Novels like Siheyuan: Hard at Work in the Courtyard
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- 51 I Transmigrated as Xu Damao: I'll Ruin the Lives of Every Scoundrel 穿越许大茂：我让众禽兽家破人亡 He transmigrates as Xu Damao, and from the start catches Lou Xiao'e bringing her bastard son He Xiao back to the courtyard to kowtow to Silly Zhu. She looks at me like I'm a maggot. She's all high and mighty with me, but grovels before Silly Zhu and lets him suck her dry? If you want to be a bitch, that's your business. Then fall into hell with that beast and taste the bitter fruit of regret in an abyss with no way out! You ate the food I provided and lived under the protection of my former s 9kReads8.0Score27314d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Remarkable Life 四合院：何雨柱的精彩人生 After possessing Silly Zhu, the protagonist watches his entire life unfold from the perspective of an observer. Silly Zhu spends his whole life being schemed against by the scoundrels in the courtyard. In the end, they swindle him out of everything he owns, and the three siblings led by the notorious thief Bang Geng drive him out. He freezes to death beneath an overpass, his body almost devoured by wild dogs. At last, the protagonist takes Silly Zhu's place and gets a second chance at life. See 20.8kReads8.1Score64414d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: Cultivating Immortality Amid the Bustle of Everyday Life 四合院：烟火红尘修仙 A special forces soldier from the modern world transmigrates into another world in the late 1950s. By a twist of fate, he gains a chance to cultivate. Reborn, he vows to pursue the Great Dao and seek immortality. To build up merit and change his fate, he experiences the bustle of everyday life in a courtyard during that extraordinary era, explores human nature, bears witness to people's hearts, tempers his will, and freely reshapes his destiny. 13.3kReads7.7Score48014d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: I’m a Veterinarian Who Specializes in Beasts 四合院：我是兽医，专治禽兽 [System + corruption and revenge + miracle doctor + no saintly do-gooder + some edge, mostly daily life + family squabbles + lighthearted comedy] Li Chunsheng woke up one morning and, for no apparent reason, transmigrated to Beijing in 1950, where he became the sole direct disciple of Sun Jishi, a master physician of traditional Chinese medicine. But on the very night Li Chunsheng became his disciple, Sun Jishi passed away. Li Chunsheng inherited Sun Jishi's estate and awakened the [Merit System 2.7kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 55 The Folks of the Alley: A Carefree Life with Pinduoduo in Hand 小巷人家：手握拼夕夕的潇洒人生 141Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 56 Myriad Realms: From the Start in Siheyuan, I Rise to the Supreme 万界之开局四合院，万界成至高 A new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 19.3kReads7.4Score69714d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: The Greatest Livestock Breeder 四合院：最牛牲畜养殖人 [No harem protagonist + fierce and ruthless + a little devious + somewhat invincible + easygoing daily life + early-stage growth + decisive and merciless + no saintly do-gooder] My name is Bai Baoshan. I’m 45 years old. I’m a good person. All I know how to do is raise livestock. Don’t believe me? I’ll raise some and show you. And so... Every black pig weighed over 400 jin... The cattle and sheep were all plump and healthy, with delicious meat... Even the dairy cows and goats sprayed milk 11.3kReads8.6Score40714d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: Li Tianyou, the Brilliant Detective 四合院：妙笔神探李天佑 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 140Reads7.9Score11114d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: I Master Divine Arts, and You Call Me Superstitious? 四合院：道法通神，你说我迷信？ [Period Setting] [Pocket Dimension] [Daoist Arts] [Miracle Doctor] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [Everyday Life] [Family Matters] [Unique Powers] Zhang Daoxuan arrives in a Beijing courtyard in the 1960s and awakens a Merit System. With a single hand, he saves countless lives using talisman water and earns the title “Living Immortal.” But Jia Zhangshi turns around and reports him for feudal superstition and murder for profit! The police station refuses to hear him out and forces him to return the money a 2.3kReads5.5Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Is There Any Future in Being a Factory Doctor? 四合院：当厂医有搞头吗？ While delivering food, delivery rider Li Huaishui is sent back to 1944 by a truck, into the womb of a family in Shandong. As he slowly grows up, he learns that his brother, who is more than twenty years older and rarely comes home, is named Li Huaide. Then he discovers that his eldest brother works at the Red Star Steel Mill in the capital… 17.3kReads5.5Score91014d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: The Carefree Life of a Villain 四合院：恶棍的潇洒生活 [No harem, prickly and cunning male lead, somewhat overpowered, laid-back everyday life, stockpiling supplies, decisive and ruthless, no bleeding-heart heroine] After waking up in a Beijing courtyard home in 1960, Shen He decides he'll never be a pushover again. I have a staff that can sweep away every injustice in the world. I have a staff that can make every scoundrel and spy tremble. I have a staff that can let the light of justice shine everywhere. Look... this is the Staff of Justi 25.5kReads8.2Score1k14d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: The Old Man Who Collects Scrap 四合院：收废品的老汉 "No pointless romantic subplots + Feiji has never been a saintly do-gooder + easygoing everyday life" Li Shizhen has a very medical-sounding name. A disillusioned and unrestrained man born in the 1980s, he has seen all walks of life and become a scrap collector who grabs junk for a living. He has a change of heart and saves a boy who was supposed to transmigrate, only to unexpectedly transmigrate himself. Well, if he has to transmigrate, so be it. He never started a family in his previous lif 16.9kReads8.9Score67614d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: He Daqing Steals Qin Huairu Away, More Children, More Blessings 四合院何大清截胡秦淮茹多子多福 No poison, a pocket dimension, and a fast pace! He transmigrates into a Siheyuan, where Qin Huairu is still unmarried, so he’d better marry her before anyone else does! With a pocket dimension at his disposal and his combat power maxed out from the start, I’m not going to hold back! No self-righteous saint, no sneaky schemer, and no waiting until tomorrow. If there’s nothing going on, I’ll find an excuse to slap a few people around! 3.5kReads5.5Score10014d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, but I Won't Be Xu Damao 四合院：我许大茂，不做许大茂 This book has no System, golden finger, or cheat. This is an all-new Xu Damao, transported to another world and made into an entirely new person. It tells a different story about Xu Damao! A man in his thirties from a later era, Xu Damao, gets hit by a truck. In that instant, the primordial power of heaven and earth causes him and the Xu Damao from the courtyard compound to collide, and he passively transmigrates. The courtyard’s Xu Damao is whisked away by a Dongfeng truck. See how the Xu Damao 1.2kReads5.5Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: The Civil Engineering Big Shot Has Arrived! 四合院：土木大佬驾到！ [No System] [Has a Spatial Dimension] [Low on Violence] Liu Bo: an utterly ordinary name. But if you have an arrogant subordinate named Long Aotian, then Liu Bo must be someone extraordinary. The quintessential big-shot protagonist, no doubt about it. But he's not the protagonist of this story. Liu Bo is a construction worker in 2025, working as a site manager at a construction site in a tiny county town ranked somewhere around the eighteenth tier. It happens to be a night shift pouring concrete 1.7kReads5.9Score10714d adds
- 66 Xu Damao's Story Begins in the Siheyuan 许大茂从四合院开始 The courtyard is just where Xu Damao's story begins. How could an era of dramatic change and burning passion go by without me, in the prime of my youth? See how Xu Damao, once a genuine hypocrite and villain, and his two little companions build lives unlike any other. With an unreliable little System, we're not counting on him. The missions are yours, so what do they have to do with me? We'll make our own decisions and live our own lives! (A note: this is a slow-burn story that spans a long peri 2.1kReads5.8Score—14d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: I Can Absorb Life 四合院：我可以吸收生命 [A Little Playboy + A Little Sly + A Little Invincible + A Little Easygoing + Everyday Life] Ma Teng, a Level 3 electrician at a steel mill, risked his life to save state property by pulling the power switch. He died in the process, and his body was taken over by a modern man from a later era, also named Ma Teng, who had spent most of his life trudging along, honest and unassuming. What kind of waves will this honest modern man stir up in that era? 30.2kReads8.0Score1.5k14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Age of Empires 四合院：傻柱的帝国时代 In the 1950s, life in the capital was hard, and the winds of change stirred beneath the surface. A modern soul found himself in the body of a young man known as Silly Zhu. His father had run off, leaving only his little sister behind. The courtyard was rife with trouble, and hidden currents swirled through the streets. Fortunately, he had a world of his own: the Age of Empires game world. Starting in the primitive Stone Age, he reclaimed land, developed production, and smelted metal, steadily l 41.7kReads7.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 69 A New Life Begins in the Siheyuan 四合院开始新人生 A modern-day antique shop owner and part-time collector buys a jade talisman on the black market, then dies in a car accident. The talisman is activated, and he transmigrates to the 1950s. Realizing that his misfortune has brought him an incredible opportunity, he is reborn into a new life. From then on, he becomes a man of many talents: by day, an ordinary government cadre; behind the scenes, a cultivator, collector, and major black-market dealer, among other identities. In the end, he breaks f 22.1kReads7.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: Bridging the Myriad Worlds 四合院之对缝诸天万界 Whether the courtyard is in chaos or not is up to the Jia family. Silly Zhu does the dirty work, and Old Yi keeps watch. But ever since Wang Xiaotian arrived at the courtyard, everything changed... 15Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 71 You're Forcing Me to the Countryside? I'll Empty the House and Head Off to the Farms in Style 逼我下乡？我搬空家底潇洒插队 Reborn in 1975, Lin Jianguo looks at his biased parents and the younger brother about to take over his job, then gives a cold laugh. If you won't treat me right, don't blame me for returning the favor! He activates his pocket System and acquires Grandmaster-level Baji Fist, expert hunting skills, and expert marksmanship. He clears out every valuable belonging in his biased parents' house, then casually signs up his stepmother's son to go to the Great Northwest. With his bags on his back, he head 11.3kReads7.5Score84114d adds
- 72 The Junkyard Monkey of the Siheyuan 四合院之破烂猴儿 After transmigrating into the world of Republican-era film and television, he becomes a young Hou the Junk Dealer. Here are Seventh Master from The Grand Mansion Gate, Tian Zao from the hutongs, Wu Jingzhong from Lurk, the colorful residents of the courtyard house on Nanluoguxiang, and characters from many other period dramas. See how Hou Tianlai makes his way through the world of film and television and toys with all those colorful characters… 5.5kReads8.5Score20114d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: One Smile from Him Leaves the Whole Courtyard Stunned 四合院：他一笑全院惊 Entirely handmade, no AI. Transmigration, lighthearted, multiple heroines, a warehouse, no hostility. When supplies are scarce, I have a supermarket. Enjoy a Cao thief’s life and live a different kind of existence. There’s no nightlife of glittering lights and bustling clubs, just the era’s shared activities. 17.5kReads6.8Score89514d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Revenge 四合院之傻柱复仇记 A burned-out office worker who dropped dead in 2026 becomes Silly Zhu, who froze to death on the streets in 1951. Bound to a System, he learns cooking, traditional Chinese medicine, and Bajiquan. As he raises his little sister, he makes every beast who schemes against him pay the price. 30.9kReads8.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 75 1940: I Have the Thousand-Blade Demon Saber for Killing the Japanese! 1940：杀鬼子我有魔刀千刃！ A modern college student transmigrates to 1940 and takes over the body of a child named Wu Liuqi, who was killed by the Japanese. He awakens the Enemy-Slaying, Nation-Strengthening System! With the template of the assassin Wu Liuqi and the Thousand Blades Demon Sword in hand, he throws his head back and shouts, “You Japanese devils, your grandpa is here!” 2kReads7.4Score10714d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: How Dare You Steal My Inheritance? 四合院：我的遗产你们也敢吞？ When a doctoral graduate’s soul landed in 1961, he became a young man in rural Changping who shared his name. His parents were dead, and his uncle’s inheritance had been completely divided among the “old neighbors” in Courtyard 95 on Nanluoguxiang: three rooms, eight thousand yuan in savings, and a secure job at the steel mill, all seized. With no way to seek justice, he had only a will and the future technology and master-level martial arts bestowed upon him by his transmigration. From appealin 6.8kReads6.6Score20114d adds
- 77 Siheyuan: I Handed Everything Over to the Nation 四合院之我把一切上交国家 In the long course of history, one era is forever etched into the deepest recesses of the Chinese people's memory: the grueling War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He Daqing arrives in the world of the Siheyuan, becoming another He Daqing. When the invaders' iron hooves trample our land, the country is shattered and its people suffer. But the sons and daughters of China never surrender. They stand tall, composing one stirring anthem of resistance after another with their blood and the 1.7kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: The Jie Sect's Fortune! Seizing the Fortune of All Things! 四合院：截教气运！截取万物！ In the Battle of the Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect suffered a crushing defeat, and Tongtian was forced to swallow the Saint-Falling Pill. Enraged, Tongtian stripped away the remnants of the Jie Sect's fortune and sent them into the endless void, hoping that one day someone destined to inherit it could lead the Jie Sect to greatness again. Hongjun learned of this. The Creation Jade Disc nurtured among his three flowers shot out a beam of golden light, intent on scattering the Jie Sect's 9.1kReads8.1Score48614d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: Infinite Creation in My World 四合院之我的世界无限创造 Invincible! Pure wish fulfillment! If it doesn't satisfy you, you don't pay! Chen Tian was playing Minecraft at home when he unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. There, he obtained the ultimate authority to create without limits in Minecraft, allowing him to reshape the world around him at will. As he transformed more and more places, the energy fed back by this authority kept changing his body, making him invincible. Don't like the little Japanese? Wipe out their 5.9kReads5.8Score29914d adds
- 80 Starting as a Deputy Section Chief in Siheyuan 四合院从副科长开始 [Security Department Deputy Chief from the Start] [Sign-In Rewards] [Well-Connected] [All I Want Is to Be a Lazy Fish] After transmigrating into the chaotic world of the Four-Nine City courtyard compound, he starts out as the deputy chief of the steel mill's security department! Zhang Jianjun arrives in the central courtyard with his own pocket space, where he witnesses Jia Zhangshi whining about being poor and leeching off others, Silly Zhu using moral blackmail, and Yi Zhonghai plotting behi 56.8kReads6.4Score3.3k14d adds
- 81 From the Start in the Siheyuan: Fishing Across the Myriad Heavens, Invincible in Every World 开局四合院：垂钓诸天，无敌万界 [The Blue Star's Only Supernatural Being | Fishing in the Myriad Heavens | Conquering the Myriad Worlds | Multiple Heroines] No misery, no angst, just a lighthearted, relaxing story. After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Lin Xingchen awakens the Fishing in the Myriad Heavens System! No painstaking cultivation, no grinding levels. With a flick of his hand and a cast of his line, all the opportunities, ultimate physiques, god-tier techniques, and peerless treasures of the Myriad Heavens 36.8kReads6.6Score2.8k14d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Rewrites His Life 四合院：傻柱改写人生 In his previous life, he was driven out of the Siheyuan and froze to death beneath a bridge. Reborn in this life, he returns to find the courtyard just as it was. But He Yuzhu is no longer the Silly Zhu everyone could push around. 9.9kReads6.7Score35814d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Won't Leave Me Alone 四合院：秦淮茹赖上我 Zhao Xiyan was an ordinary small-town exam grinder. He had little ambition, but his family's comfortable means let him live a pretty decent life. But just as a speeding dump truck was about to hit one of his students, he rushed forward on instinct. He saved the student, but also had an intimate and decidedly unpleasant encounter with the truck. When he woke again, he was already riding in a donkey cart. Across from him, a young woman with bright eyes, pearly teeth, and two long braids was watchi 188.2kReads8.1Score9k14d adds
- 84 I’m Really Not a Scumbag Pillar 我真不是渣柱 Zhang Baoshi, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly finds his soul transported into the body of Silly Zhu, a sixteen-year-old character from Love in the Courtyard. Having read plenty of fanfiction, he immediately swoops in on Qin Huairu and activates a pocket-dimension System, hoping to live a quiet life. But fate has other plans: Qin Huairu ends up marrying Jia Dongxu, leaving him utterly disheartened. Remembering how the Jia family drained him dry in the original story, until he froz 25Reads6.1Score514d adds
- 85 Genius Lawyer: I Persuaded Someone to Surrender, and They Sent Me a Banner? 鬼才律师：劝人自首还被送锦旗？ The renowned lawyer Zhou Yun became the young lawyer Zhou Yun. Thanks to his godlike case-solving logic, netizens called him a legal genius. A married scumbag seduces a woman, then refuses to take responsibility when she gets pregnant. The police won't even do anything. What should she do? Have them turn themselves in for the joint crime of bigamy. The police will definitely take the case, and with a confession and a pregnancy, there's a good chance the charges will be dropped. A cook who has wo 131.4kReads9.3Score15k14d adds
- 86 Siheyuan: I Take Yi Zhonghai to Task and Demand 6,000 Yuan 四合院：手撕易中海，逼赔六千块 Chen Wangshan is a transmigrator. He has transmigrated into a notorious courtyard house from across the myriad heavens, full of beasts. No endless bickering back and forth. He'll teach those beasts how to behave by using the law. A new author with a new work. Please go easy on me, dear readers! A fist salute! Thank you! (The rating just came out and will rise later, so please read with confidence.) 83.7kReads5.5Score3.8k14d adds
- 87 After Seven Rebirths, I Was Spoiled Rotten, Yu Yutianmo 七次重生后我被宠上天雨宇天墨 After Being Reborn Seven Times, I Was Doted on by Everyone, by Yu Yutianmo 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 I Thought I Was the Protagonist, but Turns Out I’m Just an Extra 以为是主角，谁知是个打酱油的 Thought I was the protagonist, but it turns out I'm just a bit player 156Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 I Came Here to Fight for the Emperor’s Favor, So Why Are You Making Me Fight Zombies? 我是来宫斗的，你却让我打僵尸 I came here to fight palace intrigue, but you want me to fight zombies. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 I Transmigrated with a Braised Egg and Became a Princess in the Continent of Hanyue 穿越，带着卤蛋当公主，大陆翰月 Transmigrate, bring a braised egg and become a princess, on the Hanyue Continent 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 When the Game Descended, the Simp Awakened and Became Invincible 游戏降临，舔狗觉醒后无敌了 123Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: Our Damai Won’t Take This Lying Down 四合院：咱大茂绝不憋屈 Siheyuan: Our Da Mao refuses to be pushed around 211Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Reborn in the 1960s, I Made the System My Godfather. Who’d Eat Rotten Meat Now? 重生60年代，拜系统为义父，谁还吃臭肉 Reborn in the 1960s, I take the System as my godfather. Who still eats rotten meat? 142Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Apocalypse Doesn’t Exist, Because I’m Mentally Ill 末日，不存在的，因为我是精神病 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Is Cultivating Immortality Hard? You Can Do It with Just Your Hands 修仙难吗？还不是有手就行 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 High Martial: System 250, My Qi and Blood Are Soaring 高武：系统250，气血嘎嘎涨 High Martial: System 250, my blood energy is surging 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: The Simp Killed the White Lotus, All in the Name of Harmony 四合院：舔狗杀了白莲花，主打一个和睦 While others transmigrate into handsome bodies, Yi Zhonghai transmigrated into the body of an old man. If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad, but he was infertile! What's even more infuriating is that he transmigrated into the body of Yi Zhonghai in a traditional courtyard house. According to the original owner's memories, it wasn't him who was infertile, but rather his wife, Li Cuilan! However, the original owner and his wife Li Cuilan had weathered the most difficult years together, supporti 211Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, We’ll Get Revenge for You 四合院：傻柱，这仇咱替你报了 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, we'll help you get your revenge 901Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Xu Damao, the First-Blood Champion 一血达人许大茂 Crossing Between Worlds: Xu Damao's Modern Comeback Xu Damao, a top literature student, couldn't find a job after graduation and became obsessed with the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He especially envied the womanizing, cunning “Xu Damao,” jokingly calling him a master of getting women into bed. Then one day, he transmigrated and became the very Xu Damao he “admired,” just as he was about to marry the wealthy Lou Xiao'e! Faced with a courtyard full of beastly neighbors, including the calc 2.3kReads5.7Score13314d adds
- 100 Reincarnated as He Daqing, I Marry Huairu and Change My Foolish Son's Fate 魂穿何大清娶淮茹为傻儿子改命 “Seven-character Regulated Verse: Reflections on Transmigrating into He Daqing” Within the courtyard, schemes bring both warmth and woe; Reborn, one hand can turn grief to joy. With clever plans, grain and meat nourish a thousand heirs; Careful mending brings two phoenixes together beneath love’s sky. Hidden talents flourish amid the bustle of the streets; A home rich in virtue opens a new path. Looking back at the lights and kitchen smoke, The He family’s branches thrive, leaning on the railing 3.2kReads6.6Score10814d adds
