigrate and fight the beasts, invent things, or become the richest man in the world. Li Xiangdong's goal is simply to “live as the ultimate winner in the courtyard.” He stays out of disputes, makes no enemies, trades his work points for a little liquor every day, and enjoys a warm bed with his wife. “I've worked like a beast half my life. Can't I, Li Xiangdong, enjoy myself for once?” The currency system follows the second series of Renminbi! Qin Huairu is the female lead in this 2.4kReads5.9Score10014d adds
- 23 Am I That Bad? Even the King of Hell Won't Take Me 我坏？阎王爷都不收我 After transmigrating into the body of Xu Damao in the Siheyuan compound, see how this Xu Damao, whose soul is a fusion of several others, tells a new story in the courtyard. Will Lou Xiao'e’s fate change because Xu Damao has changed? 401Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: Engineer Damao 四合院之大茂工程师 A senior engineer transmigrates into the siheyuan courtyard and becomes the legendary Xu Damao. He lives a life unlike any other, with no resentment, and casually torments the beasts in his day-to-day life. The golden finger is subtle, nothing over the top, with a more down-to-earth feel. 620Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: I Became Xu Damao and Beat Silly Zhu to a Pulp 四合院：穿成许大茂，暴揍傻柱 I got drunk with a client and transmigrated into Xu Damao? I just got here, and Silly Zhu is already running his mouth and bullying my wife? Fine! I don’t want to mess with your retirement squad, but you’re asking for trouble yourselves! Then I won’t hold back! This time, I’m not only going to deal with your retirement squad, I’m going to change my life too! Just wait. I’ll show you what a successful person looks like! 62Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Leisurely Life 四合院：许大茂的悠闲人生 He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard in 1960 and becomes the rotten Xu Damao. He has a medicinal herb garden pocket dimension as his golden finger. In this life, Xu Damao gives up being a projectionist and becomes a doctor. He plans to cure his “infertility” and, more than anything, live a leisurely life. “If no one crosses me, I won't cross them” is his creed in this life. 1.4kReads7.1Score10614d adds
- 27 Xu Damao's Remarkable Life in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的精彩人生 An ordinary young man from the 21st century transmigrates into the 18-year-old Xu Damao. Watch Xu Damao make an exciting life for himself. How will he whip the entire courtyard compound into shape? He’ll show those courtyard pests what it means to be a beacon of righteousness. 679Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 28 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
- 29 Siheyuan: A Beautiful Leader Asks for Help from the Start 四合院：开局美女领导求帮忙 [Siheyuan + System + sly schemer + playing tricks on the bullies + multiple heroines] After accidentally transmigrating into Xu Damao, he helps a beautiful female leader solve a major problem from the start, earning her favor and living it up in the Propaganda Department! Thus begins an entirely new life for Damao. He enjoys life while putting the bullies in their place and having fun. Life couldn't be better. He smashes the windows of the bullies' retirement club, sends Liu Haizhong to jail, an 2.3kReads7.1Score10114d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: Xu Damao and His Houseful of Descendants 四合院：子孙满堂许大茂 Modern man Xu Da wakes up one day and finds himself as Xu Damao, who is about to get married in Love in the Courtyard. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I was given an incomplete life, so let me make up for what was missing. Who says Silly Zhu is the protagonist? I, Xu Damao, will live better than him, with more children, more blessings... 545Reads5.8Score10114d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Masters the Thirty-Six Stratagems 四合院之许大茂玩转三十六计 Xu Damao, a 21st-century civil servant and graduate student in Chinese literature who has read Romance of the Three Kingdoms cover to cover, admired literature, and loved nothing more than living freely, dies after falling from the sixteenth floor in an accident. He saves Xu Damao, a 1950s projectionist who fell while showing a film in the countryside and knocked his head against a rock. From then on, he breaks through the script, setting off a very different series of dramatic events in Courtya 400Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 32 Xu Damao, the Crooked Merchant of the Siheyuan 四合院奸商许大茂 He transmigrates into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard and, from the start, binds himself to the underworld’s cross-realm marketplace, the Nether Pavilion! While everyone else is scheming and fighting over steamed corn buns in the courtyard, he turns around and sells them to powerful officials of the underworld, raking in Soul Jade to exchange for a mustard-seed space and treasures for refining souls! An apprentice at the steel mill? Just a cover. He hunts for overlooked antiques at Liulichan 1.8kReads8.0Score10114d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: The Reborn Xu Damao Starts Going Crazy! 四合院：重生的许大茂开始发疯！ [Xu Damao is reborn, unaffected by the plot + one heroine + an unrestricted, half-baked System + plenty of resentment + no System missions] In 1991, Li Huaide swindles Xu Damao out of everything he owns. Wandering the deserted streets in a snowstorm, Xu Damao suddenly spots something glittering. He picks it up out of curiosity, and after talking with it, learns that his whole life is part of a scripted story! Xu Damao refuses to take it. Why does he have to be the foil? Why does Silly Zhu always 2.4kReads5.9Score—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Quiet Life 四合院：许大茂的平淡生活 [Siheyuan courtyard setting + low angst + System dimension space + single heroine Qin Jingru + genuinely laid-back story + the cautious king's victory] Xu Da transmigrated into the body of the despicable Xu Damao. That's right, the big villain Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard! Unfortunately, trouble was already brewing, so he had no choice but to sacrifice his wife, ahem, divorce Lou Xiao'e, who came from a capitalist family, and then start living a carefree, leisurely life. 1.6kReads6.5Score10414d adds
- 35 Xu Damao, the Honest Man of Siheyuan 四合院老实人许大茂 I don't even remember how I ended up becoming Xu Damao. I'm nowhere near as glib as he is, and I'm a pretty honest guy, too. I'm from the modern era, and I don't know if I'll be able to survive in this time period. 389Reads5.9Score10414d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: Xu Damao and His System 四合院：拥有系统的许大茂 From the start, He Daqing runs off with a widow. Xu Damao taunts Silly Zhu, saying that He Daqing has run away with her. He never expected that one honest remark would get him beaten to a pulp by Silly Zhu. The worst blow was a kick straight to Xu Damao’s groin, knocking him unconscious. A modern man’s soul transmigrates into Xu Damao. He gets revenge on Silly Zhu for the beating and activates a System. Every time he wins over a heroine or punishes one of the courtyard’s troublemakers, he receiv 1.7kReads6.4Score10214d adds
- 37 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
- 38 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life 四合院：许大茂的新生 Li Qinglin, whose soul came from the modern era, transmigrated into Xu Damao and activated his System. Watch how Xu Damao changes his fate and lives a remarkable life in these fiery times. 843Reads6.4Score10414d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Unrestrained Life 四合院：许大茂的肆意人生 One day, Xu Damai's dream suddenly came true: he married a rich, beautiful woman. Although that woman was Lou Xiao'e, and he had also transmigrated into the world of the courtyard house, see how Xu Damai builds a life everyone envies. 634Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 Xu Damao's Siheyuan 许大茂的四合院 Xu Damao, from the 21st century, transmigrates into the courtyard house of 1959 and becomes Xu Damao from the story... Facing Yi Zhonghai's moral blackmail, the Deaf Old Lady's schemes, and his nemesis Sha Zhu's fists, watch how Xu Damao deals with them... 1.6kReads8.3Score—14d adds
- 42 Living in a Siheyuan Will Drive You Crazy! 人在四合院，会疯的！ As the child of a family that got rich from demolition compensation, he could have spent his days living it up. Instead, he inexplicably transmigrated into Silly Zhu from Love in the Courtyard. But he’s already here, so what can he do? There’s no going back, so he might as well make the best of it. Luckily, the god of transmigration gave him a golden finger: not only does he have a space he can physically enter, but he can also sign in every day and has unlocked a trading shop. If he still can’t 8.4kReads7.0Score28914d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is Reborn and Ready to Gossip 四合院：许大茂重生要吃瓜 [A heavily reworked version of Love in the Courtyard. Ages and timeline may differ from the original, and the plot has also been changed somewhat, so please don’t get too hung up on the details. This story has one heroine, and the characters don’t go around insulting everyone. If that’s not your thing, read with caution.] In a vast, empty space, Xu Damao stared blankly at the pages of Love in the Courtyard flipping over and over before him. Was he a villain? Selfish and self-serving? A hypocrite 1.1kReads6.9Score—14d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: Evil Cultivator Xu Damao Invites Everyone into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner 四合院邪修许大茂请众禽入万魂幡 A mighty evil cultivator transmigrates into the body of Xu Damao, the only normal person in the courtyard. Watch as Xu Damao uses his magic to toy with the whole flock of beasts and accomplish everything his former self could only dream of! 1.5kReads6.7Score10014d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Life 四合院：许大茂过日子 There are many things in life we are powerless to change, and tragedies are often the ones that endure. Xu Damao's journey through life is about striving to do things he won't regret. Highlights: smashing antiques. If you're impatient, you can start at Chapter 10. 157Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 This Xu Damao Can’t Show Movies 这个许大茂不会放电影 Xu Lelin finished reading a dark version of a Four-Panel Courtyard novel on the Tomato App. Furious that the author had put Xu Damao, who shared his surname, through so much misery, he left it a one-star rating. Then he woke up as Xu Damao, with none of Xu Damao's memories. Is this some kind of joke? Heaven above, I don't know how to put on a movie!... What, marrying someone other than Lou Xiao'e or Qin Jingru unlocked a bonus world, too? And there's a System shop, martial arts manuals, supernat 3.2kReads6.0Score16014d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, Master of the Classics 四合院：能加典的许大茂 A veteran driver of dump trucks unexpectedly transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes Xu Damao, a master of romance. As the son-in-law of a major capitalist, the road ahead is bound to be full of difficulties. Fortunately, transmigrators get a golden finger. With a proficiency panel at his disposal, let’s see how this veteran driver turns his life around in the face of adversity! This is a story about living a new life, with less hostility. If you want to see someone picking fights w 809Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: I'm Not Someone Xu Damao Can Mess With 四合院：我许大茂不好惹 Xu Dabanchui never imagined that anything could be risky, but transmigrating could happen even while clearing a sewer. But if you're going to transmigrate, couldn't you become anyone else? Why did you have to become Xu Damao? I haven't done anything to anyone, so how did I end up as the villain? Fine, Yi Zhonghai, Silly Zhu, and that old deaf lady. If you won't let me live in peace, I won't let you live in peace either. Just you wait... Multiple female leads. Please look elsewhere if that's not 23.3kReads7.2Score2k14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: Soul Transmigrated into Xu Damao, and the Courtyard Blossoms 四合院：魂穿许大茂，满院花开 [No System] [Has a Pocket Dimension] [No Excessive Violence] [Multiple Heroines] This story favors wit over brawling. There are no life-or-death fights, just the everyday lives of ordinary people against the backdrop of a great era. The pocket dimension is useful, but not overpowered. Xu Damao: “Should I trade twenty jin of cornmeal for a blue-and-white porcelain covered bowl, or for a pretty wife to spend the night with me? Only children answer either-or questions. Why shouldn't I have both?” I 3kReads7.7Score14814d adds
- 50 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
