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- 51 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Rise in a Changing Era 重生四合院，逆袭年代的傻柱 A young man from the modern day transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1945 and becomes Silly Zhu as a boy. With a storage space to protect his mother and keep his younger sister safe, he creates his own cultivation technique and learns to cultivate. He becomes a rising star of the era... 4Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 52 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—14d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: The More Excited You Get, the More Excited I Am 四合院：你们越激动我越兴奋 Lin Fan transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. After leaving the countryside for the capital's courtyard compound to take over his uncle's job at a steel mill, he begins stirring up trouble in the compound, throwing the whole bunch of busybodies into chaos. 31.6kReads7.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 54 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, 1.1kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1954, with Silly Zhu as My Neighbor 四合院：重生54年，邻居傻柱 Li Zhenmin transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan in 1954 and becomes He Yuzhu's neighbor. Knowing what the future holds, the first thing Li Zhenmin does after awakening the System is learn to cook. A cook will never go hungry, no matter the era. At this point, He Yuzhu is still a naive little kid, following Li Zhenmin around and calling him “big brother” whenever he gets the chance. Xu Damao isn't as bad as he'll become in the future, either. He keeps pestering Li Zhenmin to take him on as 28.1kReads7.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 56 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. 19.7kReads6.1Score70114d adds
- 57 I, Yan Jiekang, Start Out as a Sent-Down Youth in the Countryside 四合院我阎解旷开局下乡当知青 Yan Jiekang, an aimless young man from the 21st century, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a man with the same name. To make matters worse, his father is nicknamed Yan the Cheapskate. Isn’t this the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, the one he used to find so infuriating? And his courtyard really is a case of big trouble in a small place, with all sorts of top-tier troublemakers everywhere! Thankfully, he awakens a spatial ability, giving him hope for an easier life. With no job, Yan Jie 10.3kReads7.4Score34414d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of an Eighth-Grade Worker 四合院之八级工的幸福生活 This novel has no System and no over-the-top melodrama, and things are relatively harmonious. Synopsis: Lin Yu transmigrates into a courtyard in the 1950s and gets a terrible start. Through his own hard work, he gradually becomes an eighth-grade worker and gives his family a happy life. 46.4kReads7.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: I Move Out from the Start, Leaving the Courtyard Animals Stunned 四合院：开局搬走，众禽麻了 Lin Hai, a young man from a later era, transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house. Knowing full well that this menagerie of a compound is no place to stay, he moves out from the start without a moment's hesitation. Yi Zhonghai: “Lin Hai, could you empty the old lady's chamber pot for me…” Jia Zhangshi: “Lin Hai, my family is having money troubles. Could you donate a few dozen yuan…” Qin Huairu: “These steamed buns just came out of the steamer and are still hot. How about letting Banggen 34.9kReads5.4Score95614d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: The God of Slaughter Descends 四合院：杀神降临 [Six types of superpowers + early-stage development + decisive and ruthless + no holier-than-thou heroine + no promiscuity either. If you’re looking for steamy scenes, turn left and keep walking.] Feiji would like to make this clear: readers who want to kill their own countrymen, please move along. You’re not welcome here, and neither are people who are pro-Japan. Once the protagonist grows stronger later on, he’ll kill them all. If you’ve only read a couple of pages and are commenting before ev 9.3kReads8.5Score39914d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: Greeting Yi Zhonghai with News That He'll Die Childless from the Start 四合院：开局问候易中海绝户 [Not AI-written, so read with confidence] [Hilarious antics, outrageous schemes] What happens when the ultimate fun-seeker, Wang Dalong, shows up at the courtyard house? Yi Zhonghai: I'm moving out. This dump is impossible to live in! Silly Zhu: You can leave, but Auntie Yi and the child are staying! Yan Bugui: By my calculations, it's time to pay protection money again. Xu Damao: Dalong is my very best friend! Lou Xiao'e: Damao, time to take your medicine. Liu Haizhong: Quiet down, everyone. Th 29.8kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: Born in 1950, Researching While Enjoying the Gossip 四合院：开局50，边吃瓜边科研 [Siheyuan] [Period] [Technology to Strengthen the Nation] [One Heroine] [Putting the Yard's Troublemakers in Their Place] What? I've been reborn in a Siheyuan in 1950, and I'm a student at a top university, a genius in the top three of my year. As he recalls the fragmentary memories in his mind, Li Xiao breaks down completely. “I studied the humanities in my past life. What is this supposed to be? Is this some kind of joke?” From gas-cylinder cannons to Type 63 rocket launchers. From motorcycles 31.3kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: A Wild Boar Gets Me a Ten-Mu Greenhouse from the Start 四合院：开局野猪送我十亩地大棚 [Gossip] [Watching the Show] [Period] [Transmigration] [Purchasing Agent] [Invincible] [Witty] [Funny] [Daily Life] [One Female Lead] [Ruthless] PS: The Courtyard House content doesn’t make up a particularly large portion of this story. Most of it focuses on the protagonist’s everyday life. If that’s not your thing, don’t read! PS: The male lead has a pet companion who provides the comedy, but the pet’s role becomes less prominent later on. If you’re not into pets, feel free to skip those part 39.8kReads8.3Score2.5k14d adds
- 64 Silly Zhu's Siheyuan 傻柱子的四合院 The protagonist is a little confused. I only went out for a budget trip, so how did I inexplicably become Silly Zhu? Well, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. At least I won't have to worry every day about scraping together a bite to eat. Sure, material goods are scarce in this era, but the people are honest and kind! Life is good! Well... except for this cannibalistic courtyard and the birds who live in it. 15.5kReads8.8Score71714d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: My Dad Is Xu Damao, and My Mom Is Lou Xiao'e 四合院：爹是许大茂，娘是娄晓娥 When zombies surrounded the city in the apocalypse, orphan Xu Xiao had no choice but to self-destruct, taking the newly crowned Zombie King down with him. Instead, he transmigrated into the TV series Courtyard House as Xu Damao’s son, with a womanizing father, a sweet and clueless mother, and beasts all around him. With no other choice, he must make the most of life in a courtyard full of beasts. See how Xu Xiao lives life on his own terms. For those born in the ’70s and ’80s, music has never le 20.2kReads9.2Score99914d adds
- 66 A Reborn Life in the Siheyuan 重生之四合院人生 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 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. 9.9kReads6.2Score20314d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: Making My Own Way to Success 四合院：风生水起靠自己 [No harem + fierce, scheming protagonist + a touch of invincibility + lighthearted slice of life + space-based farming + building a family + no saintly do-gooder] In the real world, there was a passionate young man with an unbending sense of justice. His name was Zheng Yi. By a twist of fate, he stumbled upon an extraordinary opportunity that took him to the year 1955. What left Zheng Yi most dumbfounded was that this was the world of Love in the Courtyard. That’s right, the world of Love in the 14.9kReads6.9Score60114d adds
- 69 Siheyuan's Dual Sign-In System 四合院之双签系统 [Courtyard setting + golden finger + dual transmigration + marriage before love + time travel] If you can handle a lot, start from the beginning and get the complete story. If you can’t stand being wronged, I suggest jumping ahead to Chapter 60! By a twist of fate, two strangers transmigrate together into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Bound tightly together by the System, they have no choice but to do their best to play the part of a loving couple in order to survive in their new surroundi 43kReads6.9Score2k14d adds
- 70 A Hilarious Tale of Immortals and Heroes 仙侠笑传 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 51Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: I Picked Up Qin Jingru, and the Whole Courtyard Is Green with Envy 四合院：捡到秦京茹，全院羡慕哭 [Siheyuan Courtyard + Lighthearted + No Hostility] Jia Dongyang unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a siheyuan courtyard in 1959. Following Xu Damao's example, he intercepts Qin Jingru in an alley and wins her over. The young couple's life just keeps getting better. From then on, the courtyard has a new good man, a “heartless scoundrel,” a matchmaker, and the head of the Women's Association. Xu Damao: “Thanks, little brother Dongyang!” Silly Zhu: “You really are heartless, making me mar 12.1kReads8.4Score47914d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: My Name Is Yi Zhonghe 四合院：我叫易中河 A modern man transmigrates into the world of the courtyard drama, becoming Yi Zhonghe, Yi Zhonghai’s younger brother, a character who never appeared in the show. He moves into the courtyard and takes a job at the steel mill. See how a modern soul reforms the courtyard’s self-serving residents, turning the “courtyard full of miscreants” into a true Love in the Courtyard. 84.8kReads8.0Score4.6k14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: Damou's Brother-in-Law Has an Iron Body, What a Scammer 四合院：大茂妹夫铁身躯，坑人啊 [The hottest Siheyuan story of 2025] [Sneaky schemer] [Funny] [Prankster] [Lots of conflict] [Feel-good power fantasy] He befriends Xu Damao and Li Huaide. Xu Damao is the brother-in-law of Sha Zhu. He sets traps for all the other troublemakers. This book is all about pranks: first, he swindles them out of their pocket money, then he makes them suffer miserably. Don't read if that's not your thing! 22.4kReads6.0Score53314d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: I, Jia Dongxu, Want to Be Reborn Too! 四合院：我贾东旭也要重生！ [Love in the Courtyard; wish-fulfillment!!!; comedy; transmigration; one female lead (Qin Huairu); pocket dimension] Silly Zhu next door has been working himself to the bone around the clock. It's about time I, Jia Dongxu, got to be the main character!!! Reincarnated as a man doomed to die young? This time, I'll hold this family together! You won't teach me properly? I'll cut ties with Yi Zhonghai and find myself a new master! Yi Zhonghai: “Dongxu, I was wrong!” Caught Jia Zhangshi sneaking 29.7kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 75 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
- 76 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
- 77 Siheyuan: What I Say Goes in This Canteen 四合院，这个食堂我说了算 Zhang Renkang inexplicably finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He works his way up from a lowly kitchen helper to become the cafeteria director. What? Silly Zhu wants to cause trouble? Give him a beating and kick him out of the cafeteria. What? Qin Huairu wants a free ride? Ha, I won't do it unless I get something out of it. What? Yi Zhonghai wants me to take care of him in his old age? Dream on. I throw in my lot with Li Weimin and thrive. Watch Zhang Renkang take on the whole 9.2kReads7.6Score29514d adds
- 78 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
- 79 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
- 80 Siheyuan: Bully a Martyr’s Family? From the Start, Silly Zhu Goes to Prison 四合院：欺辱烈属？开局傻柱进牢 A nineteen-year-old boy whose parents are both dead is cheated out of his family inheritance. After unlocking a golden finger, watch as he fights back, deals with the vile scoundrels, and finds a way to live well. With an Emotion Collection System, what will he do to gather enough emotion points? How will the fate of the courtyard change? 31.1kReads6.4Score1k14d adds
- 81 Siheyuan: My Fishing System Is Anything but Proper 四合院，我的钓鱼系统不正经 I wake up to find I've arrived in the 1950s, in Love in the Courtyard. As a man with a golden finger, is it too much to expect to be good at everything? Copying machine tools and building tanks are child's play. More importantly, under my leadership, the Dragon Kingdom will enter the age of standardized industrialization thirty years early and achieve its great goal of becoming the world's factory fifty years ahead of schedule. When the Indians cross the border, they won't be greeted by a three- 15.6kReads7.3Score49314d adds
- 82 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
- 83 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
- 84 Siheyuan: Wang Dapeng the Jester's Happy Life 四合院，乐子人王大鹏的快乐人生 A hilarious, low-conflict period piece set in a Beijing courtyard, with a scheming protagonist, a professional troublemaker, and a real scoundrel's way of doing things. Wang Dapeng transmigrates into a courtyard full of villains, where he goes head-to-head with the residents and discovers that his reputation is taking a hit. His motto is: if you can't adapt to your surroundings, make them adapt to you. If you get soaked, don't let your opponents have umbrellas. So Wang Dapeng decides to make sur 60.4kReads8.9Score2.7k14d adds
- 85 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
- 86 Siheyuan: Happiness Begins with a One-Cent Instant Kill 四合院：从一分钱秒杀开始幸福 [Courtyard Drama + System + Everyday Life + Changing the Plot] Zhou Jianjun transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, only to discover that his arrival had changed some of the plot. This world was great: not only did he have a house, but also a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter. He even had a System that let him buy anything for a penny. Not enough food or supplies? Not a problem. Zhou Jianjun just wanted to live happily with his wife and daughter for the rest of his life, so nobody had be 45.9kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things Under Heaven 四合院：垂钓诸天万物 Lin Shaowen got drunk at a class reunion. After sleeping and waking up, he inexplicably arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Lin Shaowen, an outstanding graduate of Beijing College of Chinese Medicine. He had just graduated from university and now faced a choice: should he become a promising full-time doctor at Union Hospital, or an obscure factory doctor at a steel mill? Without a second thought, Lin Shaowen chose to become a factory doctor. There was no helping it. Sending a 78.9kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: Seeing the Scheme Through to the End 四合院之将截胡进行到底 [Multiple female leads, not for everyone] [Protagonists from various TV dramas collide, each with their own protagonist aura] [Disinfecting with iodine while whipping] Siheyuan, Zhengyang Gate, People Are Like Iron, Glorious Times, The Great New Era, Golden Wedding, Hutong, The Qiao Family Children... In the Name of the People, Ordinary Years, The War Between Two Women] [System for stealing female leads, self-interest, do-gooders, stay away] [No original female leads, characters from other stori 199.3kReads9.0Score13.5k14d adds
