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- 1 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, What Got Into You? 四合院，傻柱你咋转性了 [Low on hostility, mostly everyday life, multiple heroines, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, food and romance] After becoming the hapless Silly Zhu of the courtyard, he discovers that He Daqing is not his biological father after all, but a cook who married into the He family. He Yuzhu decides to uncover the truth and change his life. But this transformation leaves the courtyard's scheming neighbors at a loss. All their schemes end up paving the way for Silly Zhu instead. 191Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Made the Whole Courtyard’s Biggest Fool?! 四合院：开局成全院大傻春？！ Wang Dafu was famous as the kindest man in Sophora Lane. He once cleared the entire courtyard's drains while burning with a high fever, and not one person came out to check on him. Silly Dafu just smiled and said it was the least he could do. When a neighbor took over half his room, Silly Dafu moved out of the main room and into the storage shed, with the stove shoved against the wall. His wife ran off with another man. Silly Dafu stuffed all their eggs into her hands and chased the car for thre 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: I Sign In to Become a God and Specialize in Punishing Villains 四合院：签到成神，专治恶人 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Lin Mo became an ordinary resident of the compound and unexpectedly bound himself to a sign-in System. While everyone else was tearing their hair out over ration coupons and scheming over every little thing, he could simply sign in each day to receive abundant supplies and astonishing skills. He never had to worry about food and drink again, and could finally say goodbye to the struggle to make ends meet. Taking the attitude of an amu 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: I'm Doctor Lin, and I Specialize in Treating the Courtyard's Pests 四合院，我林医生专治众禽 The traditional Chinese medicine genius Lin Shaowen transmigrates into the world of "Full Courtyard of Fowl" and gets the Fishing Across the Heavens System from the start. Faced with a parasitic widow, a thieving brat, and a hypocritical big shot, he knows exactly how to deal with anyone who refuses to behave! Trying to guilt-trip him with morality? He’ll look up the relevant laws for you. Trying to freeload? He has a fishing rod and won’t hesitate to hook you. Here, he specializes in dealing wi 135Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I’ll Settle Scores with the Courtyard’s Beasts 四合院：重生傻柱，清算全院禽兽 He Yuzhu froze to death in the snow on New Year's Eve. In life, he supported Qin Huairu's family for twenty years, was framed countless times by Xu Damao, and was treated like a fool by the entire courtyard. Reborn in 1965, he binds himself to the Beastly Neighbors Reckoning System. Qin Huairu owes him 3,847 jin of grain. Collect the debt! Banggeng stole his retirement savings. Collect the debt! Xu Damao owes him his dignity dozens of times over. Collect the debt! The First Master used his false —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Won't Be Anyone's Blood Bag Anymore 四合院重生，傻柱不当血包了 In 1951, He Yuzhu opens his eyes to find himself a fifteen-year-old boy. His father has run off with the White Widow, his little sister is crying with hunger, and everyone in the courtyard is waiting to watch their home fall apart. Yi Zhonghai offers nothing but schemes. Jia Zhangshi shows up empty-handed every day to “borrow food,” while Xu Damao makes snide remarks that hit where it hurts. In his previous life, he was honest and meek, squeezed dry of every last drop, then died beneath a bridge 151Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: Everyone, Stand Up and Welcome the Courtyard Lord 四合院：全体起立，恭迎院主 [Feel-good story] [Comedy] [Low on hostility] [Putting the courtyard's beasts in their place] [System] [Multiple heroines] Gu Weiyang is a modern man who gets sent to the world of Love in the Courtyard by a construction truck out to meet its quota. Follow the protagonist step by step as he rises to the pinnacle of life and drives the beasts in the courtyard over the edge. Given a second life, he intends to live boldly and freely. Whoever dares to cross him won't get away. What are you waiting fo 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: What's Wrong with Being Six? Cross Me and I'll Kill You 四合院：六岁怎么了？谁惹弄死谁 Chu Yi never imagined that one day he'd transmigrate into that beastly courtyard. From the start, it's a living hell. His father is dead, his mother is bedridden, and his younger sister is still a child. The most infuriating part is that his family has a beastly grandmother: Jia Zhangshi! He binds himself to the Ultimate Sign-In System. Yi Zhonghai becomes a puppet, Silly Zhu gets beaten up... Let those awful people tear each other apart!!! 1.3kReads5.8Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: Transmigrating as Bang Geng, I Won’t Be an Ungrateful Brat 四合院：穿越棒梗不当白眼狼 [No holier-than-thou heroine, no brainless antics, one female lead, genuine emotions, and a chance to relive the everyday life of that courtyard.] When the male lead wakes up, he discovers he’s become that ungrateful, thieving little brat. From the start, there’s a courtyard-wide meeting. Xu Damao points at He Yuzhu and calls him a chicken thief, while Silly Zhu foolishly takes the blame. Jia Wen, a modern soul who has entered Banggeng’s body, looks at the man who protected his family in his pre 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: A Leisurely Era in the Sign-In Space 四合院：签到空间悠闲年代 [Period setting + courtyard compound + System space + martial arts + career advancement + multiple female leads] Beijing, the 1960s. Courtyard No. 95. On the surface, Lin Jianguo is the least noticeable purchasing agent at the steel mill, riding a beat-up bicycle to the countryside to buy local produce and fretting over a few meat coupons. In reality, he has a sign-in System, a portable space, and martial arts skills that have reached the Dark Force stage. While everyone in the compound schemes 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The 1980s Courtyard: The Tough Guy Spoils Me Rotten 八零四合院：硬汉他超宠我 The day a veteran moved into the courtyard compound, a cleaver nearly took his ear off. He didn't even blink. He practices boxing at four in the morning. The scars covering his body make people uneasy, and though he's missing part of a finger, he can repair the most intricate machine in the entire printing plant. When he says nothing, he's like a block of ice. But on the night Su Wantang is followed, he silently appears at the mouth of the alley. Four women, four different intentions. One of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: From Apprentice Fitter to Skill-Gathering Bookworm 四合院：从钳工学徒开读书攒技能 After transmigrating to 1959, Lin Yuan became an apprentice fitter at the Red Star Steel Mill. That’s right, the very same courtyard full of villains. More than a dozen households lived there, and every petty squabble was tangled up in human schemes. Fortunately, he brought along a reading System. Finish a book, and he could gain the corresponding skill. Starting with Basic Fitting, he advanced through levels one, two, and three... all the way to level eight, and even beyond. The Jia family thro 119.1kReads6.9Score13.5kShelves
- 13 Siheyuan: Reject Burnout and Start Enjoying Life! 四合院：拒绝内耗，开始享福！ [Storage Space + Everyday Life + No Goody-Two-Shoes + No Womanizer + Mildly Aggressive] Transmigrating into the universally recognized bookworm of the courtyard, Qin Ye bars the door shut before the Jia family can even show up to sponge off him! The original owner used to scrimp and save, only to be forced into lending money to others. He gnawed on cornmeal buns while they ate white flour. The new Qin Ye: Let whoever wants to be a sucker take the job. I’m done! Jia Dongxu: Qin Ye, my family’s 30.1kReads5.6Score2.5kShelves
- 14 Enjoying the Present in Siheyuan 四合院之享受当下 After transmigrating to 1959, Lin Chen has lost both his parents, and his only living relative, his grandmother, passed away a few days ago. It’s a disastrous start. Just as Lin Chen, newly arrived, is feeling dazed, a man named Hu Sanyuan opens the door and takes him to the city. He goes to school and lives at a Qinqiang opera troupe, where he meets a dark-skinned little girl named Yi Qin'e. Thinking he has arrived in the world of the Queen of Qinqiang, he helps Hu Sanyuan establish a foothold 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: I Got Myself Locked Up Right Away 四合院：上来就把自己送进去了 A failed novelist who writes about mechanical engineering transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, where he binds himself to a god-tier AI System and gains access to futuristic technology and top-secret information. He takes on the local bullies, toys with the whole courtyard, keeps the compound in line with a gun, and builds with swagger. With powerful officials backing him, he rises from prisoner to the courtyard's uncrowned king. He takes on Jia Zhangshi, beats Jia Dongxu, and gets Lou Banch 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: Sending the Courtyard's Troublemakers to Their Graves 四合院：送众禽归西 Jiang Qiming, one of North America’s top assassins, transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. The moment he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a desperate situation: his biological parents were murdered, meeting a gruesome end; his little sister was kidnapped by criminals and vanished without a trace; and he himself was abducted and brutalized. The family’s three large ancestral houses have all been seized by scoundrels in the courtyard. His family is destroyed, and he has nowher 8.3kReads8.0Score550Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: I Became Qin Huairu's Hometown Friend 四合院：我成了秦淮茹老乡 [Slice of life + killing Japanese invaders + storage space + hands-on crafting] Lu Ping'an, suddenly dressed in imperial yellow, gets incredibly lucky and becomes an orphan in Qin Family Village in 1945. He awakens the Dao Lord inheritance passed down by some great master, and discovers that the Japanese invaders have yet to surrender. Naturally, he’ll take out~~a few Japanese soldiers for fun. Get on board now, or you’ll miss your chance. I don’t eat beef. Then he discovers that the little girl 326Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: Crossing Between Two Worlds Since 1959 四合院：从一九五九开始往返两界 [Period] [No AI, All Handcrafted] [Trading Between Two Worlds] [A Native Transmigrates to the Modern Era] He Yong unexpectedly discovers that he can travel back and forth between 1959 and 2026. In the late 1950s, the country is underdeveloped and enduring a difficult period. To care for his naturally frail little sister, He Yong washes dishes at a rice-and-toppings restaurant and trades food from the future. Once they've got enough to eat, he looks at the backward state of the country and the po —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Reborn, the Whole Courtyard Trembles 四合院：傻柱重生，全院颤抖 [Morality + Undead + The Yan Family Gets Thrown in Jail] [Yi, Jia, Yan, and Liu Families Fall Apart...] In his previous life, Silly Zhu gave the Jia family everything he had, only to be mercilessly kicked out by Banggeng. In the end, he froze to death beneath a cold bridge, and even his bones were devoured by wild dogs. He died with bitter resentment, never expecting to get another chance at life. In this life, he’ll do just three things...!!!!!!! 34.1kReads6.8Score1.9kShelves
- 20 Siheyuan: Dongxu Takes Charge, and the Jia Family Thrives 四合院：东旭当家贾家从此旺翻天 [Qin Huairu from the start]+ [golden finger]+ [Transmigration]+ [No toilet humor] Jia Dongxu of the modern era transmigrates to 1951. In this life, nobody’s putting my portrait on the wall! At this point, He Daqing has just run off, and Yi Zhonghai is eyeing him as a retirement plan. Jia Dongxu: “Look after you in your old age? Sure! Uncle Yi, you earn a lot. From now on, what’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is still mine!” Being a fitter is too dangerous? He switches to a purchasing job instea 21.5kReads6.7Score1.6kShelves
- 21 Siheyuan: Reincarnated as Silly Zhu, I Marry and Have Children 四合院：魂穿傻柱娶妻生子 [Stealing Yu Li away] [Pocket dimension] [Low aggression] [Satisfying] A modern-day corporate drone transmigrates into Silly Zhu from "The Birds Fill the Courtyard". From the start, Jia Dongxu is already dead and hanging on the wall. He refuses to be guilt-tripped or to become anyone's devoted lapdog. He has a golden finger, gets revenge on the courtyard's vermin, and isn't too aggressive. He uses his golden finger to live the exciting life he wants. 136.3kReads7.2Score11.6kShelves
- 22 Siheyuan: With Space at My Fingertips, Fang Xun Has Nothing to Fear 四合院：空间在手，方寻不慌 In 1959, scout Fang Xun was discharged from the military due to an injury and assigned to the security department of the Third Capital Steel Mill in Beijing. He moved into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. From then on, the courtyard was never dull. There was the hypocritical schemer Yi Zhonghai, the tantrum-throwing Jia Zhangshi, the conniving Xu Damao, and the calculating Yan the Miser... The whole household, young and old, ran into a tough opponent who looked simple-minded but was sharp as a 2kReads—Score172Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Toppled Director Wang's Family Altar 四合院：开局掀翻王主任家灵堂 [Kill the Body and Crush the Spirit] On New Year's Eve in 2026, Su Ming avenges his daughter by blowing up Jiang Buzhang's entire family. He is blown to pieces himself that night. When he opens his eyes again, he's a university student in 1960 with the same name and surname. 87.6kReads7.7Score6.3kShelves
- 24 Siheyuan: How Did This Returnee from Studying Abroad Turn So Wicked? 四合院：这留学回来的心咋这么黑 [No System] [Slow-paced] [Everyday Life] [Lighthearted and Funny] Before he transmigrated, Chen Weiguo was a miserable coding grunt. He made a couple of snarky comments about the plot of Love in the Courtyard, and then actually wound up inside it. At first, he thought he'd come to set the courtyard house in order. Then he realized: did this dump even need him to fix it? He only had to stir things up a little, and the place went crazier than anywhere else. Silly Zhu: Is Chen Weiguo even better —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: Setting the Family Straight, Starting with My Mom 四合院：整顿家风，从我妈开始 [Courtyard House + System + Period Setting + Male-Oriented + Multiple Female Leads + Lighthearted Comedy] Song Xiangyang is sent flying after being hit by a truck, then reincarnates as a baby in a rural village. As far back as he can remember, his family has consisted only of his mother and his younger siblings. His father works in the city and only comes home once in a while. He always thought they were a loving family. That is, until one day, his mother takes him to the city to find his father 127.4kReads8.3Score10.8kShelves
- 26 Siheyuan: The Jerk Hoped I’d Die Childless, So I Married Zheng Juan Instead 四合院：极品盼我绝后反手娶郑娟 [Siheyuan + Zheng Juan + Abortion Queen + Bigshot System + Chaos and Mayhem + Rumors Everywhere] Being born poor is no disgrace. Knowing when to bend and when to stand firm is what makes a man. Even if fate grinds you into the mud, you must bloom there into the most magnificent flower. If you weren't born lucky enough to coast through life, then get up and run with all your might. Never look down on a young man for being poor. One day, he'll soar like a dragon and a phoenix. Don't laugh at 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: Sister-in-Law, Don't Move. I Don't Want People Getting the Wrong Idea 四合院：嫂子别动，我怕人误会 [Multiple Heroines] [No Soap-Opera Drama] [Clear About Gratitude and Grudges] [Lighthearted and Funny] Gu Weiyang is reborn in a courtyard in 1951 and awakens the People-Poking Lottery System. But, familiar with the story, he prefers to call it The Courtyard Full of Scoundrels. On his very first day, he runs into Jia Dongxu on a blind date, and Gu Weiyang decisively steals the girl from him. Join the protagonist as he shows everyone the ins and outs of life in that era! 4kReads6.4Score168Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: The Fourteen-Year-Old House Manager 四合院，14岁当上管事大爷 When Lin Feng wakes up, he realizes that he had just dreamed a very long dream. In it, he lived for decades in a future era, only to be struck dead by lightning in the end. After waking up, Lin Feng sees through all the dirty dealings in the courtyard. He deals with anyone who refuses to fall in line, first taking Yi Zhonghai out of the picture, then becoming the courtyard's head steward and its undisputed voice. 63.1kReads8.0Score4.3kShelves
- 29 In the 1950s, My Spirit-Suppressing Coffin Can Refine Anything 五零年代，我的镇灵棺能炼万物 In 1956, the fool Chen Luo was thrown into a sinister pool inhabited by water ghosts. He survived against all odds and crawled out of an ancient bronze coffin at the bottom of the pool. After his brush with death, Chen Luo's mind cleared, and the villagers said Heaven had blessed him. Only Chen Luo knew the truth: he had become the master of the Spirit-Suppressing Coffin, and refining souls and seizing spirits was only the beginning! When Third Aunt struggled through a difficult childbirth and a 3kReads7.9Score225Shelves
- 30 A Life of Unbridled Freedom, Beginning with the Pot-Heaven Divine Power 年代，从壶天神通开启肆意人生 [Period] [Supernatural Powers] [Adorable Kids] [Farming] [Pocket Dimension] [Longma] [Fuzhu] The protagonist, Zhang Mingxuan, transmigrates to the 1960s. A hard life? No big deal! A family that can't get along? No big deal! With a System at my side, I'm going to live life on my own terms. “Player, please open your inventory.” “…” This brain-dead System actually froze. He… Actually… Got stuck on the tutorial… I… What the… Luckily, I'm a modern successor, so I resolutely 1.3kReads5.4Score—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: Taking My Little Sister to Find Our Father 四合院：带着妹妹找爹 Not too aggressive + calling people out + scheming Yang Chu is a food delivery driver in 2025. While listening to a novel as he made deliveries, he heard the screech of brakes. When he opened his eyes again... he was in 1955. 24.6kReads7.5Score917Shelves
- 32 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 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: Snatching Huai Ru Away, Life Just Keeps Getting Sweeter 四合院：截胡淮茹，越过越润 After transmigrating to the 1950s courtyard-house world of Full Courtyard of Birds, Cao Yang activates the God-Tier Interception System! Every successful interception unlocks an overpowered god-tier reward, putting his life on the fast track to success! He refuses to put up with anyone in the courtyard: the greedy, scheming Jia family, the selfish Third Master, the slippery Xu Damao, and Silly Zhu, who never knows what’s going on! From the start, he steals the goddess Qin Huairu from under every 5.2kReads6.0Score477Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn Before His Mother Dies 四合院：傻柱在母亲死亡前重生 After Silly Zhu dies, his soul wanders through the modern world for decades before he somehow becomes reborn on the day before his mother dies. The first thing he does after being reborn is take his mother to the hospital for a checkup. After saving her, he sets out to take revenge on everyone who bullied him in his previous life. He goes to Qin Family Village, pretends to be Jia Dongxu, and makes Qin Huairu his woman. He marries Lou Xiao'e, the unattainable beauty he loved in his previous life. 12.6kReads7.6Score741Shelves
- 35 Transmigrated to 1966, I Live in a Cowshed from the Start 穿越六六年，开局住牛棚 Space + Hong Kong + Courtyard Houses + Period Drama + Business and Entrepreneurship + Stocks Having just transmigrated to 1966, he faces denunciation and a life in a cowshed, so he makes an important decision. 20.9kReads6.6Score870Shelves
- 36 Starting at Eight, I Flee the Famine with My Little Sister in the Siheyuan 四合院从八岁带着妹妹逃荒开始 Li Daniu becomes an eight-year-old boy. His entire family is gone, save for his four-year-old sister. The rest of them starved to death while fleeing famine. Before Liberation, Li Daniu and his sister flee all the way to the capital, to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. There he realizes he’s in the world of the siheyuan. He settles in with the neighbors, raises his sister, and gets caught up in a series of events with the people around him. 505Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 37 Back to the Fifties: Quietly Cultivating Immortality in the Siheyuan 重回五零：我在四合院低调修仙 In 2025, workaholic Lin Xiuyuan died from overwork and was reborn in 1950 as a ten-year-old boy everyone hated in a courtyard house on Nanluoguxiang. A whole courtyard of predators watched him hungrily, while the storms of a new era gathered behind him. But no one knew that hidden in his Five Elements Banner was a blessed paradise belonging to Patriarch Heshe of Mount Shu, along with the Extraordinary Book of Heshe, a cultivation manual pointing straight to the Great Dao. On the surface, he was 7.6kReads5.4Score266Shelves
- 38 From the Start, I Inherited a Wizard's Legacy, Leaving the Siheyuan Bigwigs Dumbfounded 开局巫师传承四合院大佬全懵了 Reborn in a 1960s courtyard compound. While everyone else struggles to survive, I awaken a wizard’s legacy. The fishing nets I cast into Shichahai bring up more than fish: beneath the water lie dozens of chests of gold, sealed away for decades. When I’m sent to the countryside for manual labor, it’s not to some bitterly cold wasteland, but to a natural training ground and medicinal herb storehouse. I quietly farm and secretly cultivate my powers, casually helping Silly Zhu see Qin Huairu for who 4.5kReads5.9Score251Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take My Little Sister and Flee the Famine in Beijing 四合院：开局带妹妹逃荒四九城 Su Jianjun transmigrates to the famine-stricken year of 1960 as a teenage refugee, with his younger sister in tow. They are still hundreds of kilometers from the capital, and they have already run out of food. Just as they are about to starve to death on the road, he acquires a pocket world at the critical moment. He can farm, raise livestock, and even strengthen his body. With the pocket world to help him, Su Jianjun leads his sister through the famine and makes it to the capital. He also uses 8.9kReads6.2Score367Shelves
- 40 I Became the Young He Yuzhu 我成了少年何雨柱 He Yuzhu wakes up one day to find himself in the old days, selling steamed buns with He Daqing right across from him. He has become Silly Zhu. Wait, back then, he probably wasn’t called Silly Zhu yet. He was just Zhuzi! Thinking about the life of mockery ahead of him, He Yuzhu feels miserable. Luckily, he has a location-based sign-in System! Life gets better and better… 5.3kReads5.8Score156Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: A Nine-Year-Old Orphan's Beginning 四合院，9岁孤儿开始 This isn’t a completely faithful courtyard-house story. I changed things myself, so just think of it as a parallel world. The early chapters were written while I was working, so my thoughts were a bit muddled. You don’t need to think too hard while reading. Finally, thanks to everyone who pointed out the issues. Much appreciated! As for the Japanese invaders, they’ll show up later, and I’ll make sure they get what’s coming to them. At first, the author was just muddleheaded and only remembered t 2.7kReads7.1Score109Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: I Ruin the Jias and Serve My Country in Hong Kong 四合院：坑贾清禽，香江报国 Zhou Mo was an outstanding young man of the twenty-first century, though he had none of the usual advantages. After dying suddenly from overwork, his soul transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he ran into Jia Zhangshi trying to seize his home. Watch as Zhou Mo gradually finds the right ending for everyone in the courtyard... 1.4kReads5.6Score100Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: Taking a Loss Is a Blessing 四合院之吃亏是福 Now that Silly Zhu has a System, will his fate change? Or will he keep following the same path as before? No one knows, and neither does he. But when another soul takes Silly Zhu's place and carries on with his life, will it still follow the same old path? 3.6kReads7.2Score101Shelves
- 44 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Now I'm Unstoppable 重生四合院，这不无敌了 Era + Siheyuan + Otherworld + System + Decisive and ruthless + One heroine It all begins when he draws a fruit ability. Though he is reborn in an era of shortages, that doesn't stop him from living life on his own terms. No supplies? No problem. With the Food-Food Fruit, even roadside stones can be turned into top-quality ingredients. No cooking skills? No problem. He can apprentice under a master and become a nationally renowned culinary grandmaster. No martial arts skills? No problem. The Syst 18.2kReads6.7Score673Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: Orphan of a Martyr, Growing the Family Tree 四合院：烈士遗孤，开枝散叶 In 2028, on Blue Star, Li Hao was struck in the head by a grenade during a border defense battle. He died despite efforts to save him and was posthumously awarded a First-Class Merit. As he lay dying, the blood from his wounds stained the ancestral jade pendant he wore. His soul, still wearing it, crossed over into the world of a Beijing courtyard compound. On November 29, 1948, the Pingjin Campaign began. On its final day, January 31, 1949, Li Hao, captain of a cavalry company in a North China 16.2kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
- 46 I Can Hear People's Thoughts, and the Siheyuan Plot Is Ruined 偷听心声，四合院剧情崩了 In the second story, Yi Zhonghai makes up a tale that Deaf Granny is a martyr’s family member, then schemes to get Wang Jianshe to show her filial respect. Wang Jianshe decides he really ought to make Deaf Granny and Yi Zhonghai famous, so he takes a group of fifth- and sixth-grade students deep into the courtyard to have Deaf Granny tell them how she smashed Japanese soldiers’ heads with her cane. Deaf Granny is stunned. Yi Zhonghai falls to his knees. 7.9kReads8.1Score273Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: With Space at My Fingertips, I Make My Own Good Life 四合院：空间在手，日子我有 Xu Qing accidentally transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and became one of the courtyard's residents. See how Xu Qing grows and turns his own fate, as well as everyone else's, around with the help of a small pocket dimension. 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: My Everyday Life of Protecting My Wife 四合院：护妻日常 1978, Liuxu Alley, Beijing. On the eve of his fifth attempt at the postgraduate entrance exam, factory doctor Lu Yiming rescued a feverish, convulsing girl on a rainy night. The girl’s mother was a widow, known throughout the compound as “Widow Lin.” Her husband was dead, she had a sickly child to raise, and there was barely enough food to get through the day. Lu Yiming treated her, protected her from her former in-laws when they tried to take the child, and stood up for her when the whole compo 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Me? The Siheyuan's Boss! 我？四合院话事人！ (He won’t fawn over the deaf old lady or the Yan family, sympathize with capitalists, or sign any letters of forgiveness. Read with confidence.) He transmigrates as Silly Zhu just as He Daqing runs away, leaving for six months. Silly Zhu’s high fever won’t break, and he dies. When the transmigrator arrives, it’s just him and Yushui, dependent on each other. Seeing little Yushui beside him, weeping and painfully thin, makes his heart ache. From sending Yi Zhonghai and his wife to labor reform, to 7kReads8.0Score142Shelves
- 50 The Fiery Years: Starting with a Career Change 火红年代：从转业开始 This book is low on hostility. If that is not your thing, please do not read. Chen Tianming, a naive college student born in the 2000s, gives his precious life to save a child from drowning. His soul, carrying a pendant, transmigrates into the body of a wounded soldier of the Chinese People's Volunteers who shares his name. After his injuries improve, Chen Tianming chooses to leave the military and take up civilian work. Born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze, will Chen Tianming 123Reads8.0Score—Shelves
