Novels like Siheyuan: A Carpenter's Everyday Life
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- 1 Period: Old Xu’s Happy Life 年代：老许的幸福生活 (Alternate title: The Era: I Really Wasn’t Trying to Get Ahead!) [Tags: Period setting, officialdom, courtyard, hunting, feel-good fiction. Mildly edgy, with no crude toilet humor.] Reborn as Xu Lingjun, the cousin of Xu Damao, he is born with a Proficiency System. This time, Xu Lingjun believes in hard work and rewards, and is determined to plan ahead and escape his pitiful, tragic fate amid the great tides of the era. Main settings: The Courtyard, Under the Zhengyang Gate, The Herdsman, People 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: I'm Really Not Master Lu Ban 四合院：我真不是鲁班大师 [Mostly Everyday Life] [Mildly Violent] [Patriotic] A mysterious transmigration leaves Lu Ban inhabiting the body of an insignificant nobody in the chaotic Siheyuan. With the extraordinary learning ability granted by the System, Lu Ban starts out with repairs and gradually begins inventing little gadgets. Life slowly changes, one small step at a time. In the courtyard, Lu Ban gradually earns himself a nickname: Master Lu Ban! Years later, he looks back in wonder! It turns out his country has gro 9kReads6.9Score311Shelves
- 3 Conquest: Starting with the Siheyuan 征服：从四合院开始 After the System set him up, Qin Hao stole a hundred-ton truck's business using a junk truck and was sent to the Peninsula, to a battlefield where one carried the team against seventeen. There, he began his life as the ultimate battlefield sneak. When the war ended and he returned to the capital, the System finally activated for real. Only then did Qin Hao learn the true reason he'd been sent there! Critical hits! All kinds of critical hits! As for who's on the receiving end, take a guess! 19kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
- 4 The Miracle Doctor of the Siheyuan 四合院里的神医 A young doctor dies suddenly on the operating table, then returns to the 1960s with the Hundred Herbs Garden and Hall of a Hundred Healers at his side. There’s the God of War He Yuzhu, the white lotus Qin Huairu, the hypocrite Yi Zhonghai, the career-obsessed Liu Haizhong, the shrewd miser Yan Fugui, and all kinds of colorful characters in the courtyard. Zhou Yan just wants a quiet life with a wife, children, and a warm home. These people and all their troubles are destined to be fleeting clou 7Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: With a Double-World Portal in Hand, I Can Tease All the Courtyard's Birds 四合院：手握双穿门随便遛众禽 Huang Weiguo was hit by a stroke of incredible luck while delivering takeout. When he woke up, he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. By chance, he activated a golden finger: a built-in spatial portal. From there, he traveled through the myriad worlds, gained the chance to cultivate immortality, and became the only immortal cultivator in the main world… 31.1kReads7.3Score2.2kShelves
- 6 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Welder, I’m the Winner of Life 四合院：焊工开局，我人生赢家 [Feel-good power fantasy + Period + Golden finger] Zhou Anguo unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became an ordinary resident of the compound. He had originally been set up on a blind date with Qin Huairu, but his mother suddenly fell gravely ill and passed away, leaving the family destitute. Qin Huairu, who cared about wealth, turned around and married Jia Dongxu. To protect her image as someone who wasn’t vain, Qin Huairu joined forces with the Jia family to 1.4kReads5.5Score—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: Did I Become Yan Jiefang? 四合院：我成阎解放了？ Modern sales ace Yan Yi wakes up to find himself the biological son of Yan Bugui, the penny-pinching “Third Master” in the TV drama Love in the Courtyard: Yan Jiefang! It’s the resource-scarce 1960s, when people live by ration coupons, and he’s landed in a chaotic yet close-knit Siheyuan. All he can rely on is the sharp mind and silver tongue he honed in his previous life. As the youngest son in the Yan family, he knows that survival comes first in these years of hunger and hardship. He puts a 625Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: After Being Kicked Out of the Courtyard, I Rose to Power 四合院：被赶出院后，我崛起了 Having just transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, Qin Feng talked back to Li Huaide a few times and was stripped of his job at the steel mill, then kicked out of the courtyard. Just then, Qin Feng activated the Rise of a Great Nation Assistant System! By chance, he saved Zhou Jishen, the director of the Third Steel Mill. At the very moment the mill faced a takeover and its workers faced unemployment, Qin Feng stepped up, secured export orders for it, and saved the factory. He was appointed c 1.6kReads7.1Score116Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Your Dad Was Sent Off to the Army by Your Brother 四合院，傻柱你爸被你哥送去当兵 After transmigrating, He Yulin tricks He Daqing into joining the army. Taking his younger siblings with him, he begins his legendary life, going undercover at the steel mill. A new schemer has appeared in the courtyard, leaving everyone on edge... The System he triggers is even more shameless. [Trick He Daqing into joining the army] [Trick Jia Dongxu into marrying Tu Fuxiu] [Trick the Tu family into steamrolling the courtyard] [Trick Lou Zhenhua into donating the steel mill] [Trick Yi Zhongha 4.1kReads6.8Score160Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: He Daqing Dumps the White Widow From the Start 四合院：何大清开局甩掉白寡妇 He Daqiang, a 21st-century office worker ground down by life, gets drunk and transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as He Daqing, a man notorious for abandoning his wife and child. From the start, he’s been tricked by Bai the Widow and Yi Zhonghai into becoming a live-in son-in-law in Baoding. After He Daqiang’s fifteenth girlfriend runs off with a client, he’s still seething when he awakens an attribute panel that gives him one free attribute point every day. The next morning, while Bai the 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: Jia Dongxu's Double Life 四合院：贾东旭的双倍人生 [Low on hostility] [Slice of life] A word of warning: this is not a story about torturing the scoundrels!!! Jia Haoren accidentally transmigrates into the body of Jia Dongxu from Love in the Courtyard, inheriting Jia Zhangshi, a troublesome piece of baggage. With a double-your-food System that keeps him well fed, he begins a new chapter in his workhorse life... Whether the courtyard is in chaos is up to Jia Zhangshi! When Jia Zhangshi kicks up a fuss, young Jia just has to read the room! The plo 2.6kReads6.6Score100Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: From the Start, One Belt Whip Wakes Silly Zhu Up 四合院：开局一皮带，抽醒傻柱 He Weiguo, a seasoned driver from the 21st century, floors the accelerator and crashes back to 1958, becoming He Daqing’s mysterious eldest son in Love in the Courtyard. The original owner was a battle-hardened veteran who had been away for ten years, radiating a murderous aura. He is a modern soul who knows how to survive and adapt. When the two merge, a protective, ruthless, shrewd, and practical “courtyard warrior” is born! On the day he returns, he sends Third Master flying with a slap, kick 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan Prequel: The Courtyard Through Liu Guangtian's Eyes 四合院前传刘光天眼中的四合院 I'm trying hard to write a siheyuan story that follows on from the main plot. The golden finger is only there early on to attract new readers; later, it'll gradually fade away until it's gone entirely. Of course, there are plenty of things that don't make sense. All I can say is, keep reading. Thank you. 32Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: A Wartime Veterinarian Gets Jia Zhang Pregnant 四合院，支前兽医，让贾张氏怀孕 My new work is out! You can read it 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! 16Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: The Whole Family of Misfits Takes on the Beasts 四合院：全家妖孽对抗禽兽 [Transmigration + mild conflict + putting the courtyard's troublemakers in their place + satisfying revenge + subverting expectations + an entire family of villains + no golden finger] After transmigrating to the 1960s, he becomes the youngest in a family of nothing but "villains"! Lin Hao once thought a family like his was bound to be crushed by the iron fist of the times sooner or later. Grandma makes a career out of being a martyr's family member. The curb is her stage: she slaps her thigh an 1.2kReads5.6Score111Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: From the Start, Xiao'e Paid Me 300 Yuan 四合院，开局就被晓娥付费三百块 Gao Yang was a rare breath of fresh air: upright and generous. Whenever he heard Xu Damao was heading to the countryside to screen films, he would ask Xu Damao to buy medicinal herbs for the medical department. Although buying them always cost Xu Damao two extra days, Gao Yang paid him ten yuan each time. 8.1kReads7.0Score435Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: My Wife Ran Qiuye 四合院：我的妻子冉秋叶 (Siheyuan, taming the troublesome residents, not a womanizer.) When Li Yang wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated to the 1950s. He has become the orphan of a fallen hero, as well as a highly sought-after university student. It is only when he arrives at the house he has been assigned that he realizes he is in the world of Siheyuan. Watch as he tames the troublesome residents and builds himself a thriving life. 192Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 18 The Courtyard House: The Director Returns Home and Faces Yi Zhonghai at the Post Office 四合院，院长回国邮局对峙易中海 [Violent makeover] [Career in government] [A complete overhaul of the He family] In 1948, He Jianghai works as a doctor at Baicaoting and serves as a courier for the underground organization in Beiping. The following year, he follows the army from the north to the south and takes part in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. After transferring to civilian work, he begins as a division-level official at the Ministry of Health and sets about establishing Red Star Hospital, becoming its 21.1kReads6.8Score981Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: The Greatest Antique Peddler 四合院：最牛古董商贩 [Sent down to the countryside]+ [Bringing his wife back to the city]+ [Antique dealer]+ [Treasure hunting and collecting]+ [Entering the business world] On the day Jiang Huaizhi gets married while working as an educated youth in the Northeast, he receives orders to return to the city. Unlike those faithless men, Jiang Huaizhi chooses to bring his wife back with him. With millions of educated youths waiting to be assigned jobs, Jiang Huaizhi doesn't take up scrap collecting or factory work. Inste 1.5kReads7.6Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: Experiencing Different Lives 四合院：体验不同人生 (The story doesn't get going until around 150,000 words in. I didn't expect the split to happen this early, but the rating is too low. Don't worry, the quality is guaranteed, so feel free to read.) [Siheyuan + transmigration + multiple women + no meekness + no fawning over Qin + no calling people “sir” + low on hostility] There was no accident, no stroke of good luck, and certainly no sudden death. It was simply because Zhou Haixin cursed at a ridiculous plot while watching TV. That was how the 9.4kReads6.3Score536Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Pointed a Gun at Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局用枪指着贾东旭 Not too much hostility + Undermining Others + Scheming. There are two letters of forgiveness! Don't read if you dislike that! Yang Chu was an ordinary office worker in 2025. One day, he happened to overhear his colleagues talking about Love in the Courtyard. Curious, he watched the TV series too, and thought Silly Zhu was a good guy who hadn't done anything wrong. But after reading a few fanfics, he realized Silly Zhu was a huge sucker, and felt that he had been treated unfairly. Just as Yang Ch 4.2kReads7.5Score126Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: First, I Marry Off Mrs. Jia from the Start 四合院，开局先把贾张氏嫁出去 What should Jia Dongxu do after transmigrating to 1945? Don't panic. First, marry Jia Zhangshi off. Then have He Daqing help Yi Zhonghai father a child. A story of genuine affection in Love in the Courtyard. This blurb doesn't do it justice, so read the novel itself. 1.7kReads7.2Score114Shelves
- 23 In the Siheyuan, I Can Make Anything by Hand 人在四合院，手搓一切 Chen Dajiang brings the “Legendary Technician” System with him as he transmigrates into the world of the TV series Love in the Courtyard. Already a mechanical designer, he gains even more formidable abilities with the System’s support. But before long, this ambitious man realizes he cannot stand against an entire era. All he can do is gradually push for change. So, should he start with “earning foreign currency” or with “innovation”? Is that even a question? “No, no, no,” says Chen Dajiang. “I w 352Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Awakens and Stops Raising Ungrateful Wolves 四合院傻柱觉醒不养白眼狼 He transmigrates as Silly Zhu and sees through the whole courtyard: everyone there is an ungrateful parasite who would devour you without blinking. In his previous life, he gave them everything, supported the whole courtyard, and even raised an ungrateful sister who leeched off him, only to end up alone and miserable. In this life, Silly Zhu has finally woken up. No one is going to guilt-trip him or take advantage of him! He won’t fawn over Qin Huairu, indulge Jia Zhangshi, or save Banggeng. He 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: I Turn Silly Zhu into the Courtyard's Enforcer 四合院：我把傻柱打造成院里打手 [Siheyuan + farming + daily life + warehouse] Zhou Zhenhua transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became the uncle of Silly Zhu and Yushui! To repay his older sister for raising his original body, he decided to stop the people in the courtyard from leeching off Silly Zhu! Seeing Yushui, who had gone hungry and cold since childhood and was thin as a bean sprout, Zhou Zhenhua vowed to spoil her rotten! See how a modern soul teaches the courtyard's animals a lesson and changes th 12.3kReads7.2Score589Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: Blind Dates Make You Stronger 四合院：相亲就变强 [No saintly heroine] [Cooking-focused] [Plenty of everyday life] [Putting Yi Jia in his place] [Leisurely pace] [Don’t read if you dislike it] He is accidentally reborn as He Yuzhu, only to find that He Daqing has run off, leaving him and little Yushui behind. He Yuzhu goes straight to the police and arranges for Yushui to be returned to He Daqing, so she can enjoy the fatherly love she never had in her previous life and stop dragging her brother down! Back at the courtyard, he sees a family arr 23.8kReads7.2Score1.4kShelves
- 27 Siheyuan: The Electrician's Eventful Years 四合院：电工的峥嵘岁月 He transmigrates to a courtyard compound in 1960 and becomes an electrician for the neighborhood office. With a technology-focused System to boot, things get interesting from the start! Watch as the protagonist tries to live like a normal person in a courtyard compound that online readers have demonized beyond recognition. Low-key and cautious, with a focus on technology and everyday life, realistic paths to prosperity, family drama and petty squabbles, changing times, a warm family, and just th 49Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: The System Updates Every Year, and I Become Invincible 四合院：系统每年更新，我无敌了 [Twin Star System + Spoiling His Little Sister + Multiple Heroines + Mildly Violent, Mostly Everyday Life!] Just because he made a few snarky comments about Silly Zhu while reading a novel, construction foreman Yang Fei transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard! A mother who died young from the start, a father who ran off with a widow, and a little sister to drag along... Isn't this exactly Silly Zhu's setup? The Great Dao couldn't stand to watch, so it immediately gave him two Syste 25.6kReads6.5Score1.9kShelves
- 29 Hello, My Eleventh Book hello第11本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 16Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: My Uncle Is the Great Rascal of the Capital 四合院：我的舅舅是京城大顽主 The Longest Day in Chang'an + Siheyuan + Blood-Colored Romance + period drama + streetwise troublemaker + In the Name of the People. The old troublemaker Li Yuanchao returns from the army, fists hard, tongue sharper, and connections far-reaching. He specializes in putting arrogant people in their place. The eldest lord is a hypocrite, the second is power-hungry, the third is calculating, Xu Damao is vicious, and Qin Huairu's whole family has sucked Shazhu dry. After thirty years of swallowing 8.6kReads—Score517Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: The Eldest He Brother 四合院之何家老大 A modern man transmigrates into the eldest son of the He family. Can the white lotus still drain Silly Zhu dry? Can Yi Zhonghai still get Silly Zhu to support him in his old age? Can Jia Zhangshi still summon Old Jia? He Yudong decides whether the courtyard gets chaotic! 3.1kReads6.5Score101Shelves
- 32 Transmigrating into Siheyuan, Banggeng Becomes the Jia Family’s Pillar 穿越四合院，棒梗成贾家顶梁柱 After transmigrating into the body of Banggeng in the courtyard, he was faced with the Jia family’s plight. How could he help a widowed mother and her children survive without having to endure the scorn of others? Then he awakened the Thieving Saint System, mastered the art of stealing and the skill of fishing, and began a life of fishing to support his family. 816Reads6.4Score102Shelves
- 33 Transmigrate to the Siheyuan: Cao Tian's Life of Unbridled Pleasure 穿越四合院：曹天的快意人生 Main character: Cao Tian Multiple female leads Low on hostility, reasonable, steady development, Love in the Courtyard. The protagonist transmigrates to the 1950s, an era of vigorous growth. Right after arriving, he discovers a wild Qin Huairu. Determined not to let her suffer with the Jia family, he promptly wins her over. Later, he discovers that transmigration really does take away your original family. He takes over a job and moves into Courtyard No. 95. To his surprise, he activates a Syste 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan: A Salary of 99 from the Start 四合院：开局工资九十九 Li Aiguo is reborn and transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. He becomes an eighth-grade fitter from the show. From the start, he earns a salary of ninety-nine yuan and begins a wonderful new life. The whole courtyard is full of jealous, scheming neighbors. Yi Zhonghai, the First Master, uses moral pressure to manipulate people. Liu Haizhong, the Second Master, is obsessed with becoming an official. Yan Bugui, the Third Master, is a penny-pincher. Qin Huairu is a bloodsucker, Banggeng is a th 3.8kReads5.1Score203Shelves
- 35 A Journey Through Film and TV, Starting at Under the Zhengyang Gate 综影视从正阳门下开始 He wakes up to find himself the sixth son of the Han family in the world of Under the Scorching Sun, the younger brother of Han Xiaowu, that shameless doormat. He thought it was just the world of Under the Scorching Sun, but he went to the countryside with Zhong Yuemin, and the place they were sent had a legendary hammer-wielding king from the northwest. After finally getting into university and returning to the city, he figured he’d be happy with a minor leadership position. Then, out of nowher 56Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 36 From Siheyuan to Literary Great: The Beasts Have Lost Their Minds 从四合院到文坛泰斗：众禽兽疯了 A literature PhD wakes up to find himself transmigrated into Yan Jiefang in 1958. The moment he opens his eyes, his father, Yan Bugui, is demanding household expenses while clutching an abacus. Before he can even figure out what's going on, the System he bonded with gets driven off by the Four-Sided Courtyard's heavenly law! Luckily, the System left him a starter pack: a 10,000-cubic-meter storage space where time stands still, five times the physical attributes, and mastery of Baguazhang. While 14.3kReads7.0Score1.1kShelves
- 37 Siheyuan: I Have a Supply and Marketing Cooperative 四合院：我有一座供销社 My new novel is The Courtyard: I Start as Silly Zhu’s Training Partner. If you’re interested, please check it out. I’m begging you!!! [System]+ [Daily Life]+ [Abundant Supplies] In 1957, supplies are scarce and ration coupons rule everything. Chen Yan transmigrates into this era and is daunted by life in a courtyard with nothing to its name. [Ding! Global Supply and Marketing Cooperative System successfully bound! Host: Chen Yan.] [System mission: Run the Nanluoguxiang Supply and Marketing Coope 8.4kReads7.3Score432Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: My Father Is a Marshal, and I'm Going to Lie Flat 四合院，父亲是元帅，我要躺平了 1950s + Marshal Father + Ten Years of Fighting the Eagle + Building a Powerful Nation My name is Nie Feng. You might not believe me, but my dad is a marshal. And he has to work for me. After moving into the courtyard compound, Deaf Granny is killed by a car, the Jia family is sent to the Northwest to grow cotton, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong go off to fight the Eagle, and He Daqing takes on the daily duties of the Widows' Household. Years later, Yi Zhonghai returns from the battlefield to fin 7.2kReads7.1Score400Shelves
- 39 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
- 40 Siheyuan: Run! Psychic Powers! Take Over the World? 四合院：快跑！念力！抢全球？ Liu Guangfu is beaten awake by his own father, only to gain an infinite storage space and invincible telekinesis! Accidentally shipped overseas, he launches a global free-for-all: clearing out the vaults and granaries of the great powers, and teaching foreigners who refuse to behave a lesson! Gold, silver, treasures, cutting-edge technology: he takes it all, secretly helping his homeland. From the abandoned son of a Beijing courtyard to a national hero working behind the scenes, this is insanely 5Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Yuzhu, Defying Fate! 四合院：重生何雨柱，逆天改命！ He transmigrates by accident into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming the hapless He Yuzhu. Fortunately, he arrives early, in the winter of 1950. This is also the year He Yuzhu and his sister are abandoned by their father. He Yuzhu is fifteen, and He Yushui is five. This is also the year He Yuzhu starts out as an apprentice. But this time, he is no longer the chef Silly Zhu from the original story. Instead, He Yuzhu takes a very different path, sitting for China's first college entrance —Reads—Score2.8kShelves
- 42 Siheyuan: Beating Up Yi Zhonghai, He Yuzhu Flips the Table 四合院：揍易中海，何雨柱掀桌子 On Lunar New Year's Eve in 2026, He Zhu, a high-quality bachelor past his prime, gets drunk and transmigrates into Silly Zhu from Love in the Courtyard, set in 1960. It's right around dinnertime on New Year's Eve. Brainwashed by Yi Zhonghai, Silly Zhu spends money on meat and vegetables and works hard all day to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. He invites the Yi family, Deaf Granny, and the entire Jia family to celebrate together. But Jia Zhangshi eats all the meat and vegetables on the table 63.4kReads6.4Score4.9kShelves
- 43 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I Grow Stronger by Watching the Drama 四合院：傻柱重生，吃瓜就变强 [System] + [Reborn] + [Pocket Dimension] The famous sucker Silly Zhu was eventually abandoned by the ungrateful lot and froze to death beneath a bridge. Then he was reborn. He even got a mysterious System: all he had to do was watch other people’s drama to grow stronger, and the System’s rewards would lead him to a comfortable life. It turned out that once he got away from those ungrateful ingrates, life could be this comfortable. Just thinking about that bunch of ingrates made He Yuzhu grit his 2kReads5.7Score100Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: I Rise to the Top with an Intelligence System 四合院：我靠情报系统走上巅峰 Notice 1: Don't think too hard while reading this book, so hand over your brain first. Notice 2: For now, this story is divided into two parts. The first is a Love in the Courtyard fanfic, and the second is an In the Name of the People fanfic. Notice 3: If you find any plot points unreasonable, feel free to comment. The author will regularly improve the relevant parts of the story, except for plot points that really can't be changed. 22.6kReads6.3Score1kShelves
- 45 Siheyuan: A Man and a Dog Transmigrate 四合院：一人一狗的穿越 A period-drama courtyard + a man and his dog reborn + a cunning protagonist + suspense + sowing discord until the Yan father and son turn against each other + sending Yi Zhonghai off to the northwest to eat sand. Chen Guoqiang and his big yellow dog are reborn in 1965 at Courtyard No. 96, Nanluoguxiang, where a series of hilarious mishaps unfold. The blurb isn’t doing it justice, so please head straight to the story. 1.2kReads5.5Score—Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: Starting Out as an Engineer 四合院：从晋升工程师开始 He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes one of its residents. A matchmaker sets him up, and he almost starts dating Qin Huairu. But Qin Huairu is ashamed of his poverty and turns around to marry Jia Dongxu. When his System activates, Qin Yang gains the status of an engineer, and his life starts getting better and better. That makes people jealous. The scoundrels in the courtyard start acting up. The First, Second, and Third Masters cause trouble? He gives them a piec 581Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: I'm an Accountant at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 四合院：我在供销社当会计 [Period setting + spatial powers + one heroine + a touch of edge + career advancement] Li Yi transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. In 1960, the country is in the second year of natural disasters. After graduating from a technical secondary school, he is assigned to work as an accountant at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative serving the Nanluoguxiang neighborhood. At a courtyard-wide meeting, Yi Zhonghai seizes the chance to pick a fight. “Li Yi, I may not be much, but I’m stil 18.4kReads7.0Score412Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: I Passed Up Technical College for High School and Soared into the Blue Sky 四合院：弃中专选高中，飞向蓝天 Zhang Fusheng was reborn in 1954 in a courtyard house, becoming an unnoticed nobody in the east wing of the front courtyard. Determined to change his tragic fate from his previous life, the fifteen-year-old resolutely gave up the chance to attend a technical secondary school after his middle school entrance exams and chose to go to high school instead. In the end, he became a civil aviation pilot, taking his whole family along for the ride in that passionate era. While the courtyard’s troublemak 10.2kReads7.1Score551Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: I Break Silly Zhu's Leg and Give the Qing Dynasty a Beating 四合院，打断傻柱腿，保定抽大清 For a military doctor who had dissected more than a thousand “corpses,” forensic medicine was the perfect career choice. His knowledge of human tissue was nothing short of masterful. To put it this way, he could hang his great-nephew He Yuzhu up and beat him for a day and a night, and still guarantee he wouldn't die. He could do the same to Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Fugu, making sure the pain cut to the bone. And so, He Hongtao returned after fifteen years away from the siheyuan. 15.9kReads7.0Score571Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: From Popcorn Machines to 10,000-Ton Hydraulic Presses 四合院：从爆米花机到万吨水压机 Li Qingshan transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compound. Taken in after fleeing a famine, he meets Silly Zhu and Yushui, both abandoned by He Daqing. Sharing the same hardships and finding comfort in one another, they become caught up in the turmoil of the compound. Though Li Qingshan has no System, his education in the 21st century and his theoretical knowledge and experience in electromechanical engineering help him make a better and better life. He also helps Silly Zhu change his t 1.9kReads6.5Score104Shelves
