Novels like From the Start, Da Mao Was Targeted, and a Drugged-Up Old Deaf Granny Was Sent Away
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- 51 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is Reborn and Never Lets a Grudge Go 四合院许大茂重生之睚眦必报 I believe in making it on my own. I value self-reliance and prefer solving problems with my own abilities rather than asking others for help. If I really can't solve something, I'll find another way. Paying to make trouble go away is nothing to be ashamed of! Please note: this is a pure period novel, with no System, no golden finger, no special abilities, and no cheats! So many rebirth and transmigration stories these days follow the same formula: the characters are lazy and don't like to think, 51Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 52 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. 615Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 53 Siheyuan: Beyond the Blue Star 四合院：冲出蓝星 Xu Damao, a couch potato, is watching TV at home and can't help lamenting that he's wasted half his life and accomplished nothing. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning cracks across the clear sky, and he appears in a room with a pot of chicken soup simmering in front of him. Just as Xu Damao is wondering what's going on, a voice rings out in his head. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've awakened the Red Scarf System!” 18Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 54 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, Xu Damao Takes Off 四合院：多子多福，许大茂起飞了 Xu Damao awoke one day to find himself back in his youth. That year, he and Lou Xiao'e weren’t married yet, and they were still madly in love. That year, Liu Lan was in her prime, and the steel mill’s prettiest girl wasn’t Yu Haitang yet. That year, Qin Huairu was trapped in the Jia family’s quagmire, regretting everything as she wept alone at night. That year, Qin Jingru was still naive and inexperienced, while Yu Li was young and innocent. Public-private partnerships hadn’t arrived yet, and th 643Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: Reborn as Xu Damao, Defying Fate 四合院：重生许大茂，逆天改命 Reborn into the Siheyuan world in the early 1950s, Xu Damao returned to the age of eighteen. This time, he was determined to live a life unlike any other. Just you wait, you courtyard schemers... From the start, his return coincided with an inspection of the Red Star Steel Mill by senior officials! Xu Damao awakened a god-tier comprehension System, and his superb projection skills quickly won the leaders' favor. Then he mastered both medicine and martial arts. While getting stronger and healthie 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 In the Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Am a Good Person 四合院之我许大茂是个好人 There are no good or bad people in this world. Anyone who treats you well is a good person, and anyone who treats you badly is a bad person as far as you're concerned. After waking up one day, I found myself living in 1958. This is a story about judging people from Xu Damao's perspective. 21.6kReads—Score1.4kShelves
- 57 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 2.3kReads5.9Score—Shelves
- 58 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. 1.6kReads6.5Score104Shelves
- 59 Siheyuan: Da Mao's Life of Unrestrained Pleasure 四合院之大茂快意人生 By some inexplicable twist of fate, he transmigrates to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang and becomes Xu Damao, a recent middle-school graduate learning to operate film projectors. With the wisdom of an outstanding young man who knows the next 500 years and the previous 50, Xu Damao doesn’t want to become a laughingstock again. All he wants is a warm home with a wife and children, but unfortunately, he doesn’t have the means for that! 321Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 60 I, Da Mao, Have Been Replaced, So Why Is Silly Zhu Still Bullying Me? 我大茂都换人了，还被傻柱欺负？ [Farming + feel-good power fantasy + System + comeback story] Xu Damao: Silly Zhu, I know you're not stupid, but my Xu Damao's intelligence has reached the high ground too! Yi Zhonghai, all your schemes come down to one thing: you don't have enough strength! Just because Yang Weimin has an uncle who's a factory director, does that mean I, Xu Damao, deserve to be bullied? Qin Huairu, you think you can get two big steamed buns from me like this? Xu Damao: I've been reborn, and you, System, are act 446Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 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 1.8kReads6.4Score101Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: As Xu Damao, I'll Live It Up One Day at a Time 四合院：成许大茂能浪一天算一天 Trapped by the System in the world of the courtyard house, he restarted his life nine times and became Xu Damao, the one character everyone hated, both people and dogs alike, and the story's sole villain. Forget personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Make each day count, and take things as they come. Going to the countryside to screen films is a way to bring warmth to people's spirits. Eating and lodging at other people's homes is a way to bring warmth to their lives. As long as you give —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 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! 3.7kReads5.5Score195Shelves
- 64 Xu Damao Takes Over the Siheyuan 许大茂玩转四合院 216Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 65 Siheyuan: I Became the Lou Family’s Son-in-Law 四合院：我成了娄家女婿 He Yuting, who spent all night at an internet cafe on a monthly pass, wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to a courtyard compound in 1956. Even more astonishing, he has become He Yuzhu's younger brother and He Yushui's second older brother. That year, Jia Dongxu is still unmarried, Qin Huairu is still single, and Xu Damao has yet to meet Lou Xiao'e. As one of the future beauties of the courtyard, He Yuting is naturally more interested in Lou Xiao'e. Qin Huairu may be lovely, but she's bes 8Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 66 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. 671Reads6.3Score104Shelves
- 67 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 412Reads6.9Score102Shelves
- 68 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 1.8kReads8.0Score101Shelves
- 69 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. 390Reads5.9Score104Shelves
- 70 Siheyuan: The Spirit of Cao Gong Lives On 四合院：曹公精神不灭 Xu Damao on Earth is under a lot of pressure. Aside from work, he spends his free time rewatching Love in the Courtyard. Of course, since he shares a name with the villain Xu Damao, he can't help cursing him out every time. What a waste! He had such a good hand and still played it terribly. One day, while watching the show on his computer, Xu Damao saw the character Xu Damao take another loss. Unable to hold back, he flung his teacup at the screen. And so, Heaven gave him a chance, figuring it w 598Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 71 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. 894Reads6.4Score104Shelves
- 72 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—Shelves
- 73 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Turns Dark 四合院，黑化许大茂 A devoted man is bound to have his heart trampled in the end. After an accident sends him transmigrating into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard, he decides from that moment on to stop acting like a decent person. A womanizer? Hard to explain. Read the story and see for yourself! 282Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Want a Son! 四合院：我许大茂要生儿子！ A top student from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard house, only to find himself in the body of Xu Damao, the man everyone loves to hate! He’s going to change all that. He’ll turn Xu Damao into a good person, and make sure Xu Damao has a son, too! 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 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 23.9kReads7.2Score2.1kShelves
- 76 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 3kReads7.7Score148Shelves
- 77 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Reborn in 1956 四合院，重生许大茂1956 Silly Zhu froze to death under a bridge. Xu Damao kindly took care of Silly Zhu's funeral, spending all his savings and getting kicked out by his landlord. He ended up homeless and gravely ill, eventually meeting the same fate as Silly Zhu. On the brink of death, Xu Damao returned to 1956. 268Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 78 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of Xu Damao 四合院：穿成许大茂的快乐人生 After studying all night, he never expected to wake up in a courtyard house, transmigrated into a man named Xu Damao. But since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. He feared none of the scoundrels filling the courtyard. With memories of the future, he was determined to live freely and enjoy himself. But after Qin Huairu arranged to meet him at the warehouse, everything began to take a different turn. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 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... 1.7kReads8.3Score—Shelves
- 80 Siheyuan: Reborn, Xu Damao's Brother Is Taking Off 四合院：重生许大茂兄弟我起飞了 Reborn as Xu Damao’s younger brother, Xu Dasheng, he takes revenge on Silly Zhu from the start, then steals away his sister-in-law-to-be, Lou Xiao'e, and rises to the top of the world. As for Silly Zhu, let the widow drain him dry. It serves him right if no one claims his body after he dies! He has a pocket dimension but no System. 4.1kReads7.5Score171Shelves
- 81 Siheyuan: The System Forces Me to Become a Master of Men's Health 四合院：系统逼我做男科圣手 [Xu Damao's younger brother, one female lead, a touch of a ruthless streak, mostly everyday life, if no one crosses me, I won't cross them. The Divine Doctor System only provides support, while the protagonist is highly capable] Xu Mao unexpectedly became Xu Ermao, Xu Damao's twin brother. Because he was frail, a wandering physician took him away at the age of seven. At twenty-seven, he returned to the courtyard house... First, he would find his cheap older brother and ask him to help him get a 1.1kReads5.9Score115Shelves
- 82 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. 1.5kReads7.1Score106Shelves
- 83 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! 1.5kReads6.7Score100Shelves
- 84 Siheyuan: King of the Beasts 四合院：禽兽之王 In this menagerie of a courtyard, Lou Xiao'e is the one who leaves the deepest regret. From the start, I became Xu Damao, fleeced Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu until they were completely broke, submitted Miss Qiu's design blueprints, and became a deputy factory director. So after working hard for so long, can't I finally enjoy myself? 12Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 85 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—Shelves
- 86 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 3.2kReads6.0Score153Shelves
- 87 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao 四合院：我是许大茂 A man receiving state support for having no family was actually praised for making shoes for the army. A widow living on handouts was somehow celebrated as a mother who could overcome anything for her children. A fool liked flirting with a widow. A man who only talked and never acted, yet helped a widow under cover of night, somehow stood on the moral high ground. A man who didn't even know what an official was wanted to become one. And a teacher, in an era of hunger and scarcity, schemed to tak 116Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 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 2.4kReads7.1Score109Shelves
- 89 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... 588Reads5.8Score101Shelves
- 90 The Jia Family's Doom: Damao Calls the Police Right Away 贾家末日，大茂直接报警 [Stand your ground + strike from the shadows + lighthearted humor + no System + one heroine throughout] Shocking! There are no letters of forgiveness in this courtyard! Xu Damao doesn’t let anyone off the hook. He calls the police from the start. Bang Geng is still young, so let’s send him in early for reform! And the rest of you aren’t getting away either! 891Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 91 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Takes His Adorable Kids Out to Conquer the World 四合院：许大茂带着萌娃闯天下 Xu Damao from the courtyard has a chance encounter with an adorable little girl, gets a cornucopia, and returns to the age of eighteen. From then on, Xu Damao’s life goes into overdrive. He calls off his engagement, only to be forced into marriage by Lou Xiao'e. He befriends learned mentors and friends, quietly makes a fortune, and hopes to become a wealthy man in his corner of the world. But through a series of twists and turns, he ends up traveling through different eras. Everyone from the cou 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Reborn as Xu Damao, I Refuse to Consummate the Marriage with Lou Xiaoe 重生许大茂，娄晓娥不圆房 [Period drama + witty and humorous + dark doctor + devoted husband + raising kids + villain + slice of life] At seventy-seven, Xu Damao is reborn on the night of his wedding to Lou Xiao'e, when he was twenty-three. With the help of the Dark Doctor System, he changes his life, makes up for past regrets, and rides the wave of economic reform to achieve greatness... 5.1kReads6.7Score356Shelves
- 93 Siheyuan: Behind the Silence 四合院之沉默的背后 Xu Damao. Through time and space, he reaches the age of sixty in a new era; Xu once stirred up storms. Though his might was clear amid turbulent waves, he fell silent, reflecting on the cold years gone by. After living an ordinary life for more than sixty years, Xu Yi's soul travels from 2024 to 1962, entering the body of Xu Damao, who drank himself to death in Love in the Courtyard. Now, he just wants to stay away from trouble and do his best to survive. 1.5kReads6.9Score104Shelves
- 94 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Carnival 四合院，许大茂的嘉年华 Xu Huimao learned to cook at Lanhai Technical School. After months of tossing a wok, he learned to make quite a few dishes. Seeing others repair machine tools and drive excavators, he thought learning machinery repair sounded good too... In the end, he went through every course at Lanhai Technical School. With a smattering of eighteen different skills and mastery of none, Xu Huimao somehow carved out a place for himself, building a real estate business that became the second-largest in the provi 2kReads8.1Score105Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Damou, and I Became Sworn Brothers 四合院：我和傻柱大茂拜把子 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + everyday farming + period setting] I, He Yuzhu! I, Zhou Guohua! I, Xu Damao! Today we swear brotherhood, though born on different days, in different months, and different years, we only ask to die (He Yuzhu: later than Xu Damao; Xu Damao: later than He Yuzhu; Zhou Guohua: later than both of them). Zhou Guohua transmigrates into a siheyuan courtyard and meets the so-called "beasts." This courtyard really is a troubled place, but he has a universal vending mac 1.3kReads6.7Score—Shelves
- 96 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. 647Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 97 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, an Ordinary Man 四合院：小人物许大茂 He became Xu Damao's spineless nobody, replacing the small-time schemer who was always scrambling to climb the ladder. But Xu Damao only wanted to coast through life. Now he had to deal with the schemes and hostility of all the old neighbors in the courtyard, something this soul from the twenty-first century found hard to adjust to. Should he strive for success, or continue the carefree life he had never quite finished in his previous life? In the end, he suppressed that urge to take off. After 873Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 98 I Transmigrated as Xu Damao, and the System Is Forcing Me to Become an Entertainment Mogul 穿越许大茂系统逼我成为文娱大佬 [Alternate-history period piece. There isn't much about the courtyard compound, so don't read if that's what you're looking for!!! The story starts on the mainland, moves to Hong Kong midway through, and may head to Europe and America later. One female lead, no harem, no stealing another man's wife!] A pretty boy transmigrates to 1951 and becomes Xu Damao. With a sign-in System bound to him from the start, he stops being a troublemaker and becomes the child other parents point to as an example. 1.3kReads8.5Score102Shelves
- 99 I, the Villain Xu Damao! 我，反派许大茂！ He winds up in the Siheyuan, and becomes the villain Xu Damao? The Thief Saint comes to steal meat? I'll serve him intestines instead. That's right, the very Xu Damao who got his own father killed and betrayed his wife. Only, none of that has happened yet, so there's still time to make things right. And from his memories, he learns that Silly Zhu had something to do with his infertility... He pampers Lou Xiao'e alone. 345Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 100 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 9.1kReads7.0Score312Shelves
