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- 1 Siheyuan: After I Transmigrate, the Courtyard Falls into Chaos 四合院：我穿越后，院子乱套了 Tang Zhu, from the twenty-first century, transmigrates for no apparent reason into the world of this notorious courtyard-house drama. Drawing on what he learned from TV shows and novels in his previous life, he immediately breaks the arm and leg of Yang Cuilan, the First Auntie, leaving Yi Zhonghai and the Deaf Old Lady without their strongest ally. He then uses his spatial ability to take the money of the courtyard's troublemakers, drives Liu's two sons to flee their home, and leaves Yan Bugui 1.6kReads5.5Score122Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: Bad, Bad, Bad! The First Master Is My Dad! 四合院：坏坏坏！一大爷是我爹！ [No hostility] [No demonization] [No System] [Career-focused period drama] After transmigrating, Chen Ping'an discovered that he'd drawn the hidden prize in the transmigration blind box: both parents dead, and a cadre position from the start. He thought he had a classic period-drama struggle ahead of him, until he heard the names Red Star Steel Mill and Siheyuan... Oh no! I've fallen into the den of beasts known as the Beast-Filled Siheyuan! No System, no cheat, and only himself to rely on. Chen 7.8kReads6.7Score335Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Is My Mother-in-Law 四合院：秦淮如是我岳母 Courtyard setting + period drama + System + pocket dimension + transmigration, with a focus on “System-powered advantages and overwhelming superiority through supplies.” Fourteen-year-old Wang Ergou, whose real name was Wang Zixuan, lay curled up in the dead grass of a mass grave, covered in blood. In the final moments before losing consciousness, his mind replayed the tragedy that had destroyed his family: His father had been persecuted to death by Red Guards after his own younger brothers, his 1.1kReads8.8Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Fantastical Life of Turning the Tables 四合院：逆袭，何雨柱的魔幻人生 He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes sixteen-year-old He Yuzhu. After awakening an absurdly powerful System, he has to start from scratch, but his talent is just as absurdly powerful. Without her father, He Yushui becomes everyone’s beloved darling. Yi Zhonghai, who had been plotting against He Yuzhu, is left completely dumbfounded. Years later, He Yuzhu looks back on his life. “I’ve spent my whole life walking on thin ice!” 1.9kReads6.4Score101Shelves
- 5 Yan Bugui of Siheyuan: A Scheme with No Room for Error 四合院阎埠贵的算漏无疑 Yan Zhongjin, a modern man with terminal lung cancer, coughed up blood and died. A jade pendant that had acknowledged him as its master carried his soul back to Forty-Nine City in 1947, where he became Yan Bugui. After transmigrating, Yan Zhongjin discovered a pocket dimension, and its weakened spirit artifact gave him a cultivation technique. The technique required no spiritual energy. Instead, he had to experience the mortal world and absorb various forms of pure energy as he tempered his mind 1.2kReads6.4Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: From Trouble-Maker and Gossip-Lover to Director Lin 四合院：从祸害拱火吃瓜成林主任 The rating just came in, so don't worry, it'll rise [Siheyuan] [Comedy] [System] [One Female Lead] [Takes Down the Whole Courtyard] Lin Xiao transmigrates and binds himself to the [Gossip Exchange System]. The villagers see him as a menace. They pool their money to send the jinx away, selling their pots and pans to get him a job at a steel mill in the capital. He couldn't be happier: what could be better than heading to the city to lie flat and enjoy the gossip? The happier the villagers are to 16.1kReads6.2Score632Shelves
- 7 Who Could Have Guessed Mrs. Jia Zhang Would Marry He Daqing? 贾张氏居然改嫁给了何大清 Jia Yuanyuan was a 35-year-old unmarried, childless woman with a boyfriend in 2028. Her daily routine consisted of going to work, coming home, and staying in to read novels. Things with her boyfriend were rather dull, too. Neither of them wanted to take responsibility for the other; they were simply living together for company. But during the National Day holiday, she stayed up all night reading a novel and suddenly died. When she woke up, she had transmigrated into Zhang Cuihua, a 31-year-old w 4.2kReads8.8Score304Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: I Have Countless Death Warriors 四合院：我有无数死士 Multiple Heroines + Pocket Dimension + Death Squad + Siheyuan Crossover + Tomb Raiding World Begins After Chapter 555 The protagonist takes a Qin Dynasty approach and is rather selfish, using his pocket dimension and death squad to live happily. None of that damn nonsense. The early chapters focus on the Siheyuan setting. Later, the story shifts to building up a faction, including overseas. The protagonist is pretty wicked and selfish, so don't read if you can't handle that. 40.5kReads6.6Score2.7kShelves
- 9 Experiencing Life’s Finest Moments, Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始历人间芳华 This is a story about traveling through different eras in search of youthful romance. The stories don't follow any set plot, and the courtyard section is a little slow-paced. The later stories about the jungles of Vietnam and Shanghai are more exciting~~~ Fans of plot-driven stories, please don't flame me. Thanks. 418Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: Wrong World, So How Do I Cultivate Immortality? 四合院：跑错界面，怎么修仙 Other people transmigrate as rich second-generation heirs. He floats down a river, with no memories, no connections, no family, and only a cultivation sign-in System that keeps sending him the wrong way and is now trying to run away. Luckily, he’s fortunate enough to meet a benefactor as soon as he gets out of his coffin. He clings to his benefactor and shamelessly follows him into the army, cultivating immortality while fighting in wars. Only when he pushes things too far and the System tries t 18.1kReads6.6Score940Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is Reborn and Ready to Gossip 四合院：许大茂重生要吃瓜 [A heavily reworked version of Love in the Courtyard. Ages and timeline may differ from the original, and the plot has also been changed somewhat, so please don’t get too hung up on the details. This story has one heroine, and the characters don’t go around insulting everyone. If that’s not your thing, read with caution.] In a vast, empty space, Xu Damao stared blankly at the pages of Love in the Courtyard flipping over and over before him. Was he a villain? Selfish and self-serving? A hypocrite 1.1kReads6.9Score—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: My Dad Is the Deputy Chief of the Police Station 四合院：我爸是派出所副所长 I’m only sixteen, and you want me to get married? I have a farm, and you expect me to eat cornbread? I can’t stomach it. Qin Huairu wants me to give her meat? Then Banggeng can take my surname. He Yuzhu had a dream. When he woke up, he was no longer the old Silly Zhu. Want to suck me dry? Dream on. Jia Dongxu didn’t die, but both his legs were broken. Master Guan, the Ninth Gate Commander, is my master. Han Chunming is my junior apprentice. So what if I collect antiques? 8.2kReads7.9Score408Shelves
- 13 Zhang San's Fun-Filled Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之张三的乐子人生 Zhang San's soul transmigrates into the year 1962. The System requires him to move into the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang before it can activate. Isn't that the courtyard full of beasts? There's no way he's moving in... Hmm... This is nice... Yan Bugui: I'm the Third Uncle of this courtyard, Red Star Elemen... Smack... Smack... Smack... Yan Bugui gets three hard slaps across the face and stares at Zhang San, stunned... Zhang San looks at his hands in confusion. “Why do my palms hurt?” Yi Zho 1.9kReads5.5Score103Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: Moral Blackmail? But I'm an Evil Cultivator! 四合院：道德绑架？可我是邪修啊 Note: This book does not take in Qin Huairu, does not fawn over Silly Zhu, and does not whitewash anyone. It has multiple female leads, everyday life, and tormenting the courtyard’s assorted beasts. The evil cultivation is just a means, not a reflection of the protagonist’s character. He also does good deeds, so if you can’t stand seeing good deeds, please don’t read it. I’m begging you! Li Yanzhao, a man of great virtue in nine lifetimes, was “killed by suicide.” With the help of Xiao Hei, an e 13.9kReads6.2Score520Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Strikes It Rich After Rebirth 四合院：穿成傻柱赚翻了 He transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and became He Yuzhu, keeping his distance from all the ridiculous messes. Given another chance at life, he wanted to live however he pleased! If anyone didn’t like it, they could fight him! [Pocket dimension + stockpiling supplies + treasure hunting + 1970s setting + marriage before love + following the army + doting dad] 2kReads7.8Score104Shelves
- 16 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
- 17 Siheyuan: Transferred Out of the Military, I Join the Security Division from the Start! 四合院：部队转业，开局保卫科！ (If you dislike Qin Huairu, don’t read this. Writing a book isn’t easy, and you can’t please everyone. This novel has a light, comfortable style, without much hostility or mindless sacrificial moves from the usual troublemakers. Does it make sense for them to keep provoking the protagonist when they know he’s an officer in the security department? The early chapters focus on laying the groundwork and creating a pleasant atmosphere, so please be patient. It only gets better as the story goes on!) 2.6kReads7.9Score101Shelves
- 18 Love in the Courtyard: The Years Slip Away 情满四合院之流年逝水 (Transmigration + Multiple Heroines + Multiple Eras + No System + Some Ensemble Cast!) This is a slice-of-life story, with little fighting and killing. It focuses on everyday family matters, and there are no cheats. If you like decisive, ruthless protagonists, I'm sorry, but this book can't give you what you want. The author bows in apology! The protagonist may seem a little timid from the start. He won't pick a fight with several neighbors over every little thing. Since he has no System, the pr 3.7kReads6.9Score169Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: The Coin's Lie-Flat Life 四合院：硬币的躺平生活 I live in a courtyard house. I have a System, a family, and a job, but I have no ambition. Shi Lei never wanted a life that wore him out. After transmigrating, he quickly figured out exactly what kind of life he wanted. Work? Just slack off. No need to strive for success. Money? Earn what you can, but don't get greedy. Life? Keep it simple. No need for too much excitement. So as for the troublemakers in the courtyard, if they don't provoke him, they can all get along just fine. Otherwise, Shi Le 100.2kReads6.8Score7.5kShelves
- 20 Siheyuan: The Whole Family Flees to the Forty-Ninth City 四合院：全家逃荒四九城 [Mild conflict] + [No angst] + [The protagonist solves problems through the way he handles things] He'd always thought transmigrating souls was nonsense, but what was this desolate scene before his eyes? You might not believe it, but all it took was an ordinary drunken night. When he opened his eyes again, he'd become a scrawny ten-year-old boy with a sickly complexion. He was trudging along with his parents and siblings on their journey to the Northeast, and as he gazed at the towering, gray-br 10.1kReads7.9Score308Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: I Received My Ancestor's Legacy from the Start 四合院之开局得到先祖遗赠 An accident sends Zhang Ping'an back to the early days of the founding of the nation. He becomes Jia Zhangshi and Zhang Xiaohua’s younger half-brother, twenty-one years younger than his sister. Old Jia is rescued from the start, and He Daqing never leaves for Baoding. Will the courtyard still be ruled single-handedly by Yi Zhonghai and the Deaf Granny? 44.8kReads7.8Score2.4kShelves
- 22 Siheyuan: The Chef's Peaceful Life 四合院：厨神的安逸生活 A chef's soul finds itself in the world of the courtyard. In an era of hardship and austerity, he uses his seasoning warehouse and culinary skills to make a life of his own. The story is light on hostility and focuses on everyday life: the struggles of an ordinary man. 2.9kReads5.7Score107Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of Li Hongwei, a Man Who Lives for the Laughs 四合院：乐子人李宏伟的快乐人生 [Everyday life in the 1960s] + [Comedy] + [Pocket dimension] + [Snatching the prize] + [Siheyuan] Li Hongwei has barely transmigrated to 1961 when he faces a deadly “honey trap” set by the courtyard’s pack of beasts! To seize the three large rooms he was allocated, Yi Zhonghai and the others get him drunk, then force Qin Huairu to climb into his bed in the middle of the night and accuse him of being a hooligan! Come on, this is a disastrous year when people can barely get enough to eat! How coul 726Reads—Score115Shelves
- 24 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
- 25 Siheyuan: I’m the Courtyard’s Spiritual Mentor 四合院之我是院里的精神导师 (The rating just came out and is rather low, but it’ll go up later.) Liu Yubin has always believed he was born to live in comfort. Now in his forties and shameless as ever, he transmigrates into the body of a fifteen-year-old boy from Lu Province who happens to share his surname. As the days go by, he discovers that not only are his strength, speed, and other abilities growing stronger every day, but he also has a Pinduoduo trading System that lets him buy and sell things, along with a three-bed 33.6kReads7.0Score2.4kShelves
- 26 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Making His Way Through the Mortal World 四合院：尘世打滚许大茂 A destination for checking in across the myriad heavens: a Beijing courtyard compound. Xu Damao is here as a tourist, just to watch the drama and stir up some trouble. Sounds good to him. As for the people in the courtyard, they can make of their joys and sorrows, warmth and hardship what they will! Not a classic wish-fulfillment novel, and not too much angst. 399Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: Teacher He 四合院之何老师 When He Daqin wakes up, he’s completely bewildered. What, this is a courtyard where birds and beasts roam? It’s the 1960s? And I have a foolish son named He Yuzhu and a daughter named He Yushui? Faced with the whole courtyard’s snickering and the Jia family’s scheming, I, He Daqin, have to rise up. I’ll put an end to the courtyard’s crooked ways, and protect all the flowers and grass here, too. 1.2kReads8.6Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: Silly Er from the Start Beheads a Chicken 四合院：开局二傻斩鸡头 What would happen if Silly Zhu and Silly Mao were both transmigrated by a pair of brothers? What would happen if Silly Zhu raised the moral cudgel high against Yi Zhonghai? ... Read on to see how the brothers, Silly Zhu and Silly Mao, get through life in a special era. Flathead Yi Zhonghai is trembling in fear. Silly Zhu, please spare me! 7.7kReads8.5Score394Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: We Transmigrated Together, but Yu Li Insists on Marrying Me! 四合院：双穿，于莉非要嫁给我！ After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard as “Silly Zhu,” He Yuzhu, a rich man with a pocket dimension, set himself a goal: he wanted to live like Meng Dejun. But then the unexpected happened. Yu Li, who was supposed to marry Yan Jiecheng, suddenly started pursuing him. He Yuzhu was utterly bewildered. “Why isn’t the plot going the way it’s supposed to?” Little did he know that Yu Li was screaming inside: “I went on the offensive just to activate the System, and you, you idio 58.4kReads7.3Score4.6kShelves
- 30 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Works Part-Time as an Immortal Cultivation Game NPC 四合院：傻柱兼职修仙网游npc Silly Zhu had only dozed off for a moment. When he opened his eyes again, a group of burly men had pinned him to the ground. The head chef grabbed a cleaver and viciously chopped off his right hand. “That’ll teach you to sneak food home!” Then he was kicked out of the kitchen and became a beggar. But why was everyone here so strange? A row of green text hovered above each person’s head, and every single one of them, men and women alike, wore the same expressionless face. Even when someone’s blad 3.7kReads8.8Score144Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: Starting Over After Leaving the Military as a Deputy Division Commander 四合院：从副师长转业开始 As a hot-blooded young man from the 21st century, after being reborn in 1940, it feels like I’d be letting fate down if I didn’t take a chance. Why would I need a golden finger? Memories of the future are the greatest golden finger of all. This time, Lin Guoping is going to find out what it means for choices to matter more than effort... 40.7kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
- 32 I Transmigrated to 1960, and My Dad Is Yi Zhonghai's Disciple 穿越1960，老爸是易中海徒弟 Chen Chaoyang transmigrates back to Beijing in the 1960s, only to discover that his father is the senior disciple of Yi Zhonghai, the respected neighborhood elder. See how the ordinary citizen Chen Chaoyang struggles to survive in those difficult times and put food on the table for his whole family. 15.7kReads8.1Score954Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: He Daqing Is Pinned Down the Moment He Tries to Run 四合院：何大清刚想跑就被按住了 Spatial cheat, transmigrator He Yuzhu. He gives up cooking to join the civil service, and occasionally takes the initiative to teach the courtyard bullies a lesson! Who says a transmigrator has to move out of the siheyuan? No melodramatic relationship drama! A story true to its era! He Yuzhu, who grows more fruit trees in the courtyard than anyone else online! A book that left the author bewildered because of the readers! 19.3kReads7.4Score641Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan: Warehouse Warrior, the Villains Can’t Get Enough of Me 四合院：库房战神，反派疯狂拿捏 [Completed] + [Villain] + [No goody-two-shoes] + [Warehouse warrior] + [Lighthearted] + [Everyone's a villain] + [Siheyuan] + [Kill everyone until only the title remains] I transmigrated into the Siheyuan. From the start, Qin Huairu actually came to me, begging for lunch? 176Reads7.1Score166Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian's Carefree Life 四合院：刘光天的逍遥人生 Liu Guangtian transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house, just after the end of public-private partnerships. He is still in eighth grade, and his old man is Fat Liu. No need to say more: first, pass the technical college entrance exam and land a secure job, then take charge of his own life. As for the nasty residents...their fates are bound to be grim. 7.9kReads8.0Score276Shelves
- 36 A Journey Through the Myriad Worlds, Starting in Siheyuan 从四合院开始的诸天旅行 [Myriad Worlds] [Extensive research for accurate details] [Original female lead + taking in Qin + farming] He Yuzhu has a fortuitous encounter and hopes to live a different kind of life, escaping the fate of a drudge. Siheyuan + Nothing But Thirty + Brotherhood of Blades + Sesame Alley + A Lifelong Journey + Blood Romance + more to come This story involves taking in Qin in Siheyuan. If that’s not for you, then let’s part ways here, friends. Please don’t wait until you reach the relevant chapters 25.7kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
- 37 Siheyuan: From One Man to a Family of Soldiers and Police Officers 四合院：从一人到军警之家 Also known as From One Man to a Family of Soldiers and Police and My Partner Is Both Red and an Expert This is a miraculous age spent struggling against the whole world. In the midst of desperation and devastation, a group of people dedicated themselves to a great cause, standing tall and raising monument after monument through their achievements. Amid the smoke and roaring artillery, people charged forward without regard for their own lives. On the peninsula, people willingly became ice sculptu 16.1kReads7.3Score888Shelves
- 38 Jia Dongxu, I’m Qin Huairu’s Backer! 贾东旭，我是秦淮茹的靠山！ [Light System + Courtyard Drama + Feel-Good Story + Fanfiction + Low Conflict + Family Bonds] Jia Xu, an orphan who couldn’t even afford to get married in the modern world, accidentally transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, taking over Jia Dongxu’s body. He changes Qin Huai’s difficult life as a lonely widow with no one to rely on, and in turn changes the fate of everyone in the Jia family and the lives of the entire courtyard. Set in a turbulent era, the story reflects the posi 14.5kReads7.8Score864Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: A Bystander on Nanluoguxiang 四合院：南锣鼓巷路人 He transmigrates into a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang, next door to the legendary Compound No. 95, the famous All-Filled Courtyard. It seems to have nothing to do with him, since he lives in the courtyard next door. He occasionally enjoys the spectacle and lets everyone live their own lives. 12kReads7.0Score333Shelves
- 40 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—Shelves
- 41 This Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan Is Quite the Charmer 四合院这个傻柱有点潇洒 (If you don't like Qin Huairu, feel free to skip this.) He Yuzhu is reborn with a Negative Emotion Value System. Starting in 1952, he gets to Qin Huairu first and lives a full, satisfying life with little bitterness. Come see the everyday life of Silly Zhu! 7.1kReads8.9Score215Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: I Ruin the Jias and Serve My Country in Hong Kong 四合院：坑贾清禽，香江报国 Zhou Mo was an outstanding young man of the twenty-first century, though he had none of the usual advantages. After dying suddenly from overwork, his soul transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he ran into Jia Zhangshi trying to seize his home. Watch as Zhou Mo gradually finds the right ending for everyone in the courtyard... 1.4kReads5.6Score100Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: I Live in the Back Courtyard with a Little Yard 四合院：我住后院带小院 This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, but a slice-of-life chronicle that stays close to ordinary life in the 1960s. Social relationships, prices, dialogue, and everyday routines are all kept as true to the era as possible. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into the past. He has no System or talismans, just a pretty decent pocket dimension. The story is based on the original drama and follows its main plot, with a few characters and events from A Little Woman and Men Are Made of Iron, Blood ad 4.8kReads8.0Score135Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: Swapping Houses with Silly Zhu from the Start 四合院：开局和傻柱换房 “I Don’t Grovel for Anyone” + “Taking the Initiative” + “Original Female Lead” What would happen if He Yuzhu, that big fool, didn’t exist in the animal-filled courtyard? What if Silly Zhu left the courtyard, only for an even bigger beast to move in? 18.8kReads7.8Score541Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: After My Family Was Destroyed, I Left No One Alive! 四合院：家破人亡后！一个不留！ {Siheyuan courtyard + no System + no female lead + mystery} Complete, original version!!! Pick whichever version you like!!! Lin Feng had a superhuman talent for computational simulation. He gave his life to research for his country, but died suddenly by accident! He transmigrated into the body of Lin Feng from the Siheyuan courtyard! The original Lin Feng had a family everyone envied, but the courtyard's vicious residents grew jealous and destroyed his family. His only younger sister was also s 191Reads8.5Score110Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Life in the 1980s 四合院：何雨柱的年代生活 [Entirely handwritten, no AI] This is a long story, and I’ll tell it to you at a leisurely pace. You’ll need a little patience, but I promise it’ll be worth it. Those who see clearly are destined to suffer; those who know what’s coming can never find peace. The further the protagonist gets, the heavier, colder, and lonelier his heart will become. At first, this is a crossover fanfic bringing together several works. Later, it becomes a story set in a bygone era, with one real-life figure after an 25.5kReads7.9Score1.1kShelves
- 47 Living in the Siheyuan 混在四合院 This is a story about a courtyard compound, though you could also see it as a prequel to the TV series. See how they got through the three hard years, and how their personalities changed. No angst, no liking to fight, and no sexual content. I started writing this after reading too many courtyard-compound novels, but I didn't really like any of them. I understand that tastes differ, so I made up a story of my own. I hope you like it, and I hope to eventually write it through to the Reform and Ope 2.1kReads7.5Score102Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: How Did I End Up Here? 四合院我怎么来了 I became “Silly Zhu.” What the heck! I’m not even surnamed He! My name doesn’t sound anything like his, either! And I can’t cook! Just a couple ounces of liquor and I transmigrated! No truck, no speeding car. The story hasn’t even begun, and I’m already flipping the table and smashing the pot. Who has time to put up with you people? I’ll follow the course of history and, every now and then, toss a pebble into the river. 19kReads8.4Score628Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: The Security Chief Takes the Whole Compound in Hand 四合院：保卫科长，镇压全院 One day, in the midst of a year of famine, Li Meng transmigrates and becomes one of the many refugees fleeing to the capital. He collapses from hunger and cold in an alley, but luckily a plain-looking young woman finds him and takes him home. Before long, he becomes her live-in son-in-law. What he never expected was that this was the world of The Animals of the Courtyard. With the help of his System, Li Meng settles into a peaceful life in the crowded courtyard. By a stroke of luck, he rises fro 63Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: After Waking from My Dream, I’ll Never Be Silly Zhu Again 四合院：梦醒之后，再也不当傻柱 He Yuzhu opened his eyes, drained the drink in his glass, and let out a soft laugh. He laughed at himself for never striving for more, content to stand by the stove and still thinking he was something special. He laughed at himself for being such a pushover, letting a woman control him all his life and even raising someone else’s child for her. He laughed because he had been given a second chance at life. Heaven had treated him well. He had made up his mind. Since Heaven had let him dream this d 6.5kReads8.5Score172Shelves
