Novels like Life in the Siheyuan: I Married Qin Huairu from the Start
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- 101 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
- 102 Siheyuan: I, Wang, Specialize in Stabbing People in the Back! 四合院：王某人独善背刺！ [System] [Street Office from the Start] [Both Parents Alive] [All About Being Sweet-Talking and Smooth!] Transmigrate to a Beijing courtyard in the 1950s, join the street office, and make your mark in both culture and sports as you deal with the troublemakers! 24.7kReads8.0Score80714d adds
- 103 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- 4.6kReads6.3Score10514d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Reborn, This Lunchbox Can't Be Given Away 四合院：傻柱重生之这饭盒不能给 Silly Zhu is reborn and decides he will no longer raise other people's children. He marries Lou Xiao'e, starts a family, and lives life on his own terms. Bang Geng steals a chicken? He can take responsibility for his own actions. Qin Huairu? I don't know her. He has a special ability, his golden finger. 5.6kReads6.6Score15514d adds
- 105 A Tough Guy in a Republican-Era Siheyuan 我在民国四合院当黑皮 [Multiple heroines + simple System + gradual development + goes on the run later] After criticizing a novel's spineless protagonist, I was banished by the You Think You Can Do Better System to a Republic-era courtyard house. Huh? There's also the TV dramas New World and The Glorious Era here? And a pocket dimension? Then let's spiral straight to the top. Since I've transmigrated, I want it all: beautiful women and money! I'll keep my head down at first, then enjoy the sweet life. 2.2kReads6.9Score10514d adds
- 106 My Happy Life in the Siheyuan, You Wouldn’t Understand 四合院我的快乐，你不懂 Her soul transmigrates into a dying man in the Siheyuan. There’s no such thing as reasoning with people. With a System, he doesn’t have to care what anyone thinks. There’s only one thing to do: act. Multiple heroines, a slice-of-life focus, no angst, and no misery. 26.7kReads6.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 107 I, He Daqing, Sell Silly Zhu to Yi Zhonghai 我，何大清，把傻柱卖给易中海 [A Myriad Worlds story. The Four-Sided Courtyard arc is complete, and the story is now in the Hong Kong TV world!] After He Daqing transmigrates to the Four-Sided Courtyard, he discovers that the Bai family has beaten him badly enough to land him in the hospital. Then he remembers the scene from the original story where he was driven out and left to wander the streets. He resolutely decides to divorce and return to the capital! He had planned to save his “bargain” son, Silly Zhu. Who could have 7.7kReads7.7Score31114d adds
- 108 A Life of Treasures in the Siheyuan 四合院之御宝人生 Workaholic doctor Li Guangming woke up to find he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, as the eldest son of the Li family, a front-courtyard carpenter’s family, recently brought in from the countryside. Faced with a desperately poor family with barely anything to their name and too many mouths to feed, a stepmother with her own agenda, a taciturn father, and a whole courtyard full of “familiar faces” about to make their entrance, Li Guangming felt an unprecedented sense of 4.9kReads8.0Score21814d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: I'm Yushui's Cousin 四合院：我是雨水表哥 A modern owner of a rural guesthouse transmigrates to the 1950s, hoping to get by in modest comfort. To his surprise, he discovers he’s in the Cursed Courtyard, and that he’s He Yushui’s cousin. See how the three siblings survive in this era... 12kReads6.5Score44914d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: The Carefree Life of a Little Nobody 四合院之小人物的逍遥人生 Chen Xu was brought by his golden finger into the world of a film and television work he had once watched. Not only did he nearly starve to death from the start, he had no job, no money or ration coupons, no elders to rely on, and even his household registration was rural. On top of all that, he had to deal with the beasts in the courtyard. How will Chen Xu, faced with such a hellish start, deal with the beasts step by step and take control of his own life? (This is Thirteen’s second novel set i 10.1kReads8.3Score32114d adds
- 111 Bumping into Li Huaide at the Siheyuan from the Start 四合院开局碰瓷李怀德 In 1960, from the start, a starving refugee who can’t take it anymore sees a jeep approaching and deliberately throws himself in front of it. By sheer coincidence, the jeep belongs to Li Huaide, deputy director of the steel mill. That is how Zhang Jun transmigrates. After absorbing his predecessor’s memories, he discovers that the man had been trying to fake an accident for compensation. He can’t let his predecessor’s courage in getting hit by a car go to waste. Survival comes first. In these de 22kReads6.9Score87214d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: Something's Off About He Yushui 四合院之这个何雨水不对劲 Zhang Feng fell silent as Yushui unleashed her full fury. The courtyard was still the same old courtyard, but if He Yushui was still the same old He Yushui, he'd write her name backwards! Heh, just sit back and enjoy the show. 3.1kReads6.2Score10214d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Awakening 四合院：傻柱的觉醒 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 19.3kReads6.6Score40314d adds
- 114 Half a Life on the Wrong Road 半生歧途 Beneath the bustle of everyday life, undercurrents stir, as human relationships and rules become entangled. Hidden webs of self-interest and illicit dealings quietly erode the foundations of order. When ideals are tested by reality, and temptation besieges people’s original convictions, some lose their way and sink, while others step forward. A long, arduous campaign against corruption tears away layers of disguise and restores justice to the world. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 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. 18.1kReads6.8Score93214d adds
- 116 Reborn as Silly Mao: Sending Banggeng to Juvenile Detention from the Start 傻茂重生，开局送棒梗儿进少管所 “Drawing Sword,” “Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “Snow Leopard,” “Hutong,” “The Age of Galloping,” “Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel,” “Glory Era” Xu Damao is reborn on the very day Banggeng steals a chicken. He sends the thief's whole family to prison, gets the Lou family out of town, and begins his unstoppable comeback! 2.4kReads—Score10014d adds
- 117 No Idlers Allowed in the Siheyuan 四合院里不养闲人 Even after transmigrating, I won't forget the nation's grudge. Though young, I can still drive out the enemy. I distinguished myself in the War of Resistance and the Liberation War, and made the American invaders tremble during the Korean War. In peacetime, I fight enemy agents; in hard times, I help family and friends. The economy takes off at an unstoppable pace, and I ride the tide of business. The Siheyuan is full of remarkable people, a place where hidden talents abound. One act ends and an 6kReads7.6Score24614d adds
- 118 The Eight Great Clans: More Children, More Blessings, He Daqing Takes Everything 八离世家，多子多福何大清吃绝户 [Bright Sword] + [Romance in a Bloody Age] + [Snow Leopard] + [The Great Dye House] + [A Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Under Zhengyang Gate] + [The Mansion Gate] + [The Galloping Years] + [Artillery God] + [Glory Days] He Daqing spent months playing through a Steam game called War of Resistance 14, only to die from exhaustion. He awakens in the Republican era, in the central courtyard of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, in the 16th year of the Republic. He begins his resistance against Ja 8.2kReads—Score43414d adds
- 119 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 4.9kReads6.5Score12814d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Bully the Beasts 四合院：让你修仙，你却欺负禽兽 By chance, he obtains the Witch Clan's supreme treasure, the Witch Tower, and transmigrates into a courtyard compound in 1962. With his parents sacrificed to the heavens, his magic power knows no bounds. He studies the ancient art of Zhuyou, and the story is packed with schemes and intrigue. This is a different take on the notorious courtyard compound, where shadowy masterminds keep stirring up trouble. They can't feel at ease unless they're making life difficult for the courtyard's beasts. The 16.2kReads8.1Score66414d adds
- 121 From Deputy Director to Army Commander: The Yan Family's Rise 从副局长到入朝军长阎家逆袭 [Siheyuan] + [Romance in the Blood] + [Glorious Era] + [The Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Bright Sword] + [Snow Leopard] Yan Suma, the cousin of Yan Bugu and Yan Shuzhai, joins the honored ranks of the public security forces when the city of Beiping is liberated. Yang Ruihua: “Dear, what's your cousin's background?” Yan Bugu: “I'd like to know that myself! The guy won't tell us a thing. Everyone drinking with him last night was bragging like crazy!” 12.5kReads6.1Score47114d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: I Arrived, but the System Ran Away 四合院：我来了，系统却跑路了 (The Courtyard, Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel, The Little Woman Below Zhengyang Gate, and more.) The male lead, Huang Jianshe, is a young man who wears a yellow robe. After stepping in to help someone in need, he transmigrates into the courtyard. He becomes an invisible nobody who never appeared in the original story. Though he is the child of a martyr, he gets clubbed over the head from the start. Watch as he joins forces with He Yuzhu and Xu Damao to turn the courtyard's unruly residents upside d 19.5kReads6.5Score69814d adds
- 123 Silly Zhu Reborn in 1951: Paralyzing Ring from the Start 傻柱重生51，开局获得麻痹戒指 [Siheyuan] + [Bright Sword] + [Under the Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Bright Sword] + [Snow Leopard] + [Blood Romance] + [Legendary Special Ring] + [Dragon-Slaying Saber] + [Rebirth Ring] + [Love Ring] Reborn in Siheyuan, Silly Zhu, He Yuzhu, had endured a miserable half-life. As he closed his eyes, he spotted his old nemesis Xu Damao rubbing his hands together, waiting to collect his body! Xu Damao slipped Lou Xiao'e's dowry snuff bottle into his pocket, awakening the Hit-for-Hire System! The 23.5kReads7.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 124 Siheyuan: I’m the Neighborhood Director 四合院：我街道主任 The fourth story: Looking at Silly Zhu's prematurely mature face, Xu Damao secretly vows that under no circumstances will he let that pig, Silly Zhu, snatch up his little sister like a cabbage. “You want to be my brother-in-law? You're still not good enough, Silly Zhu. Get lost!” 16.4kReads7.6Score43314d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: My Hunting Life 四合院：我的狩猎生涯 A hero who fought floods and rescued disaster victims returns to the world of Siheyuan. To survive, he takes up hunting and feeds his whole family through these turbulent times. Come see a different Siheyuan: no mindless characters, no hostility. The author pours care into every page, even staying up late to write! Thank you all for your support! 10.5kReads8.0Score35814d adds
- 126 The Wonderful Life of Silly Zhu 傻柱的精彩人生 “A sick mother, a gambling-addict father, a younger brother still in school, and a divorced woman.” Who wouldn’t feel sympathy for a young woman like that? I was just feeling a little sympathetic and trying to help her out of a difficult situation. Why did I have to transmigrate into this courtyard full of beasts? And into the body of one of the beasts, Silly Zhu, no less! Heaven is so unfair! 22.8kReads7.4Score88814d adds
- 127 Siheyuan: Transmigrating as He Yuzhu, I Buy a House from the Start 四合院：穿越何雨柱，开局买房 He Yuzhu wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become the well-known protagonist, Silly Zhu. But as soon as he opens his eyes, he learns some bad news: his father, He Daqing, has run off to Baicheng with a widow, and has been gone for half a year. His family has suddenly lost its backbone. More importantly, the original He Yuzhu has not yet started working at the future Red Star Steelworks, so the pressures of life and the uncertainty of what lies 18.1kReads5.4Score31914d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: The Security Office with Abundant Martial Virtue 四合院：武德充沛保卫处 Bai Wanli transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house complex, starting out as a division chief. His entire family is made up of loyal patriots, and he has powerful backing. It should have been a perfect start, but the System assigns him an epic-difficulty mission: destroy Lighthouse Country. With no other choice, Bai Wanli sets out on a legendary life of slacking off and putting the courtyard’s troublemakers in their place, all while rewriting the course of history. 5kReads7.2Score16314d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu 四合院之傻柱 On the day He Daqing runs off, Silly Zhu inherits memories from the future. There is no System. Although goods are scarce in this era, it has its own unique wonders. Watch the protagonist strive to build an extraordinary life of his own. 14.3kReads8.8Score37914d adds
- 130 A Different Life for Silly Zhu 傻柱的别样人生 On the very day Silly Zhu transferred ownership of his house to Bang Geng, Bang Geng heartlessly kicked him out of the Siheyuan. It was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the coldest time of year, and snow was falling thick and fast. Poor Silly Zhu froze to death under a bridge. In the end, it was his sworn enemy, Xu Damao, who collected his body. . 14.2kReads8.4Score38614d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: I Ruin Silly Zhu and Wipe Out the Whole Bunch 四合院：废了傻柱，全灭众禽 From the start, he breaks Silly Zhu's right hand. After finding out how the Sixth Man System determines its verdict, he deals with the beasts by chapter 100. Silly Zhu ends up begging on the streets with all five limbs broken. Seriously, trust me, bro. 17.9kReads6.1Score58314d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is My Younger Brother 四合院，傻柱是我弟 This is my first book. I’ve read a ton of fan fiction about the courtyard house and watched the TV series, and I just can’t accept how things turned out. Silly Zhu and Yushui’s lives shouldn’t have gone that way. There should have been someone to save them, someone who could change things in that courtyard. 26.8kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: Getting a Farm from the Start and Leaving the Steel Mill 四合院：开局获农场，离开轧钢厂 Zhao Qi transmigrated into the world of the courtyard-house drama and became a purchasing agent at Hongxing Steelworks. He completed his assignment perfectly and was about to be rewarded by the factory when Li Huaide and the other schemers stabbed him in the back, claiming that the goods he’d purchased had come from shady sources! The reward went to someone else. Just then, Zhao Qi awakened memories of his past life and received a spatial farm as a reward from the System! “Fine, so that’s how yo 23.2kReads5.4Score92414d adds
- 134 Siheyuan: Lock Down Yi Zhonghai and the Jia Family from the Start 四合院：开局锁死易中海和贾家 Take the initiative and put those courtyard pests in their place; Drop all pretense of personal virtue and enjoy a shameless life; Refuse to waste energy worrying, and go absolutely wild when trouble comes; Rather than make yourself suffer, make things difficult for others; When faced with a courtyard full of pests, the only answer is to strike first... 21.3kReads6.6Score95314d adds
- 135 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? 30.8kReads6.4Score98814d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as He Daqing and Was Blackmailed from the Start 四合院：穿越何大清，开局被要挟 Main character: He Daqing [Feel-good story + no saintly self-sacrifice + spiritual spring space + taking the initiative] A mercenary from the future transmigrates into He Daqing, Silly Zhu’s biological father! From the start, he faces a deadly trap laid for him by Deaf Granny, Yi Zhonghai, and White Widow working together... A honey trap? You all want to force me to leave the capital? Sorry, buddy. In my previous life, I was willing to risk my life on the battlefield for money. Do you really thi 10.8kReads6.4Score28514d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: Take My Advice and Don't Mess With Me, I Know Your Secrets 四合院：听劝别惹我，我知你底细 Lin Yuan, a corporate drone caught in the rat race of the 21st century, wakes up to find he’s become a trainee purchasing agent at the Hongxing Steel Mill in 1958. And he’s living in a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang, a den of corruption and endless scheming? A hellish start? Not a chance! His transmigration comes with an intelligence System, leaving no secrets hidden from him, whether in the courtyard or at the steel mill. Who’s hiding gold bars, who stole state grain, who’s plotting behind so 31kReads6.7Score1.6k14d adds
- 138 The Siheyuan in an Artistic Age 四合院之文艺时代 Su Qing transmigrates to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, the legendary courtyard house from a novel. All he wants is a beautiful wife, adorable kids, and a warm bed. From the day he transmigrates, he decides to become a leading figure in the entertainment industry of the future, starting as a screenwriter and moving on to directing. No bitterness, just everyday family life, with respect for the original story. 832Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 139 I, He Daqing! Mount Fuji: A Mountain God? 我，何大清！富士山：山神？ He Daqing, an archaeologist, pricks his finger on a bronze ring while cleaning a tomb. He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and activates the Mountain God Inheritance System, becoming the Mountain God of Mount Fuji! Determined to escape the fate laid out for him, He Daqing makes arrangements for his children, then resolutely joins the Volunteer Army and heads to the Korean War front, where he writes a legendary tale! 3.4kReads6.8Score14614d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Stabbed Someone on a Snowy Night 四合院：开局大雪夜捅娄子 (Some spoilers appeared earlier on, but they've been removed for readers who didn't like them.) Xu Xiaosheng, Xu Damao's younger brother in Love in the Courtyard, was born impotent. After leaving the army, he joined the steel mill. On his first day at work, he moved out of the crowded courtyard. He couldn't care less about the petty dramas in the compound. He just wanted to live his own quiet life! 19.6kReads8.2Score85014d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Reborn in One Body, Returning to 1949 四合院何雨柱三合一魂穿1949 A rookie writer's commentary, set in a slow-burning, realistic period drama! A chef, a practitioner of traditional martial arts, and a skilled slingshot shooter, with no System and no accelerated time in the pocket dimension. It may look like a story about everyday family life, but the food, antiques, and hunting are all portrayed with absolute realism. The words are imbued with love for the country and its people, and readers only need to uncover the foreshadowing that's worth savoring. Feel fr 11.4kReads8.2Score34814d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: The Joy of Lying Flat 四合院：躺平是福 In his previous life, he was filmed on a phone and brought into the world of a 1950s Siheyuan. Though Lu Yuan was born in the 1960s, he takes it all in stride. He worked hard all his previous life; this time, he’ll live for himself. As for the Siheyuan residents’ schemes and machinations, they have nothing to do with him. As long as they don’t threaten his interests, Lu Yuan can’t be bothered to get involved. This time around, he’s going to lie flat and live in comfort. 10.6kReads5.9Score48914d adds
- 143 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangtian, and I Won't Be a Foolishly Obedient Son! 四合院：我刘光天不做糊涂孝子！ Liu Guangtian woke up one day and found that he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He had become Liu Guangtian, the second son of Liu Haizhong, the Second Master. Liu Guangtian was a little panicked! So his beloved eldest son, Liu Guangqi, could date a leader's daughter, his callous father, Liu Haizhong, had poured all the family's resources into supporting Liu Guangqi! The second son, Liu Guangtian, couldn't even afford food at school. He was so hungry that he suffered f 9.9kReads7.1Score38414d adds
- 144 Sect Master from the Start: I Level Up with Blue Star to Become a God 开局宗主，我靠蓝星加点成神尊 [Myriad Realms] [Invincible] [Transmigrating Across the Myriad Worlds] [Cultivation] [Honghuang] [One Female Lead] [Blue Star] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Myriad Realms Fusion] A transmigrator from Blue Star obtains a point-allocation System and binds himself to Blue Star, taking its inhabitants, primarily the people of Longguo, to other worlds. They cultivate the Dao, face invasions from other worlds, and witness the fusion of the Myriad Realms and the Spiritual Qi Revival on Blue Star. By steadily 1.5kReads—Score12214d adds
- 145 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! 19.3kReads7.4Score67914d adds
- 146 Siheyuan: My Mother-in-Law Chose My Happy Life 四合院：丈母娘选我的幸福生活 Lin Yang transmigrates into the frail, sickly character who never existed in the world of the Siheyuan. Orphaned at fifteen, he and his older sister, Lin Yue, have only each other. Fortunately, before transmigrating, he gained a golden finger that healed his body. While out hunting beyond the city, he rescues a girl from drowning by the river. After giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he and the girl walk down the aisle together, setting off a series of stories. 32kReads7.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 147 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's New Life 四合院：傻柱的新生 In his previous life, Silly Zhu became estranged from everyone for the sake of a widow. In the end, he died beneath a bridge on a freezing winter night, and it was his sworn enemy who collected his body. Now reborn with memories of his previous life, can He Yuzhu escape his old fate and build a better life? Let's wait and see! 15.5kReads8.1Score56414d adds
- 148 Siheyuan: He Daqing Plans to Run Away from the Start 四合院：开局何大清要跑路 Transmigrating to 1952, He Yuzhu is left to care for his little sister, He Yushui, after He Daqing runs off. He gains a Spirit Spring Space. See how he makes his way in the world of Love in the Courtyard. 1.1kReads8.0Score11214d adds
- 149 Learning Foreign Languages in the Siheyuan 四合院从学外语开始 Fang Qingyun arrives in a Beijing courtyard in 1953. His enhanced physical strength from transmigrating and his gift for remembering everything he sees give him a head start in this era. Watch as Fang Qingyun improves his family’s living conditions and steadily rises through the ranks... 2.7kReads7.6Score17614d adds
- 150 Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty Is Back 四合院：大清回来了 A powerful survivor from the apocalypse is reborn as He Daqing. He first deals with his two ungrateful stepsons, then makes a triumphant return to the courtyard house, marries a lovely wife, and takes on his wicked neighbors, changing Silly Zhu’s life along the way. Read on to discover all the exciting details! 17.4kReads8.5Score53014d adds
