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- 1 Siheyuan: You Force Me to Donate? I'll Send You to Reeducation Instead 四合院：逼我捐款？反手送去改造 [Fast-paced] + [If you won't back down, fight] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [Building a career] + [The storms of Hong Kong] “I'm not donating! Whoever wants to donate can do it, but I'm not giving a damn thing!” After transmigrating into The Birds of the Courtyard, He Yuzhu is morally blackmailed by the hypocritical old master Yi Zhonghai from the start. Then he awakens the Clear-Eyed Human System and retaliates by slapping Jia Dongxu flying and kicking Jia Zhangshi, who's throwing a tantrum, thr 1.6kReads6.3Score10514d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: Buying the East Wing from the Start in 1948 四合院：1948开局买下东厢房 After a stroke of good fortune, a modern actuary transmigrates into the courtyard when He Yuzhu is thirteen. Watch him scrape by in that era without moving out of the courtyard, naturally settle into life, and enjoy a comfortable existence in a time of scarcity. This follows the TV adaptation: keeping your head down is the norm, and revenge is never done openly! It's a different kind of courtyard story, so feel free to give it a look. The thrills aren't as intense as you might expect, but this t 21.8kReads5.9Score64014d adds
- 3 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! 3.1kReads6.5Score10314d adds
- 4 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 11.5kReads7.2Score55614d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: From the Start, a Brigade Leader and He Yuzhu’s Maternal Uncle 四合院：开局大队长，何雨柱小舅 He transmigrated to the autumn of 1958. He Yuzhu and He Yushui’s uncle, Bai Jiefang, has arrived. Since he has returned from military service, he has been appointed head of the Juvenile Offender Reform Brigade in the capital, a deputy section-level official. The home he’s been assigned turns out to be the west wing of the central courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. Yi Zhonghai, who had been scheming all along, spends every day seething and doesn’t dare raise his voice. With all her pent-up resent 5.7kReads6.1Score18214d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu's Cousin 四合院：我是何雨柱他表叔 [Save Silly Zhu] + [Crime Solving] + [Taking on the Troublemakers] + [Taking Down the Retirement Faction] + [Two Female Leads] + [Hong Kong] + [Traveling the World] Lu Zhan transmigrates into the world of The Courtyard Is Full of Beasts and gains the ability to hear the inner thoughts of all things. With this ability, Lu Zhan starts out as an ordinary junior police officer and steadily climbs to the peak of life. On the outside, he can arrest spies and capture murderers. At home, he can outsmart 24.3kReads7.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: It Starts with Bowing to Yi Zhonghai and Shouting 'Long Live!' 四合院：跪拜易中海喊万岁开始 [Period setting + System + revenge + feel-good story] An ordinary person's life with a courtyard-house twist. Don't read a few chapters and complain that the plot is dragging. An ordinary person needs time to adjust to transmigrating, okay? Qin Huairu is out by chapter 60-something, and Silly Zhu by chapter 87. Most importantly, it takes time for their mindset to change. From the start, he bows to Yi Zhonghai, the “God of Morality,” and calls him “Long live, long live, ten thousand times long li 46.7kReads5.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 8 Life in the Siheyuan with He Yushui 四合院之跟何雨水过日子 Old bachelor Liu Guangming is watching the TV drama Love in the Courtyard at home, while middle-schooler Liu Guangming gets heatstroke during an exam at school. A little notebook accidentally gives him an electric shock, sending the old bachelor from 2022 to 1959. He moves into a courtyard house and ends up with He Yushui. 8.3kReads6.8Score22814d adds
- 9 I Became Silly Zhu's Uncle 我成了傻柱他叔了 Before I began writing this story, I hesitated for a long time. My previous story, Dreams Pursued in the Courtyard, still left me with many regrets. It was my first time writing, and I wanted to include too much, which made the story feel scattered later on. My portrayal of the courtyard’s characters also left room for debate. Ever since this period drama aired, opinions have been divided. More than anything, people today find it hard to imagine what life was like back then. Set in the heart of 6.4kReads7.1Score21714d adds
- 10 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! 6.9kReads8.9Score21714d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: I Took Xu Damao’s Side at the Chicken-Theft Scene 四合院：偷鸡现场站队许大茂 In 1965, Yan Jiecheng suddenly gains a new set of memories and sees the courtyard where his family lives in a whole new light. Could Silly Zhu, whom he’s always found annoying, really be the main character? That’s ridiculous! He’s not going to cozy up to the protagonist. When he catches someone stealing a chicken, he’ll help Brother Damau, then kick Silly Zhu into the ditch. Even the First Master won’t be able to stop him! And his own father: apparently people in the future think he’s a real pie 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: The Fool Wakes from His Dream 四合院之傻子的梦醒了 Was it rebirth, transmigration, or reincarnation? A soul spends thousands of years being reborn, living different lives and witnessing the rise and fall of multiple dynasties, before arriving at Courtyard House No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. What will it experience among the many formidable residents of the courtyard? 5kReads8.1Score10414d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: The Leader of the Younger Generation 四合院：年轻一辈的领头羊 Li Fengshou’s arrival completely changed life in the siheyuan. Xu Damao married a widow with a child, and after Silly Zhu was fired, he found himself a wife from the countryside. As for Yi Zhonghai and the others hoping someone would look after them in their old age, their fates were even worse!!! 2.1kReads5.5Score10314d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: Acting on Heaven's Behalf 四合院之替天行道 Bullies the scum + ruthless and decisive + mastermind behind the scenes + domineering + forceful suppression + two heroines. An original story. Song Dajiang gets a second chance at life. Should he keep working himself to the bone as a wage slave, or live his new life with carefree abandon? Facing Li Yunlong: Are you going to give me a straight answer about whether you want this Japanese woman or not? Facing Tian Zao: Do you have the guts to pull off something big? Facing Chen Xueru: You're actin 17.8kReads7.0Score66414d adds
- 15 Struck by Lightning During My Nascent Soul Tribulation, I Landed in a Siheyuan 渡元婴天劫被雷劈到四合院 He transmigrates to a cultivation world and accidentally binds a Void Tower with his blood. With its help, he cultivates all the way to the peak of the Golden Core stage. But when he undergoes the Nascent Soul tribulation, a lightning strike destroys his body and damages his soul. The Void Tower carries him through a spatial rift back to Earth, but he ends up in the world of Love in the Courtyard. 27.9kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 16 Transferring to the Siheyuan Security Office, Dismissing Yi Zhonghai from the Start 四合院转业保卫处开局罢免易中海 Yu Guojie has just transmigrated to 1958 when he is immediately kidnapped, leaving him completely dumbfounded! Luckily, the System activates just in time. He can earn rewards through sign-ins, and his first sign-in grants him the essence of Chinese martial arts, making him peerless in combat. Yu Guojie feels like he can take on the world again! When he joins the security department, he suddenly discovers that he is in the world of Love in the Courtyard! On his very first day moving into the cour 43.6kReads6.9Score4k14d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: He Xiao Is Reborn as Silly Zhu 四合院之何晓重生成为傻柱 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no pocket dimension, no wish fulfillment, no brainless characters. A story about the people around us, one that readers can relate to. Read with caution if that’s not your thing!) This is a new book, so it’s normal that it has no rating yet. The story is set in a courtyard house in the 1950s. The protagonist is still growing in the early chapters, so it’s normal for him to be weak at first. He’ll hit his stride later, and the story deepe 265Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Put Them on Trial, and They Call Me the Ancestor 四合院：开局审判，众禽叫我老祖 One morning, overworked office drone Zhang Wei woke up transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, as the most unfairly treated man in the whole compound: He Yuzhu, aka Silly Zhu! Looking at the moralizing First Master, the two-faced Qin Huairu, the thieving brat Banggeng, and the status-obsessed Second Master, all the pent-up frustration from his memories came flooding back. [Ding! The Whole Courtyard Judgment System has been bound!] [This System will help you record the misdeeds of 316Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Training Beasts, Starting as a Refugee 四合院：从难民开始训禽 During the three years of natural disasters, Li Qingfeng, a young man from the mountains, starves to death on the road while fleeing famine. Then a soul from a later age takes over his body. After fleeing to the capital, Li Qingfeng is placed in a temporary relief station. By chance, he saves Bai Ling from the Public Security Bureau and is assigned a room in a communal courtyard. Li Qingfeng discovers that this siheyuan is from a TV series he's watched. As soon as he moves in, the beasts start g 9.8kReads8.2Score38114d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: Liu Haizhong’s Disciples Fill the Capital 四合院：我刘海中门徒满京华 How can you coast through life? Become an official? Or do something more meaningful? If you laze around like a salted fish every day, what meaning does life have? It has meaning. What’s wrong with lying flat and enjoying yourself? How do you lie flat and enjoy yourself? Obviously, you get other people to do the work so you can lie flat and enjoy yourself. So here’s the question: how do you get other people to work while you enjoy yourself? Simple: teach more people. Once you have countless disci 62.9kReads8.4Score4.9k14d adds
- 21 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. 28.2kReads8.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Report the Old Deaf Lady as a Spy 四合院开局：举报聋老太是间谍 A new story is here! Come 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! 9kReads6.0Score21514d adds
- 23 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! 21.4kReads8.2Score91814d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: He Jian's Second Uncle 四合院之何家二叔 An ancient person’s soul transmigrates into a courtyard house, becoming Silly Zhu’s uncle. Knowing nothing about Silly Zhu’s future or the history of the courtyard, he strives to change the fates of those around him. 15kReads8.9Score44414d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: The Story She and I Had to Tell 四合院之我与她不得不说的故事 (The rating just came out, so it's a bit low. It'll go up.) He transmigrates to the world of the courtyard and gains a pocket world. He puts the beasts in their place, with no unnecessary drama, just one satisfying story after another. Of course, there'll be a little romance too. 1.1kReads5.5Score10014d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: Five Tiger Sons at Home, Keeping the Vermin in Check 四合院：家有五虎，镇压众禽 The Lin family's five tough guys moved into the courtyard house, and everyone had better behave, or the five Lin brothers wouldn't hold back. With the five Lin brothers around, Jia Zhangshi no longer dared to summon spirits, Yi Zhonghai no longer dared to control the courtyard, and Silly Zhu finally behaved himself. 8.5kReads5.6Score30914d adds
- 27 Siheyuan: Earn Merit, Rise Through the Ranks, and Let Others Do Your Dirty Work 四合院：立功升官，擅长借刀杀人 Turning enemies against each other + planning before acting + a short temper + repeatedly earning extraordinary merit + enjoying life + courtyard life From the start, Silly Zhu wants to give half of the big fish from Zhao Hao’s home to Qin Huairu, then divide the rest among everyone in the courtyard. He cleverly resolves the problem. He has to get back at Silly Zhu, making sure he never finds a wife for the rest of his life. He also makes iron underwear for Xu Damao and teaches him martial arts, 594Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Reborn Life in the Siheyuan 重生之四合院人生 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 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 21.9kReads5.4Score86714d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: Starting in 1953 四合院从1953开始 He Yuzhu, who shares the same name as Silly Zhu, complained about the plot of the courtyard story and was chosen by the System. He was sent into the world where the story takes place and became Silly Zhu. Fortunately, the System showed some consideration: instead of dropping He Yuzhu into the story at the beginning, it sent him back to before He Daqing ran off with the widow. Since I’m here, and I have a System, I won’t be fooled again or act like a simp this time around. I’ll live for myself an 23.6kReads8.7Score69014d adds
- 31 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 31.6kReads6.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: The Good Life 四合院之美好人生 After transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhang Zhifei becomes an ordinary resident of a Beijing courtyard compound. At first, all he wants is to shut the door, live a quiet life with his younger siblings, and leave his mark on the era. Unfortunately, a small temple attracts big demons, and a shallow pond is full of turtles! In this little three-courtyard compound, there’s Yi Zhonghai, the “Virtue Venerable” known as the “perfect man”; Liu Haizhong, a power-hungry “official wannabe” and domestic abuser 27kReads8.4Score83414d adds
- 33 A Hilarious Tale of Immortals and Heroes 仙侠笑传 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 51Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: From the Start as Liu Guangtian, I Beat Liu Guangqi to a Pulp 四合院：刘光天开局，暴打刘光奇 The hapless Liu Guangtian transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. His parents already favor Liu Guangqi, and to make matters worse, Liu Guangqi is a two-faced schemer. Most of the beatings Liu Guangfu and he took as kids were because they got blamed for that bastard Liu Guangqi’s misdeeds. To hell with this! I can’t stand another day of this miserable life! Liu Guangtian grabs his younger brother by the hand. “Guangfu, what are you afraid of? From now on, your big brother will show you a diffe 27kReads7.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 35 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! 18.8kReads6.6Score40614d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: A Happy Life in the Red Era 四合院：火红年代的幸福生活 Pei Guang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in the late 1950s, and everything begins to change quietly. Qin Huairu: Where did this Liang the Widow come from? She actually stole my Silly Zhu away. Yi Zhonghai: Sigh! With Liang the Widow around, there's no counting on Silly Zhu anymore. Bang Geng: Sigh! My life is ruined! Golden finger: Hard work pays off + a pocket dimension (no farming) 19.4kReads8.5Score47614d adds
- 37 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... 2.7kReads7.6Score17914d adds
- 38 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
- 39 Siheyuan: After Being Reborn, I Can Open a Blind Box Every Day 四合院：重生后我能天天开盲盒 Protagonist: Zhao Lei; Role: An unemployed street loafer, a marginal member of the Zhao family, unloved by both parents Golden finger: Blind Box System Goal: Lie flat every day, with food and drink aplenty and no need to work Synopsis: Zhao Lei grew up as a left-behind child in his previous life. By an unexpected twist of fate, he is reborn in 1959 while staying at a hotel. It is the first year of the natural disasters, and as a modern young man used to having plenty to eat and drink, he absolut 36.3kReads6.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 40 Conquering the Realm, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第七部之青州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 I Reincarnated as Sha Zhu, and From the Start It Was a Night of Passion with Lou Xiaoe 魂穿傻柱开局是与娄晓娥的销魂夜 Haiwang Tong Yajun's soul transmigrates into Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan. From the start, it is the very night Lou Xiao'e is about to flee to Hong Kong with her parents and gives herself to He Yuzhu! Lou Xiao'e leaves without a word, and the jade bangle she leaves behind for Silly Zhu is accidentally stained with blood, turning into a portable pocket dimension that helps him grow and make progress in the Siheyuan... The former Haiwang now has Qin Shuiru, Yu Li, Qin Jingru, Ran Qiuye, Yu Haitang, a 275Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: My Pocket Dimension Can Store Anything 四合院：我的空间能收取万物 It's been nearly three years since the novel ended, and I'm still getting such great results. I'm so flattered, so I've added some bonus chapters to thank my longtime readers. Zhang Jianjun wakes up one morning scared out of his wits. He's transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard! With the arrival of his golden finger, Zhang Jianjun's path to cheating begins. Beating people up is for brutes. Stabbing them in the back is an art. By the middle of the story, he starts traveling the world and sets u 49.9kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: Damou's Brother-in-Law Has an Iron Body, What a Scammer 四合院：大茂妹夫铁身躯，坑人啊 [The hottest Siheyuan story of 2025] [Sneaky schemer] [Funny] [Prankster] [Lots of conflict] [Feel-good power fantasy] He befriends Xu Damao and Li Huaide. Xu Damao is the brother-in-law of Sha Zhu. He sets traps for all the other troublemakers. This book is all about pranks: first, he swindles them out of their pocket money, then he makes them suffer miserably. Don't read if that's not your thing! 22.4kReads6.0Score53314d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Why Does Your Brother Beat You Up Every Day? 四合院：傻柱你哥咋天天揍你？ [Moderate violence] [Turning Silly Zhu and Yushui’s lives around] [Rebuilding the family’s values] He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as Silly Zhu’s “short-lived” older brother! After returning from the battlefield, he turns his younger siblings’ lives around. His younger brother, He Yuzhu, is exploited by the whole courtyard and still acts like a pathetic simp. He Weiguo has just one word for him: “A beating!” He’ll beat some sense into him! His younger sister, He Yushui, has suffered 54.3kReads8.1Score3.5k14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: I, Jia Dongxu, Want to Be Reborn Too! 四合院：我贾东旭也要重生！ [Love in the Courtyard; wish-fulfillment!!!; comedy; transmigration; one female lead (Qin Huairu); pocket dimension] Silly Zhu next door has been working himself to the bone around the clock. It's about time I, Jia Dongxu, got to be the main character!!! Reincarnated as a man doomed to die young? This time, I'll hold this family together! You won't teach me properly? I'll cut ties with Yi Zhonghai and find myself a new master! Yi Zhonghai: “Dongxu, I was wrong!” Caught Jia Zhangshi sneaking 29.7kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 46 Conquering the Realm, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第六部之徐州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 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... 11.9kReads6.5Score44214d adds
- 48 Unnecessary Desire 非必要情动 Four women: Shen Jun, Yun Mei, Yang Lanlan, and Bai Jie. Faced with the ambiguities of the internet age, the complexities of the real world, betrayal in marriage, and unspoken rules in the workplace, they are all trapped in a vast web… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: I'll Live My Own Life, So Don't Bother Me! 四合院：我过我的日子，别烦我！ 49.5kReads7.2Score2k14d adds
- 50 Lao Mo, Eating Fish in the Siheyuan, Dominating Hong Kong 老默，四合院吃鱼，香江称霸 [Decisive and ruthless] [No dragging things out] [Kills them all] [Unexpected twists] To find his daughter, he kills his way from a Beijing courtyard house all the way to Xiangjiang. The protagonist is Lao Mo, Jinghai’s top assassin: arrogant, cold, ruthless, and a man of few words who kills without batting an eye. He terrifies every lowlife around, and even the mention of his name makes them quake. Everyone who’s read it says it’s an absolute thrill. If you don’t believe them, check out the rev 43.2kReads7.9Score2.1k14d adds
