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- 1 Siheyuan: Reborn and Back, I Beat the Hell Out of Those Jerks from the Start 四合院：重生归来，开局爆锤众禽 [Ding! The Point Allocation System is activated. Your skills instantly reach max level!] Chen Mo opens his eyes to find he has transmigrated to Chenjia Village in 1953, on the brink of famine! He thinks he’ll have to forage for wild greens, but then a stroke of luck falls from the heavens: Aunt Niu from his village picks him to go to the city and take over a household. A secure job and a beautiful wife: from the start, he’s set up for an easy win! That is, until he walks into the familiar courty 1.4kReads5.4Score10114d adds
- 2 He Yuzhu: With a System, I’m Invincible 何雨柱：我有系统我无敌 He Yuzhu unexpectedly transmigrates into the role of He Yuzhu in “Love in the Courtyard” and awakens the Daily Sign-In System. With the System’s support, he sets out on a completely different path. Watch how “He Yuzhu” turns the courtyard upside down! 202Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: The All-Around Expert Gets Aunt Yi Pregnant 四合院：全能高手一大妈怀孕 After transmigrating into the world of the courtyard, Lin Weiguo swoops in and wins Qin Huairu over. Step by step, he rises through the ranks, and life gets better and better as promotions and pay raises keep coming. When the Deaf Granny is exposed for impersonating a martyr's family member, she is arrested and killed on the spot. Yi Zhonghai is sent to the far northwest for reeducation after trying to guilt-trip people with morality. Jia Zhangshi and the other beasts are either killed or sent a 3.7kReads6.5Score13114d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: My Second Uncle Is Yi Zhonghai, So I Lie Flat 四合院：二叔易中海，我直接躺平 Yi Xiaotian transmigrated into an era of shortages, where even clothes and food were scarce. A disastrous start: his father died in a hunting accident, and his mother was bedridden. Then, just before his mother passed away, she grabbed Yi Xiaotian's hand and said, “Son, after I'm gone, go to your second uncle for help. He's your father's biological brother. His name is Yi Zhonghai, and he lives at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.” The moment Yi Xiaotian saw Yi Zhonghai, he dropped to his knees with a t 6Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: Wipe Out the Vermin, Starting with Bang Geng! 四合院：杀光禽兽，从棒梗开始！ [Kill the monsters] [The monsters must die] [Kill them all] Fang Yuan transmigrates to 1960 and becomes a resident of a courtyard house. After learning the monsters' biggest secret, his predecessor was poisoned to death. Fang Yuan swears revenge and awakens the God of Slaughter System. As long as he kills a monster, he receives a reward. Strangle Banggeng and gain grandmaster-level thievery. Smash Deaf Granny to death and gain grandmaster-level bedroom skills. And then there's Jia Zhangshi, Yi Z 6Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: I Open My Eyes to Find Qin Huairu at Nineteen 四合院：睁眼看见十九岁的秦淮茹 Lin Kai was hit by a dump truck and sent to the outskirts of Qin Family Village in 1952. It was the height of summer. A girl with her hair in braids was gathering firewood outside the village when she spotted someone lying by the river. “Comrade, comrade, you can’t sleep here!” The girl cupped some river water in her mouth and sprayed it onto Lin Kai’s face, waking him up. Lin Kai looked at her. Three parts familiar, four parts strange, and the remaining three parts as if he’d seen her somewhere 43Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Kicked Yi Zhonghai, Leaving the Courtyard's Fools Stunned 四合院：开局踹飞易中海众禽傻眼 [Decisive and ruthless] + [Multiple heroines] + [Scheming] + [System] He Yuzhu opens his eyes and finds himself back in 1951, on Nanluoguxiang. He is no longer Silly Zhu, the man drained dry by the beasts in the courtyard. His father, He Daqing, ran off with all their money, leaving him and his seven-year-old sister, He Yushui, to depend on each other. Yi Zhonghai still wants to guilt-trip him into going to Baoding to get himself killed? Dream on! The “Beastly Relationships Smashing System” acti 18.1kReads7.0Score90214d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: Just After Soul Transmigration, I Snatched Qin Huairu! 四合院：刚魂穿，截胡秦淮茹！ [Siheyuan + Transmigration] [Lighthearted + Slice of Life] [System + Portable Pocket Dimension] [One Female Lead + Multiple Women] [The Myriad Worlds] [Avatars] Liu Jianjun woke up to find that his soul had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He had become a twenty-year-old orphan. This man was also named Liu Jianjun, and he was a petty thug. It was late 1951, less than two months after the Silly Zhu next door had been abandoned by He Daqing. He heard that Jia Dongxu next 10.1kReads6.2Score54714d adds
- 9 Starting with Transmigrating into Silly Zhu 从穿越傻柱开始 A playboy from a later age transmigrates into Silly Zhu in Love in the Courtyard. Given a System that seems real but isn't quite what it appears to be, He Yuzhu, who came from the future, finds his thoughts taking an unexpected turn. Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi: they're all small fry. He needs to make some preparations for the future. 8.5kReads6.5Score37514d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: I Woke Up as Silly Zhu 四合院：起床发现自己成了傻柱 [Buddhist-minded male lead] + [one female lead] + [bystanders watching the drama] + [excellent cooking] + [no hoarding a courtyard house] + [no going to Hong Kong] + [no collecting antiques] He Tianci, a university student in the 21st century, transmigrates into He Yuzhu in the early 1950s, during the fiery era. He marries his master's daughter, Luo Yanran, and they have several adorable children. He changes Silly Zhu's life, relying on the cooking skills he learned with the help of his golden f 6kReads6.0Score16114d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: A Second Life 四合院之再来一生 Chen Yizhou, a modern man, wakes up in 1958 and takes a job at a steel mill before moving into a courtyard house. With a System and an all-seeing perspective, how will he deal with all the scheming neighbors?… 66.2kReads7.4Score7.9k14d adds
- 12 Under Zhengyang Gate: Marrying Guan Xiaoguan 正阳门下：娶妻关小关 Gu Yuemin was a struggling author in 2025. While watching the TV drama Under the Zhengyang Gate, Han Chunming made him furious! Of all people, why did he have to fall for someone who was “all looks and no substance”? In a fit of anger, Gu Yuemin got angry for a moment! And then...! 13.4kReads7.1Score42614d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: Muay Thai Mastery, I Subdue the Entire Courtyard 四合院：泰拳精通，我镇压全院 Li Weidong is a modern man who, after a car accident, arrives in the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes a procurement officer at a steel rolling mill. At first, he's a little panicked. After all, the courtyard is full of notorious beasts. Luckily, the System arrives. As long as he collects negative emotions, he can enter a lottery. From the start, he masters Muay Thai. Grabbing Silly Zhu, Li Weidong asks, "So you're the legendary Courtyard God of War?" From then on, Li Weidong keeps the 3.1kReads5.3Score11714d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: The Beasts Will Get What's Coming to Them 四合院之禽兽自有天收 1.8kReads5.9Score10114d adds
- 15 From the Siheyuan to Hong Kong Island, Doing as I Please 四合院到港岛随心所欲 [The protagonist establishes a country overseas.] Everyone in the courtyard feels like a real person, with their own little schemes and plans. Jiang Yuan leaves the courtyard for Hong Kong Island, determined not to let that little Japanese punk live too long. 11.2kReads7.5Score38714d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: You Think I'll Give In? Think Again! 四合院：让我妥协？你们想多了！ Since the righteous path won’t work, I’ll just have to take the evil one! Revenge + dark themes + psychological games + cozy daily life + two heroines. (Slow-paced, but not a frustrating read. The ones who deserve to die will die, the ones who deserve to be crippled will be crippled, and the ones who deserve a sentence will be sentenced.) An orphan from Blue Star in 2060 transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan courtyard. From the start, his father dies in a workplace accident, and his sick 17.2kReads7.1Score88814d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: I Make Jia Zhangshi My Godmother 四合院之我认贾张氏当干妈 An ordinary office drone from the 21st century transmigrates into 1950s Beijing. Other transmigrators get farming Systems, Systems that exchange points for advanced technology, cultivation, portals between worlds, and so on. But all he gets is the so-called “Strongest” System. No advanced technology to exchange for, and no firearms either. And a jin of rice costs 5 yuan, a jin of flour costs 5 yuan, instant noodles cost 5 yuan, and a jin of ham sausage still costs 5 yuan. That’s 5 yuan in 1950s 819Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 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 14kReads7.3Score68014d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Has a Pocket Dimension and a Life of Endless Joy 四合院：傻柱有空间逍遥乐无边 A modern young man transmigrates and is reborn as Silly Zhu. With the help of a pocket dimension, he gets everything for free and achieves financial freedom. He marries a young lady from a wealthy family, and after they wed, they have ten children. A sweet love story. He creates his own cultivation techniques and becomes the only cultivator on Earth. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, You Dare Take My Sister to a Cheap Hotel 四合院：傻柱你敢带我妹去小旅馆 After enjoying twenty years of offerings from Xu Damao's younger sister, Silly Zhu is reborn. Now that he’s back at eighteen, isn’t Xu Xiaoyun the perfect choice? A fishing-the-heavens System, an island in a pocket space, and a ruthless approach. In fewer than ten chapters, Yi Zhonghai’s legs will be broken, Bang Geng will be crippled, and the White Widow’s whole family will be taken down. After drifting around for twenty years, he’s come back with just a tiny bit more spite than before. 17.3kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: Catching Ghosts at the Women's Bathhouse from the Start 四合院：开局女澡堂抓鬼 Once the protagonist learns that he can unlink his System and that it refreshes every three days, the story takes a new turn. Everyone knows the System's beginner's gift pack is the best part. System: Hand over the beginner's gift pack, and we'll leave each other alone. 21.5kReads7.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: I Sold Silly Zhu from the Start 四合院：我，开局卖了傻柱 [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Saintly Hero] [Transmigration] [Scheming] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Gu Fei was cuckolded by Liu Ruyan, who turned him into a green-haired tortoise. In a fit of rage, he took her down with him. On his first day reborn in the courtyard world, Gu Fei accidentally sold Silly Zhu. On his second day reborn, he forcefully took Deaf Granny's house. On his third day reborn, he started working at the steel mill. Having lived a second life, I, Gu Fei, have made up my mind: I'd r 8.7kReads7.2Score37014d adds
- 23 I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu and Learned to Cultivate Immortality in the Siheyuan 穿越成傻柱，四合院里学修仙 A young man from the modern day transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes Silly Zhu. He quietly learns immortal cultivation and becomes the world's only cultivator. Keeping a low profile, he fights back against the scheming neighbors and uses his storage space to give his family a prosperous life and keep them safe. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: Your Third Uncle Yan Is the Doorkeeper 四合院你闫家三大爷做门神 After inexplicably becoming Third Master Yan of the Yan family, he was convinced he wouldn’t survive more than a few days. On the third day, he received an equally inexplicable System. It gave him no tasks. All he had to do was stay alive! Yan Bugui, with his eventful life, Yan Laosan, a clock-in worker who’s given up, He Yushui, the financial calamity, Xu Damao, with a two-trillion-yuan goal. This is the survival saga of a man who doesn’t fit into this world! Come on in, make yourself at home! 678Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 25 I Built a Mach 45 Fighter Jet, and My Little Factory Became a State-Owned Enterprise 造45马赫战机，我家小厂成国企 Zhang Yang is reborn and inherits the mess his family left behind. He obtains a battered old furnace passed down through the generations and embarks on a path to technology that defies the heavens. He builds a Mach 45 fighter jet and lives a sweet, happy life with his girlfriend, Lin Yue... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: Reborn Silly Zhu Makes a Comeback in a New Era 四合院：重生傻柱逆袭年代 Wang Kui, a young man from the modern day, is reborn as ten-year-old He Yuzhu. He uses his storage space to keep his family well-fed and clothed, creates his own cultivation technique, and becomes the only cultivator. Using his cultivation abilities to change his family's fate, he turns his life around and becomes a winner. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Transmigrating to the Siheyuan, Reborn to a Fortune-Filled Life as Silly Zhu 穿越四合院，重生傻柱的财满人生 Yang Wei, a young man from the modern day, is visiting a Beijing courtyard house when heaven takes pity on him and strikes him dead with lightning. His soul transmigrates into He Yuzhu in a courtyard house in 1958. He wakes up bewildered and discovers a golden finger: a storage space and the strength of ten thousand jin. Thus begins an extreme clash between his personal selfishness and the collectivism of the 1950s. Silly Zhu fills his space with wealth and lives life to the fullest. 11Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 28 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
- 29 Siheyuan: I’ll Scare You All to Death 四合院：我吓死你们 [Comedy] [Just for fun] [No forgiveness letter] Chen Lang transmigrates too late. His body has already been buried and left to rot. All he can do is attach himself to other objects and scare people to earn Fear Points. He needs one million Fear Points to become human again. At first, Chen Lang doesn't want to transmigrate if it means he can't become human. But his younger sister is being cruelly bullied in a courtyard full of scoundrels, and it's just too pitiful. Chen Lang grits his teeth and g 4.8kReads6.5Score13114d adds
- 30 Doomsday: The Rampant Plant Catastrophe 末日：狂植天灾 [No Harem Protagonist + Ruthless, Cunning Protagonist + Somewhat Overpowered + Plant Apocalypse + No Goody-Two-Shoes] What is the apocalypse? There is no kindness in the apocalypse, and there are no protagonists. There are only people doing their best to survive and see the sun rise tomorrow. As long as you outlive everyone else, you’re the protagonist. He thought he’d only complained a little and asked for some time off. Before he could even figure out what was going on, disas 223Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 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
- 32 Siheyuan: Turning a Run-Down Courtyard into a Peach Blossom Paradise 四合院：把破院建成桃花源 Lin Chen performs a heroic rescue, but while saving a child from drowning, he accidentally transmigrates to 1958 and the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. As a well-rounded young man from the twenty-first century, and a master sweeper from Lanxiang Technical School, he has arrived at the universe’s central hub, a place visited by countless transmigrators. Surrounded by all manner of characters in this courtyard, what kind of life will he make for himself? This is a lighthearted comedy, wi 7.6kReads5.4Score21314d adds
- 33 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
- 34 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
- 35 Siheyuan: Beautiful, Don’t Be Like That 四合院：美女别这样 [Courtyard Life + Multiple Female Leads + Decisive Actions + System] After transmigrating as a new resident in the courtyard who was being bullied to death by the old folks expecting him to support them, he reports them to the police and gets Jia Zhangshi sent to the firing squad, while Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui are thrown in jail. He blocks the entrance to Deaf Granny’s home and eats egg cakes, making the old hag shriek with envy. Can helping others really earn rewards? How does 66.9kReads7.3Score4.3k14d adds
- 36 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
- 37 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 22.6kReads7.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 38 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
- 39 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
- 40 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
- 41 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
- 42 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
