Novels like Siheyuan: Raising He Yushui
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- 51 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate into Xu Damao 四合院之穿越成许大茂 [No more swallowing insults, feel-good revenge, putting the pests in their place, making money, farming, multiple female leads] Reborn as Xu Damao, he breaks Silly Zhu’s arm from the start. Silly Zhu, the fool in this nest of beasts, is dead! See how the pests of the courtyard keep stirring up trouble! 9.9kReads5.6Score582Shelves
- 52 You're the Best Fixer in the Siheyuan 四合院就你最会修 Everyone has their own taste! Thanks, everyone! “If we’re brothers, come chop me!” Then a bolt of lightning struck... Fellow transmigrator Chen Mo: “Brothers! Don’t play games on your laptops during thunderstorms either...” “Huairu! I’m coming!” “Dongxu! Come on!” She counted to herself: One, two, three! 1.9kReads6.5Score101Shelves
- 53 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. 11.4kReads5.8Score517Shelves
- 54 Claiming the World, Book Eight: The Liangzhou Cauldron 问鼎天下第八部之梁州鼎 Conquering All Under Heaven, Book Eight: The Liangzhou Cauldron 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: Cao Mengde of Nanluoguxiang 四合院：南锣鼓巷之【曹孟德】 [System] [Leads from period dramas set in the same era] [Multiple heroines, don’t read if you dislike that] Qi Yuan brings his memories from his previous life and transmigrates into this war-torn era as a newborn. From the time he can remember, he follows his old revolutionary grandmother as she travels from place to place. Only when he grows up and meets someone familiar does he realize that he has transmigrated into a parallel world set in that era. The war is over, and his grandmother is assi 22Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 56 He Lai, the Kid from Nanluoguxiang 南锣鼓巷贺来小子 [Transmigration]+ [Siheyuan]+ [No System]+ [Period]+ [Lighthearted Comedy] The story follows He Lai's life in the Siheyuan. He spends the rest of his life with the heroine Yushui, outwits the courtyard's old-timers, changes their values, and leads them toward a true Love in the Courtyard. 6.3kReads8.2Score241Shelves
- 57 Siheyuan: Transmigrating into Turbulent Times, Remember to Build Your Defenses First 四合院：穿越混年代，记得先叠甲 [Revenge + Business + Multiple Women + Strong-Willed Hero + Power Struggles Across an Era] After transmigrating to 1947, He Peng only wants to stay alive and, while he's at it, enjoy a somewhat better life. A little more money. A few more women. But before he knows it, his life has grown far beyond that. He earns five more First-Class Special Merits, gains a whole bunch of uncles, turns his business into a nationwide network, and even becomes the adopted son-in-law of the Chairman's wife. More s 945Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Claiming the Throne of the World, Part Nine: The Jingzhou Ding 问鼎天下第九部之荆州鼎 Claiming the World, Book 9: The Jingzhou Ding 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Siheyuan: Cao Yi, a Good Man 四合院之曹义好人 Reborn in a parallel world of courtyard houses, with the resort from his previous life in tow. He may not have a System, but his pocket dimension is powerful, bringing cutting-edge technology from 2024 to this world. The protagonist can be a little too kind, yet he is also decisive and ruthless, making him a complicated character. In short, he's an ordinary person who lives as he pleases in any given situation. There's one female lead, and later on he'll flee to Hong Kong. 385Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 60 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 4.4kReads8.0Score184Shelves
- 61 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Fell in Love with He Yushui 四合院：开局恋爱何雨水 Transmigrate + System + Miracle Doctor + Feel-Good Story After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, he discovers that both his parents are dead, but he has money and a home. Then he awakens the Miracle Doctor System! Putting the troublesome neighbors in their place is a piece of cake! He Yuzhu gets married and stops looking after the neighbors. Qin Huairu is dumbfounded, Jia Zhangshi gets sent to a psychiatric hospital, and the First Master and Deaf Granny are left with no one to care 10.8kReads6.6Score348Shelves
- 62 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. 3.1kReads6.2Score102Shelves
- 63 Siheyuan: A Delivery Rider Transmigrates and Lives Happily Ever After 四合院：骑手穿越，快乐一生 A solemn promise: 1. No demonizing characters. 2. Characters act in their own self-interest. 3. No letters of forgiveness. Food delivery rider Wang Ping transmigrates into the world of a 1951 courtyard drama, becoming Wang Ping, a second-grade fitter at a steelworks whose parents are both dead. He lives in the east wing of the front courtyard of the Red Star compound. His uncle is a workshop director at the Shijingshan Steel Plant. With a portable space and a golden finger that gives him immense 4.9kReads—Score120Shelves
- 64 Siheyuan: Evil Gets Its Due, and the Courtyard’s Villains Meet Their End 四合院：恶有恶报全院恶人终落幕 [Revenge] [Multiple Heroines] [Making Money] [Sneaky Schemer] [Tightly Plotted] Li Zhong, who had transmigrated into this world, looked around the courtyard at the vile beasts. Everyone was like a vulture, waiting for him to die. But he had been reborn! One by one, two by two, three by three... Li Zhong plotted the beasts' deaths. Everyone suspected Li Zhong was involved, but there was no evidence. What goes around comes around, and justice never fails. In the end, all the beasts were left in de 265Reads8.0Score554Shelves
- 65 The Real Love in the Courtyard 正的情满四合院 I've read a lot of novels about the courtyard. Nine out of ten are brainless wish-fulfillment stories, some even turning the characters into outright monsters. They're all churned out like products on an assembly line. I've written one where everyone gets along, so feel free to share your thoughts. The protagonist transmigrates early and starts at the top. By that, I mean he is at the top among the people in the courtyard. He has a pocket dimension but no System. He does what he can for the coun 3.4kReads6.5Score106Shelves
- 66 Siheyuan: Returning from the Moat to Set Things Right in the World 四合院：护城河归来讨还世间公道 A modern special forces soldier returns to Beiping in 1931. From the start, a corpse floats in the moat, and his parents have been falsely accused. His enemies hold sway over Beiping, with officials and businessmen colluding and influence reaching everywhere. Bound to an arsenal of heavy combined-arms brigade weapons: five thousand guns, tanks and armored vehicles, attack helicopters, and unlimited supplies. He begins by rooting out Beiping's criminal underworld, then turns his sights on fore 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 After Games Invade, I Settle the Score with Campus Loan Sharks 游戏入侵后，我清算了校园贷 Set in a modern city, with Sun Yat-sen University’s three campuses and five schools as its central setting, an immersive game called "Era Invasion" suddenly overlays reality without distinction. Its rules become deeply entwined with the real world: completing missions can awaken supernatural abilities and grant supplies, while failure triggers real-world penalties such as ruined credit, physical injuries, or doubled debts. The campus loan platforms that once operated as usual mutate into the rea —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 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... 11.7kReads6.5Score434Shelves
- 69 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... 22.4kReads6.6Score991Shelves
- 70 Siheyuan: Becoming a Live-In Son-in-Law in 1976, Marrying Huaihua 四合院：七六年当赘婿，嫁给槐花 Multiple heroines + Building wealth + Crossover with film and TV + Transmigration + The Courtyard + Male-oriented spin-off + Fan fiction + Spin-off This really is "Love in the Courtyard". In his previous life, Hao Mobi had no wife or children and spent his old age in misery. In this life, he’s determined to make up for those regrets. But just getting married and having children would be a waste of his talents. He’ll pursue an official career and climb the ranks, expand his businesses, and work h 1.1kReads6.7Score110Shelves
- 71 Siheyuan: I’m Yushui’s Uncle 四合院之我是雨水舅父 [Set in 1951 from the start.] [Based on popular TV dramas, this is unlike 99% of fan fiction set in the Courtyard Siheyuan universe.] [System novel, feel-good novel.] [Overpowered in the later stages, with a more slice-of-life feel early on.] [One female lead] [Featuring stories from A Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate and Men Are Iron, Rice Is Steel.] The day He Daqing left for Baoding with a widow, Qi An arrived at Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. A warm, peaceful life began to unfold... 33.3kReads7.3Score1.8kShelves
- 72 Republican Era: I'm the Bandit Mountain Rose 民国：我是土匪山里红 (Transmigration + Republic of China era + War of Resistance + Online Game + Female Protagonist + No Romance) A member of the Republic’s Fire Phoenix Special Forces, with a game in tow, transmigrates to the Republic of China in 1924. She becomes the top boss of the Heavenly King Stronghold in the Taihang Mountains, and the granddaughter of the leader of the bandits across the seven northern provinces. Not bad! There’s still time. With the items in her game inventory, she can put together a well-e 771Reads6.8Score107Shelves
- 73 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! 18kReads6.6Score377Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, but I Won't Be Xu Damao 四合院：我许大茂，不做许大茂 This book has no System, golden finger, or cheat. This is an all-new Xu Damao, transported to another world and made into an entirely new person. It tells a different story about Xu Damao! A man in his thirties from a later era, Xu Damao, gets hit by a truck. In that instant, the primordial power of heaven and earth causes him and the Xu Damao from the courtyard compound to collide, and he passively transmigrates. The courtyard’s Xu Damao is whisked away by a Dongfeng truck. See how the Xu Damao 1.2kReads5.5Score—Shelves
- 75 Siheyuan: The Civil Engineering Big Shot Has Arrived! 四合院：土木大佬驾到！ [No System] [Has a Spatial Dimension] [Low on Violence] Liu Bo: an utterly ordinary name. But if you have an arrogant subordinate named Long Aotian, then Liu Bo must be someone extraordinary. The quintessential big-shot protagonist, no doubt about it. But he's not the protagonist of this story. Liu Bo is a construction worker in 2025, working as a site manager at a construction site in a tiny county town ranked somewhere around the eighteenth tier. It happens to be a night shift pouring concrete 1.6kReads5.9Score107Shelves
- 76 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. 25.1kReads6.9Score1.3kShelves
- 77 Transmigrate as He Yushui: From the Start, I'm in Baocheng 穿越何雨水，开局竟然在保城 In early May 1951, six-year-old He Yushui is possessed by the soul of a modern person. The transmigrator, who has read all kinds of fan fiction and hundreds of transmigration novels, is instantly dumbfounded. “Wait, why is He Yushui in Baocheng? Shouldn't she be in the courtyard house on Nanluoguxiang?” After absorbing the original owner's memories, they discover that Silly Zhu brought her here. No need to ask: Silly Zhu has either been reborn or transmigrated too. Anyone who understands the law 27.6kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves
- 78 My Harem of Beauties in Siheyuan 四合院我的美人窝 Granny Jia is sent off to the countryside, the Second and Third Masters are tricked into going to support the Third Front, the First Master is duped into a car accident and killed, and the deaf old woman is raided and extorted. He even gets Xu Damao and Yan Jiecheng into danmei... This transmigrator is having a blast in the courtyard. 11.1kReads5.4Score485Shelves
- 79 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—Shelves
- 80 Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Courtyard’s Troublemakers 四合院：从供销社开始，横推众禽 Synopsis of "Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Whole Courtyard" Business whiz Lin Xiangyang transmigrates to 1962 by chance, taking over his father’s job as a procurement officer at the Red Star Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He also activates the Super Supply and Marketing Cooperative System, gaining abilities such as spatial storage, accelerated production, and trade with the future. These powers help him carefully navigate an era of scarcity. As soon a —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 81 You're Forcing Me to the Countryside? I'll Empty the House and Head Off to the Farms in Style 逼我下乡？我搬空家底潇洒插队 Reborn in 1975, Lin Jianguo looks at his biased parents and the younger brother about to take over his job, then gives a cold laugh. If you won't treat me right, don't blame me for returning the favor! He activates his pocket System and acquires Grandmaster-level Baji Fist, expert hunting skills, and expert marksmanship. He clears out every valuable belonging in his biased parents' house, then casually signs up his stepmother's son to go to the Great Northwest. With his bags on his back, he head 10.7kReads7.5Score809Shelves
- 82 Back to Thirty Years Ago 重回三十年前 A magical watch lets her transmigrate back and forth between the present and thirty years ago. Thank goodness! This time, she has to seize the opportunity and save herself from her tragic fate. 899Reads7.7Score106Shelves
- 83 Siheyuan: What's Wrong with My Sleight of Hand? 四合院：我妙手空空怎么了？ Ever since the Silly Zhu, whom everyone in the courtyard used to push around, got the Sleight-of-Hand System, everything changed. Framed for stealing meat, shunned by the whole courtyard, and humiliated by Xu Damao rubbing his face in the dirt? He can spot corruption, exploitation, and scheming at a glance! Deputy Director Li's dirty money and betrothal gifts? I'll take them! Jia Zhangshi's secret stash? Mine! Xu Damao's betrothal gifts? I'll take those too! Silly Zhu is Silly no more! He deals 1.2kReads8.2Score—Shelves
- 84 In Siheyuan, I Become Huaihua, the Poor Little One 四合院我成了槐花小可怜 The moment I opened my eyes, I had become Little Huaihua from the courtyard. The protagonist was absolutely terrified! Born into a family like this, the protagonist decided to cozy up to Lou Xiao'e to make sure she could grow up healthy. Auntie Lou was not only the only good person in the whole courtyard, but someone who might even sneak her off to Hong Kong one day. 5.2kReads8.5Score238Shelves
- 85 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. 16.7kReads6.8Score841Shelves
- 86 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Revenge 四合院之傻柱复仇记 A burned-out office worker who dropped dead in 2026 becomes Silly Zhu, who froze to death on the streets in 1951. Bound to a System, he learns cooking, traditional Chinese medicine, and Bajiquan. As he raises his little sister, he makes every beast who schemes against him pay the price. 27.6kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
- 87 Siheyuan: I Master Divine Arts, and You Call Me Superstitious? 四合院：道法通神，你说我迷信？ [Period Setting] [Pocket Dimension] [Daoist Arts] [Miracle Doctor] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [Everyday Life] [Family Matters] [Unique Powers] Zhang Daoxuan arrives in a Beijing courtyard in the 1960s and awakens a Merit System. With a single hand, he saves countless lives using talisman water and earns the title “Living Immortal.” But Jia Zhangshi turns around and reports him for feudal superstition and murder for profit! The police station refuses to hear him out and forces him to return the money a 2.2kReads5.5Score—Shelves
- 88 Siheyuan: The Short-Tempered Big Brother Slaughters the Entire Courtyard 四合院：暴躁老哥，杀穿全院 The courtyard isn't big, but it's packed with ruthless people. To punish these scoundrels, the System specifically selects short-tempered, sinister guys and sends them to be reborn in the courtyard. Not one of them understands reason, but they all know how to throw a punch. First story, reborn as Silly Zhu: Throw a punch first, then ask all the questions afterward. Second story, an ordinary guy framed and sent to prison: Now that I've got a cheat, why clear my name with words? Wouldn't a knife b 14.4kReads8.2Score458Shelves
- 89 Siheyuan: A 1950s Procurement Officer Living the High Life 四合院：五十年代采购员吃香喝辣 A crossover of TV dramas. Don't get hung up on the timeline or locations. This courtyard compound is bigger, with a main courtyard of three sections as well as east and west side courtyards. There are more people, more events, and more excitement. There are good people and bad people here. There are good things and bad things here. How many rights and wrongs are there in this courtyard? How many wrongs and rights are there? Main courtyard Front section: Yan Bugui (Third Master), He Wenhui, Liu 871Reads—Score108Shelves
- 90 Siheyuan: I've Got a Bad Temper and Know a Little Kung Fu 四合院：在下脾气不好，略懂拳脚 A doctor on an overseas aid mission is sent back to 1959 by a missile and transmigrates into Jia Youjin, an army doctor. Traumatized by a comrade's accidental death, Jia Youjin is wounded by a grenade while seeking revenge and has no choice but to leave the military and return home. He arrives at the compound at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang and discovers that someone has taken over his home. It turns out someone spread a rumor that he died on the battlefield, and Yi Zhonghai gave his house to someone el 59.5kReads8.4Score3.8kShelves
- 91 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—Shelves
- 92 Siheyuan: A Veterinarian from the Start, Giving Everyone in the Courtyard a Vasectomy 四合院：兽医开局，帮全院净身 I transmigrated into the world of "The Birds Fill the Courtyard" and became a veterinarian who goes to the countryside to castrate pigs. Others rely on their skills after transmigrating. I rely on a pig-castrating knife. Bound to the Great Love of Humanity System, my mission is to change the fates of all the birds and beasts. So I castrated Silly Zhu with one swipe. Zhu, don't hate me. I'm saving your life! The System rewards came through, and the whole courtyard of beasts trembled in fear. From 72kReads8.1Score5.3kShelves
- 93 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Castrate Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局阉了贾东旭 Zhang Feng, an outstanding young man of the twenty-first century, is sent to the 1950s by more than a dozen tractor-trailers. He doesn't realize that this is the legendary world of Birds Fill the Courtyard until he arrives in the capital in 1959. On his very first day after moving in, he castrates Jia Dongxu. At the residents' meeting, he even publicly calls on everyone to leave Yi Zhonghai without an heir. 43kReads6.6Score2.3kShelves
- 94 1955: From the Start, I Was Sent to Bring Warmth 1955开局送温暖 A new story is here. No System, but there is a pocket dimension, and the protagonist isn't a bleeding heart. No powerful connections to lean on. From the start, he's just a young hunter with martial arts training, hoping to keep his head down and live quietly in the village. But life is unpredictable, and...! 7.6kReads7.9Score226Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: How Dare You Steal My Inheritance? 四合院：我的遗产你们也敢吞？ When a doctoral graduate’s soul landed in 1961, he became a young man in rural Changping who shared his name. His parents were dead, and his uncle’s inheritance had been completely divided among the “old neighbors” in Courtyard 95 on Nanluoguxiang: three rooms, eight thousand yuan in savings, and a secure job at the steel mill, all seized. With no way to seek justice, he had only a will and the future technology and master-level martial arts bestowed upon him by his transmigration. From appealin 6.6kReads6.6Score201Shelves
- 96 Conquering the Realm, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第五部之兖州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The Great Emperor Returns: Starting with the Annihilation of His Clan 大帝归来：从灭族开始 Synopsis: Lu Changsheng, the supreme cultivator of the cultivation world, spent a thousand years cultivating before ruling the myriad realms with a single sword. When he tore through space and returned to Blue Star, he discovered that only five years had passed on Earth. Monsters were running rampant across the Western Pacific, and half the country had fallen. With a single sweep of his sword, he wiped out countless demons. But when he finally returned home, he was met with this: His parents had 1.4kReads—Score170Shelves
- 98 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—Shelves
- 99 Damn, How Did a Couple of Complaints Turn Me into Silly Zhu? 靠，吐槽两句怎就成傻柱了 Modern chef Wu Mingfu had merely grumbled before bed about his “awful” neighbors in the courtyard, lamenting that Silly Zhu had superb cooking skills but lived such a miserable life. He mused that if he transmigrated there, he would marry the virtuous Yu Li, have a bunch of chubby kids, and build a prosperous, peaceful life. Who would have thought that when he woke up, he really had transmigrated into the Red Star Steelworks of 1958, becoming the famous “older brother of He Yushui,” who was alwa 106Reads5.5Score100Shelves
- 100 The Ming Dynasty’s Talented Scholar, Jie Jin 大明才子解缙 Jie Jin, a gifted scholar of the Ming Dynasty, lived a turbulent and legendary life. Brilliant from childhood and endowed with extraordinary talent, he was hailed as a “child prodigy.” He made his mark at a young age, sailed through the imperial examinations on the strength of his vast learning, passed the highest-level exam, and embarked on an official career. Quick-witted and inspired in his writing, Jie Jin oversaw the compilation of the "Yongle Encyclopedia", bringing books from across the 6Reads7.5Score—Shelves
