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- 1 A Carefree Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之惬意人生 A modern young man is struck by lightning and his soul travels into a courtyard house. Watch how he survives in this turbulent era and outwits the many scheming residents of the courtyard... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 From the Big White Goose to Chen Xueru to Zhou Xiaobai in the Siheyuan 四合院，大白鹅到陈雪茹到周小白 When transmigrator Li Jianguo gave up on saving the world and decided to enjoy a leisurely life in the courtyard, the entire ecosystem of Love in the Courtyard began to collapse. Li Jianguo, the steel mill doctor, opened his eyes again on his sickbed and found himself at a courtyard meeting, where everyone was trying to morally blackmail him. Instead of following the usual path of quietly enduring hardship before turning the tables, he unleashed a "rumor bomb" and sparked a darkly comic frenzy a 1.4kReads5.6Score111Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: Capturing All Worlds, Starting with a Refugee Exodus 四合院：诸天捕获，从逃荒开始 Ye Chen, a post-90s office drone, is struck by a mysterious meteor and reborn in 1946. From the start, he has nothing but the clothes on his back, but the Myriad Worlds Capture System he awakens gives him a chance to turn things around: each year, he can capture one rare treasure from a world among the heavens. He assumes he’s in an ordinary parallel world, but after fleeing famine and settling in the capital, he discovers that he’s in the world of Courtyard Compound. To avoid getting bullied by 66Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: An Ordinary Life on an Ordinary Road 四合院：平凡人生平凡路 He Aijun died in the dilapidated courtyard of his old family home. When he first watched Love in the Courtyard, he had even laughed at its male lead, He Yuzhu. He never imagined he would end up with the same fate as He Yuzhu. He Aijun’s soul floated in the air as he watched the villagers gather his body and bury him in his family’s ancestral grave. Even at the very end, he never saw the four ungrateful wretches he had raised. Just as He Aijun’s heart turned to ash, a powerful suction force appea 18Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu and His Many Descendants 四合院之傻柱儿孙满堂 [Siheyuan + Period Novel + One Heroine + Pocket Dimension + Business + Qin Huairu Not Favored] He Yuzhu, a third-generation rich kid, is caught in a sudden hailstorm and transmigrates into the body of the notorious Silly Zhu, who shares his name. He uses his sister, He Yushui, to track down their estranged father, He Daqing, then gets He Daqing to extort a sum from his rival Xu Damao. He Daqing also recovers years of unpaid child support, splits it between the siblings, and teaches the hypocrite 1.3kReads7.1Score114Shelves
- 6 This Silly Zhu Isn't Stupid 这个傻柱并不傻 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 171Reads5.7Score105Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Won't Be Anyone's Retirement Plan 四合院：我何雨柱不当养老人 Silly Zhu, the courtyard house’s legendary tough guy, has reached the end of his life when he freezes to death beneath Yongding River Bridge. He has lived a colorful, glorious life and has plenty of regrets, but there are things he still can’t let go of. So Heaven gives him a chance to be reborn, sending him back to July 1951, one month after He Daqing leaves. Life is hard, but he has to keep going. From this day on, Silly Zhu will be no more, and it’s time for the nasty residents of the courtya 1.9kReads6.2Score108Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: My Life as a Procurement Officer 四合院之我的采购员生活 Su Ming, an orphan from the twenty-first century, wakes up one day to find he has transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard. See how Su Ming stirs up trouble in the courtyard... 606Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 9 He Yuzhu: Let Me Be Young Again! 何雨柱：可否许我再少年！ If I could be young again, I’d trade an ounce of gold for an ounce of spring breeze. He Yuzhu was reborn with a heart full of resentment on the day of the donation, the turning point of his life. Yi Zhonghai: “Zhuzi, the Jia family is so pitiful, with only a widow and her children. You have to support them.” He Yuzhu: “I’m reborn, damn it. Why should I be afraid of you? Go to hell!” Qin Huairu: “Zhuzi, sis is pregnant, and I’m not getting enough nutrition. Could you maybe...” He Yuzhu: “So what 34Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 10 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
- 11 Siheyuan: Awaken the System and Crush the Beastly Neighbors 四合院：觉醒系统，吊打众禽 I’m Yu Zhu, a 21st-century delivery worker, one of the working stiffs. And then, as luck would have it, I got hit by a truck. The good news is that I transmigrated and got a System. The bad news is that I ended up in the Beastly Courtyard, facing a pack of neighbors rubbing their hands together, mouths agape as they close in to attack. He Yuzhu doesn’t wait until tomorrow to get revenge. All I want in this life is to be a cook, marry a woman from Mizhi, have a few children, and enjoy a warm bed 15.9kReads7.3Score779Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Starts Out Taking Advantage of a Widow's Household 四合院，何雨柱开局吃绝户 After his death, the elderly Sha Zhu learns that everything was nothing but a scheme. Drifting for a hundred years as a spirit, he has become far more worldly than the illiterate fool he once was. The System sends him back to another timeline, to the day after Jia Dongxu's death in 1962. From the start, he swindles Yi Zhonghai out of a hundred yuan, collecting a little interest from the household without an heir before turning his attention to revenge against the whole flock of animals. Only aft 9.6kReads7.2Score434Shelves
- 13 The Friendly Daily Life of the Siheyuan 四合院的友好日常 Zhang Zhenhua, born into this world, works hard to make a life for himself in a siheyuan. He has a small world of his own, but time passes at the same rate as in the outside world, and it takes years just to cultivate a few plots of land. His whole family strives to get by in the city, while interacting with the people of the siheyuan... 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: My Wife Looks Just Like Liu Tianxian 四合院：我的媳妇酷似刘天仙 A brainless feel-good story, a brainless feel-good story, a brainless feel-good story. Some things bear repeating... Ye Fan transmigrates to 1958. From the start, he gets Silly Zhu sent to prison. No dragging things out, no saintly behavior. A few years later, Silly Zhu is reborn and gets out of prison early... I can't do the synopsis justice, so please read the story... 12.2kReads6.4Score671Shelves
- 15 Starting Out at Fengzeyuan in the Siheyuan 四合院从丰泽园开始 My new work is here! Feel free to check it out 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! 929Reads6.5Score103Shelves
- 16 I Thought It Was the Apocalypse, but You Dropped Me into a Siheyuan 以为是末世，你给我干四合院来啦 A hundred thousand words have been deleted, and the book is still being revised. Some chapters don’t quite follow from what came before, and I’m truly sorry. I thought the apocalypse had arrived. Who knew I’d be sent to the world of the courtyard houses? Is this the apocalypse? Perhaps it really is for some people. But I have a pocket dimension and plenty of food. This place is paradise. 16.2kReads6.4Score778Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: A House and a Wife for the Taking 四合院之送房送媳妇 [Feel-Good] [Comedy] [Putting the Bullies Through Hell] [Taking the Initiative] Chen Feng transmigrates into the world of a period drama. Walking the line between law and discipline, he uses his abilities and a convenient scapegoat to take the fight to the neighborhood's bullies. His own life should be carefree, while the bullies should suffer miserably, living in misery and howling in pain. Old Deaf Granny: “Chen Feng's wife, I only told you once to choose Silly Zhu. You've tormented me for yea 9Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: The Perfect 6.19 Edition 四合院六点一九完美版 Title: The Courtyard, Perfect Edition, June 19 There are countless courtyard stories on Tomatoes. And countless more courtyards that readers have seen. My courtyard story has no System! Pay attention! No System! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: Serving the People 四合院：为人民服务 Reborn in a courtyard house, he only wants to take good care of his widowed mother and manage his own little life. Along the way, he’ll also improve the supply of goods for the people, so they can live a little more comfortably. Making money is secondary. The main thing is serving the people! 66Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: The Liu Family's World 四合院之刘家天下 Liu Guangqi was an ordinary small-business owner in the 21st century. After a night of drinking and discussing business, he ran into a woman driver, and one stomp on the gas sent him straight into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Let's see how Liu Guangqi survives in this courtyard full of “kindness.” Liu Haizhong: “My son is a cadre, so everyone listens to him. Lao Yi, use his title at formal occasions.” Liu Guangtian: “Just listen to my brother. Whoever he says to take down, we take down. M 1.3kReads8.4Score107Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Released from Prison, and I Stand Above All 四合院：傻柱刑满释放，唯我独尊 [A Must-Read for Fans of Siheyuan Stories] He transmigrates into a siheyuan and becomes He Yuzhu. Imprisoned from the start. Activates the Strongest Disciple-Taking System. He persuades people to turn over a new leaf. And begins an extraordinary life. … 2.2kReads5.8Score—Shelves
- 22 A Nobody in the Siheyuan 四合院一边缘人 A fine young man from the 21st century transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. With a System, Li Miao only wants to live a good life with his mother. But in this courtyard full of people who resent others’ good fortune, laugh at their misfortune, despise you for being poor and fear you’ll become rich, staying out of trouble is impossible. So Li Miao has no choice but to outwit the courtyard’s bullies! A story about giving them a run for their money and turning the place upside down! 34Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: Entering the Dao Through Martial Arts, Building an Immortal Clan! 四合院：以武入道，建长生家族！ [Siheyuan] [One Female Lead] [No System] [No Pocket Dimension] [Transmigration] A modern young man takes a nap by chance. When he wakes up, he has been reborn as He Yuzhu, a character of the same name from Love in the Courtyard. He is only fifteen years old. To make matters worse, his father, He Daqing, ran off with Widow Bai yesterday, leaving him and his six-year-old sister, He Yushui, to depend on each other. 4.4kReads6.7Score113Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: An Unusual System and a Portable Dimension 四合院：不一样系统随身空间 After transmigrating to become Liu Haizhong’s eldest son, he competes with Jia Dongxu for Qin Huairu. Why has Young Master Liu yet to make an appearance? The mystery of why Liu Guangqi went south is revealed from the start… 5.7kReads7.4Score326Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: How He Yuzhu Went from Director to Tycoon 四合院，何雨柱从所长到大老板 He Yuzhu accidentally transmigrated into the 1965 world of the Siheyuan television series. The cause? Jia Zhangshi had brained him with a brick, killing Silly Zhu. After arriving, he obtained the Pretend-to-be-a-Fool Sign-In System. From then on, He Yushui had no choice but to come back and look after Silly Zhu, taking charge of the household herself. “First Master, we can’t make ends meet anymore. Shouldn’t you give us our living expenses?” “Third Master, your family’s broke. You’d better find 9.4kReads7.5Score597Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: A Carefree Tough Guy and the System Help Me Marry a Beauty 四合院：摆烂糙汉系统养我娶娇娥 In the spring of 1965, Silly Zhu is reborn on the morning Qin Huairu tricked him out of his grain coupons. He activates the "Infinite Resources Lie-Flat System": as long as he lies flat and refuses to be the Jia family's "meal ticket," he can exchange points for scarce goods such as grain coupons, meat coupons, and industrial vouchers. He overturns the parasitic family's dinner table on the spot and tears up Qin Huairu's begging bowl. From then on, he begins his comeback with the motto "lying fl 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Love in the Courtyard: The Rogue Damao's Projection System 情满四合院：浪子大茂的放映系统 A modern-day corporate drone stays up late ranting about Xu Damao's ending in Love in the Courtyard, only to be struck by lightning and transmigrate into the body of a womanizing projectionist with the same name. He awakens the Future Movie Projection System: screening films from the future earns Popularity Points, while flirting with beautiful women (without going too far!) earns fragments of fertility remedies. That's right, he's going to cure infertility, win over Lou Xiao'e, and rewrite the 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: From the Start, Transmigrate into He Yuzhu and Crush the Yard's Villains 四合院：开局穿何雨柱，干翻众禽 He Yumo transmigrates into the body of He Yuzhu, who died of a heart attack, and begins a new life as He Yuzhu. At the same time, he awakens a kill-to-earn sign-in reward System. As long as he kills people to punish the courtyard's beasts, he can receive unexpected rewards from the System. These include aircraft carriers and all kinds of heavy weaponry. It has everything. From then on, he kills the matchmaker first, then Huaihua, and next Jia Dongxu. He won't spare anyone who harmed him. After 14kReads7.3Score680Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu and His Sister Are Reborn and Transmigrate 四合院：傻柱兄妹重生穿越 A frail, useless old man, He Yuzhu, was driven out of his home by his stepson. He froze to death beneath a bridge, and wild dogs tore his body apart. He died full of resentment: after devoting his whole life to his family, this was how it had ended. Wang Xiaoyu, a woman from the twenty-first century, worked herself to death from overtime. Her soul transmigrated into the body of a six-year-old girl in the early 1950s. 18.5kReads8.3Score637Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: This Old Fox Is Far Too Cautious 四合院：这个老六太苟了 [System + pocket dimension + cultivation + one female lead + case-solving + enemy agents + free shopping] [A feel-good power fantasy: no annoying angst, no humiliation, no self-righteous saintliness, and no leaving revenge for tomorrow.] Yun Yi, a chuuni hitman from the twenty-first century, is reborn as a police officer with a special identity and discovers that he has landed in the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. Watch as this cunning schemer pranks the whole flock of birds, goes on a free sho 16.8kReads7.6Score805Shelves
- 31 I Became Silly Zhu's Uncle 我成了傻柱他叔了 Before I began writing this story, I hesitated for a long time. My previous story, Dreams Pursued in the Courtyard, still left me with many regrets. It was my first time writing, and I wanted to include too much, which made the story feel scattered later on. My portrayal of the courtyard’s characters also left room for debate. Ever since this period drama aired, opinions have been divided. More than anything, people today find it hard to imagine what life was like back then. Set in the heart of 6.4kReads7.1Score216Shelves
- 32 Carpenter Life of Yan Jiecheng in Siheyuan 四合院阎解成的木匠生活 A modern young man transmigrates into Yan Jiefang in the siheyuan courtyard. His soul fuses with the computer from his previous life, creating a System panel that also comes with a pocket dimension. The System can record the knowledge he learns and share it with him. Starting out as a humble carpenter, Yan Jiefang begins a simple yet colorful life in this era. 1.9kReads6.2Score153Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: Waking From a Grand Dream 四合院：大梦苏醒 A Siheyuan story about Silly Zhu being reborn, with a pocket dimension where he can farm. Follow him and his younger sister as they go through those bygone years all over again. The author is new, so please give this story your support... 665Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan: From the Start, Reporting Yi Zhonghai to the Police 四合院：开局报警抓易中海 The younger sister, who was being fostered in Yi Zhonghai's home, was driven away by him. The original owner went to demand an explanation, only to be beaten to death by Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi working together. After transmigrating, the protagonist immediately castrates Bang Geng, chokes Jia Zhangshi to death in a cesspit, gets Yi Zhonghai executed, and forces Qin Huairu to repay the money. 1.9kReads8.2Score111Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: If I'm Unhappy, None of You Will Have It Easy 四合院：我不爽，都别想好过 After one drinking binge, I ended up in the world of the Siheyuan. Looking at the courtyard full of scumbags, I figured I was doomed. Luckily, my cheat arrived just in time. One bag of rice, carried up several flights of stairs, would make the whole courtyard feel the pain. 19.3kReads7.3Score821Shelves
- 36 Siheyuan: I Beat Up Bang Geng from the Start! Whoever Messes with Me Gets What's Coming! 四合院：开局揍棒梗！谁惹坑谁！ [System + Slice of Life + Showing Off and Face-Slapping] An accident sends a university student from the 21st century transmigrating to a courtyard, where he becomes He Yuzhu! He originally just wanted to live a quiet life, but who could have guessed that every last one of the courtyard’s menagerie of residents would be a piece of work? Qin Huairu is always trying to get something out of him, and she even lets Banggeng steal his things? He’ll make sure she gives up on that idea! From now on, he 1kReads5.3Score—Shelves
- 37 Siheyuan: Cao Mengde of Nanluoguxiang 四合院：南锣鼓巷之【曹孟德】 [System] [Leads from period dramas set in the same era] [Multiple heroines, don’t read if you dislike that] Qi Yuan brings his memories from his previous life and transmigrates into this war-torn era as a newborn. From the time he can remember, he follows his old revolutionary grandmother as she travels from place to place. Only when he grows up and meets someone familiar does he realize that he has transmigrated into a parallel world set in that era. The war is over, and his grandmother is assi 22Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: The Warmth of Everyday Life 四合院之烟火人间 The story is still set in that familiar courtyard, yet something about it feels a little different. Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui all have the same air about them as before, just as you remember. Xu Damao still gets that obnoxious streak from time to time. He Yuzhu, however, has become a little more level-headed. Perhaps because he has decided to lie flat, he seems to appear less often in the story. The most puzzling of all is Jia Zhangshi, who is currently comforting her daughter-in- 4.8kReads6.3Score105Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: Cao Yi, a Good Man 四合院之曹义好人 Reborn in a parallel world of courtyard houses, with the resort from his previous life in tow. He may not have a System, but his pocket dimension is powerful, bringing cutting-edge technology from 2024 to this world. The protagonist can be a little too kind, yet he is also decisive and ruthless, making him a complicated character. In short, he's an ordinary person who lives as he pleases in any given situation. There's one female lead, and later on he'll flee to Hong Kong. 385Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Outsmart Yi Zhonghai 四合院：开局先把易中海算死 [Novel over one million words] [Every plot thread being set up now will be resolved later] [The slower parts are groundwork] [If you don’t want a peaceful pace, you can add it to your library for now] [Includes a System] [Not for nitpickers] [If you like it, please leave lots of comments] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I'm the Living King of Hell in the Siheyuan 我在四合院当活阎王 After transmigrating as a hotheaded soldier, I transfer to the capital, take a job at a steel mill, marry Liu Tianxian, and move into Courtyard No. 95. When trouble comes, I don’t waste time talking. I just get things done. In my domain, my rules are the rules. (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡) I crush everyone in my path and charge ahead without hesitation. Anyone who dares bully my wife, just you wait... 397Reads6.7Score100Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: Turning the Tables on the Simp Zhu and Making a Comeback 四合院：从撂翻舔狗柱开始逆袭 [No System] + [Everyday Family Life] + [One Female Lead] + [Reforming Courtyard Culture] + [Period] Ma Zhong, an ambitious young man from the 21st century, enlisted during college. After leaving the army, he had plenty of theories about getting rich and turning his life around, but no connections or backing. He spent all his military discharge pay on a failed business venture and had no choice but to buy an eighth-hand electric scooter and start delivering food. But fate had other plans. While m 12.3kReads8.1Score483Shelves
- 43 An Artistic Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之文艺人生 The courtyard houses on Nanluoguxiang hide both the little dramas of family life and the scheming in people's hearts. Su Qing transmigrates into this world, hoping to lie flat and live as a carefree loafer, but the courtyard's endless drama keeps getting in his way. He slams a hand on the table: then he'll be the one to stir things up and rewrite a life full of petty troubles! The story strictly follows the logic of its era and stays true to the original characters. The protagonist is smart, has 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: I Want Both Worlds 四合院：两界我全都要 Jiang Chen transmigrates into the world of the courtyard complex, becoming an unemployed street loafer with no parents. Fortunately, a System is never absent for someone who has transmigrated, and he gets a livestreaming System that lets him choose to go live every day. Each day, completing a livestream challenge earns him a treasure chest. Opening one can grant all sorts of rewards, and from then on his life becomes wonderfully eventful. 6.3kReads8.5Score261Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: The Grassroots Hero's Rise 四合院之草根的逆袭 Red brick, green tiles, the cooing of pigeons; fried dough rings, fermented mung bean drink, savory pastries with decorative studs. Li Tianyi is reborn in an era of scarce supplies but soaring spirits. Watch how this ordinary man turns his life around in a traditional courtyard and changes his family's humble lot. 17.1kReads7.8Score443Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Beast-Taming Space 四合院，何雨柱的御兽空间 My Beast Taming System is unlike any other: it can only form contracts with human beasts. Beasts of the courtyard house, are you ready? Here I come! At first, He Yuzhu lets his beasts grow at their own pace. Later, they slaughter their way through everything, make China’s might known in international wars, and repay He Yuzhu in kind. The sons and daughters of China are all dragons and phoenixes! Less hostility, no angst, and fewer violent clashes in the courtyard house. If this isn’t your thing, 1.2kReads8.0Score—Shelves
- 47 From the Start: I, Silly Zhu, Move Out of the Courtyard 开局：我傻柱搬离四合院 He Yuzhu lived in the twentieth century. Since he shared the same name as Silly Zhu from the courtyard compound, people around him never stopped teasing him. One day, after drinking at home, his soul transmigrated into the world of the courtyard compound, where he became Silly Zhu. With help from the System, he eventually became a business and entertainment mogul. 9.6kReads6.2Score184Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: Benevolence, Righteousness, and Morality 四合院之仁义道德 I've heard this is a model courtyard house, where everyone speaks so nicely and is unfailingly virtuous and righteous. So, could you sell me a few pounds of virtue and righteousness? You can't? Then it's a courtyard full of beasts after all. 13.2kReads7.8Score356Shelves
- 49 Lao Liu from the Courtyard's Propaganda Office 四合院宣传科的宋老六 Song Xiaofeng transmigrates and wakes up as a junior high school student who drowned in Songjia Village, a rural village on the outskirts of the capital. To get a decent meal as soon as possible, he studies hard and earns a place at a technical secondary school. He also becomes a publicity officer at a steel mill and ends up living next door to Xu Damao and Silly Zhu. 19.4kReads6.1Score684Shelves
- 50 Transmigrating into the Siheyuan: From Engineer to Pillar of the Nation 穿越四合院：从工程师到国之重器 (One heroine + family life + heartwarming + pocket dimension) Liu Guangqi, a young man from the 21st century, transmigrates to 1951, into the world of the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, and becomes the courtyard’s second ungrateful son, Liu Guangqi. Having been an orphan in his previous life, he vows to cherish his family this time around. A simple, heartwarming life begins in a courtyard unlike any other. 4.1kReads8.2Score102Shelves
