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- 1 Da Mao’s Wild Ride Through 1960: Starting in Siheyuan 大茂狂飙一九六零：从四合院开始 I woke up to find I’d become Xu Damao, the unlucky guy in Love in the Courtyard! Surrounded by a whole courtyard of wolves and tigers: the paragon of morality Yi Zhonghai, the lovesick battle god and holy vessel Silly Zhu, the white lotus bloodsucker Qin Huairu… and all those parasitic neighbors. Do you really think I’m still the pushover you can twist around any way you like? Luckily, I awakened the god-tier [Exquisite Pagoda], with an infinite inner space. Farming, raising livestock, refining 832Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 2 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Stay in the Siheyuan and Tear Myself Apart? 都重生了，谁还留四合院内耗啊 He wakes up reborn as Xu Damao in a courtyard house. From the start, there’s a meeting of the entire courtyard. Silly Zhu swings a fist at him, while the whole courtyard’s pack of beasts watches coldly. Xu Damao sneers, dodges the attack, and refuses to waste his energy on these frogs in a well. Instead, he heads to the Armed Forces Department to enlist, ready to cross the Yalu River with the army! 99Reads6.4Score19314d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: This Xu Damao Is No Ordinary Man 四合院，这个许大茂不一般 Xu Damao transmigrated into the world of The Birds of the Siheyuan eighteen years ago. On the day his parents moved out of the courtyard and he turned eighteen, he finally awakened his memories from his previous life and unlocked the golden finger left behind by the System: a portable micro-world with a spirit spring and a time flow ten times faster, plus “Dragon-Vigor Pills” that could transform his body. Knowing all too well that in the original story he would be set up by Yi Zhonghai, framed 432Reads—Score13114d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: From Beijing to Hong Kong, Living It Up 四合院：从京城到香港浪的飞起 "Entirely handwritten"+ "No AI"+ "Plenty of supplies"+ "Don't read this if you want a story about scraping by on bran and vegetables"+ "Don't read this if you have a strict moral code"+ "Don't read this if you dislike Qin Huairu" Modern-day wage slave Xu Yusheng transmigrates to 1965 and becomes Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. He thought things were off to a terrible start, but soon realized that nobody else could match the fun Xu Damao had. 2.5kReads6.8Score10814d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: This Xu Damao Is a Bit of a Jerk 四合院之，这个许大茂有点坏 [Entirely handwritten, not AI-generated] [Multiple female leads] [Mindless fun] [System appears for one minute] [Some morals, but not many] [Enjoys playing with human nature] After transmigrating into Xu Damao, he somehow becomes an Outstanding Individual, then somehow becomes a ten-thousand-yuan household, and then gets forced into becoming the Third Grandpa, the propaganda department head, and the deputy director with the red armband… Xu Damao: “Hey, come back here! I’m not some tyrant. I 2.2kReads6.2Score10114d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: Xu Damao’s God-Tier Exchange System 四合院：许大茂神级兑换 A modern corporate elite transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in the 1950s, becoming Xu Damao, a film projectionist who has just been made permanent. At this point, Xu Fugui is about to move away, Yi Zhonghai is still a seventh-grade worker, Jia Dongxu is full of life, and everyone in the courtyard is scheming. Luckily, he awakens the Daily Instant Purchase System, which lets him buy all kinds of scarce goods for just one cent a day! Pork, flour, bicycle coupons, even antibiotic 908Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Reborn, Newlywed to Lou Xiao'e 四合院：重生许大茂，新婚娄晓娥 Reborn as Xu Damao on his wedding night, he also awakened a System! Xu Damao resolved to change how everyone saw him and use the System to solve the nation's crises and help it grow stronger! 360Reads6.4Score10514d adds
- 8 I'm Xu Damao From the Courtyard, and I've Always Been a Bad Guy 四合院我是许大茂，我本就是坏人 He was reincarnated as Xu Damao. Surely he couldn't turn out worse than the original? Putting the courtyard's troublemakers in their place is just something he does on the side. Finding a wife and having kids is the real goal. Taking He Yuzhu down a peg, sending the three masters to prison, and sending the fake deaf woman to the firing squad are all just side projects. He stirs up the world to buy the organization time, while a spy war quietly begins in Beijing. 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: Reborn as Da Mao, I Keep Lou Xiao'e for Myself 四合院：重生大茂，锁死娄晓娥 Xu Damao, who only knows how to scheme, is reborn on his wedding night. He gets a System bound exclusively to Lou Xiao'e, and can earn emotion points through her! Emotion points can be exchanged for all kinds of goods from ancient and modern times, technology skills, and even supernatural abilities from myths: invisibility, puppetry, and the seventy-two transformations! Watch him use these abilities to play tricks on cats and dogs. 1.3kReads—Score10014d adds
- 10 Reborn in the Siheyuan: I, He Daqing, Am the Father, and You're the Son 四合院重生何大清我当爹，你当儿 [If I could turn back time, I'd be the father and you'd be the son.] In 1999, He Daqing dies full of regret after his son speaks to him coldly. When Chen Xu opens his eyes again, it is 1948. He has become He Daqing, the man who abandoned his wife and child. But inside that rebellious son's body lies his own soul, waiting to be taught better. [Omniversal Observation System activated] Mission: Spend this lifetime teaching “He Daqing” how to be a father. Reward: Xu Damao's chance at rebirth. From t 1.6kReads6.8Score10214d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, and I’ll Take My Time Playing Along 四合院：我许大茂跟他们慢慢玩 Reborn in 1957, he becomes Xu Damao, beaten half to death by Silly Zhu and nearly left unable to have children by that bastard! He swears he won’t rest until he gets revenge! Moral blackmail? From the start, he’s in the hospital calling the police! Outnumbered? His father fought the Japanese, knows people on both sides of the law, and is a tough man himself! Silly Zhu can pay every last cent he owns and it still won’t be enough. He dares to ambush me with a sack? Fine, let’s talk about stealing 1.1kReads5.5Score10514d adds
- 12 Reborn: Da Mao and Silly Zhu Get Back Together, and the Neighbors Panic 重生大茂和傻柱复合，众禽慌了 [Mild Antagonism] [Hilarious] [Two Male Leads] [Outsmarting the Whole Yard] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Romantic Push and Pull] [Unusual Revenge Tactics] [Starting a Culinary School] Xu Damao burns newspaper offerings at Sha Zhu's grave. When he opens his eyes, he has returned to 1965. This time, he won't fight, compete, or brawl anymore. The two sworn enemies form an alliance, and the whole yard of "beasts" is thrown into a panic! The tricks they once used to sabotage each other are now turned a 2.2kReads6.2Score10114d adds
- 13 Xu Damao’s Life in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的人生路 Modern man Li Ming transmigrates into Xu Damao. What can he do with just a digital interface? Turns out the skills displayed on the interface can be learned and improved through training. Silly Zhu, you like bullying me? Pow, pow, pow! Yi Zhonghai, you like taking sides? Pow, pow, pow! Later, he goes to Hong Kong with Lou Xiao'e and becomes a tycoon. 1.1kReads6.1Score10814d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Xu Damao, and He Won’t Be Wearing a Green Hat 四合院：穿越许大茂，大茂不戴帽 The moment Xu Damao opened his eyes, he had become the newlywed antagonist from Love in the Courtyard. The pounding headache from his hangover and the unfamiliar memories made him realize he had transmigrated. Worse still, he found himself facing Silly Zhu’s fists, while the neighbors jeered nonstop. “Ding! Detected He Yuzhu’s anger: +20 points!” “Ding! Detected Yan Bugui’s contempt: +15 points!” “Ding! Detected Jia Zhangshi’s gloating: +10 points!” Xu Damao endured the pain and stared at the ex 3kReads—Score14314d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: Knocked Unconscious from the Start, My System Ran Away 四合院：开局被砸晕，系统跑路了 [Detail-focused] [The protagonist has questionable morals] Fang Mingshan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1961, arriving just in time for Jia Dongxu's funeral. Bang Geng angrily smashes the mourning basin, knocking Fang Mingshan unconscious. Fortunately, he has a Mystery Box System. But the System is so stingy that after Fang Mingshan gives it an earful, it abandons him and runs off. What can he do? He has to survive. Lying in bed, Fang Mingshan tells Jia Zhangshi, “I mig 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Xu Damao in Siheyuan: From the Start, I Nearly Got Buried Alive 四合院许大茂开局差点被活埋 Courtyard life | Period drama | Spirit Spring space | High-level martial arts | Making a fortune on the black market | Transmigration power fantasy | Streetwise scheming | Farming and stockpiling In 1959 Beijing, he transmigrates as Xu Damao and lands in a predatory courtyard full of awful people! Yi Zhonghai uses morality to manipulate others, the Jia family throws tantrums and refuses to back down, and Yan Bugui stirs up trouble from the shadows. Fortunately, he has a Spirit Spring space wh 11.9kReads7.8Score90214d adds
- 17 Xu Damao Goes Dark: From the Start, He Sends the Whole Courtyard to Jail 黑化许大茂，开局送全院人进局子 I woke up to find I'd transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard as the unlucky Xu Damao, the man schemed against by everyone in the whole neighborhood! Looking at this bunch of so-called “good neighbors” in “Love in the Beastly Courtyard”: Yi Zhonghai, who loves to guilt-trip people; Qin Huairu, the fake saint; the second uncle, obsessed with officialdom; the third uncle, a penny-pincher; and Silly Zhu, who pretends to be a saint... My fists clenched. I put up with enough as an office drone in my 1.7kReads5.3Score11014d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Comeback 四合院：逆袭的许大茂 An elite special forces soldier transmigrates into 1962 and takes over the body of Xu Damao, the villain of Love in the Courtyard. Armed with extraordinary skills, he trades supplies on the black market and hunts game in the mountains, making it through hard times, building a successful business, and taking down his old nemesis. A lifetime of deep affection, with love filling the courtyard. Never shortchange yourself: that comes first! 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Damiao, Please Spare Us! 四合院：大茂，求求你放过我们吧 [Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life with Little Conflict + Sharp Comebacks + Chaotic Mischief] In the spring of 1963, something big happened at Courtyard No. 95. The three uncles, who usually won every time they joined forces, were led astray by Xu Damao and turned the tables on him at the general meeting. They didn't know that the Xu Damao before them was a transmigrator with a Choice System. Every choice he made earned him various rewards. “Does the Host choose to help the Jia family?” “Help: 2.1kReads6.7Score10614d adds
- 20 I, Da Mao, Have Been Replaced, So Why Is Silly Zhu Still Bullying Me? 我大茂都换人了，还被傻柱欺负？ [Farming + feel-good power fantasy + System + comeback story] Xu Damao: Silly Zhu, I know you're not stupid, but my Xu Damao's intelligence has reached the high ground too! Yi Zhonghai, all your schemes come down to one thing: you don't have enough strength! Just because Yang Weimin has an uncle who's a factory director, does that mean I, Xu Damao, deserve to be bullied? Qin Huairu, you think you can get two big steamed buns from me like this? Xu Damao: I've been reborn, and you, System, are act 446Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 My Wife and Daughter Died Tragically in the Siheyuan: My Bloody Road to Revenge 妻女惨死四合院，我的血腥复仇路 After living another life, I believe in only three things: get revenge on the spot, repay kindness a hundredfold, and never let anyone walk all over me! I opened my eyes and found myself back in the courtyard of 1975, still the spineless loser everyone could bully. But this time, I’m done pretending. Faced with a courtyard full of “beasts” for neighbors, I launch straight into hunting them down. Moral blackmail? I’ll slap a pair of silver bracelets on you. Trying to suck me dry? I’ll make sure y 720Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: A Winter Blade Slays Every Beast from the Start 四合院：开局凛冬锋刃诛尽众禽兽 Granny Deaf is stripped of her Five Guarantees support and starves to death at home. Yi Zhonghai is stripped of his eighth-grade worker status and dies of illness in bed. Liu Haizhong is sentenced to thirty years in prison. Yan Fugui is stripped of his teaching post and sent to sweep the streets. Jia Zhangshi is arrested, imprisoned, and sent to the Northwest. Jia Dongxu is arrested and imprisoned in the Northwest for ten years. Qin Huairu takes her daughters and remarries, escaping the courtyar 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Broke Silly Zhu's Leg 四合院：开局打断傻柱的腿 In 2026, Xu Damao is at a massage parlor when a piece of the ceiling strikes him in the temple. His vision goes black. When he opens his eyes again... He's become the same-named laughingstock from 1965, the man everyone makes a joke of. At a courtyard-wide meeting, Silly Zhu is insulting his wife, Lou Xiao'e, calling her “a barren old hen.” In the original story, Xu Damao would only curse Silly Zhu for insulting him. But this Xu Damao charges forward and starts fighting. Then... Silly Zhu lands 3.6kReads6.2Score19214d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: I'm Here to Make Life Miserable for the Courtyard Vermin 四合院：我来虐禽啦 A promising young man from the twenty-first century inexplicably transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. As soon as he arrives, they're about to send him to the security office. Hold on, just watch me turn the tables! Those so-called uncles can all go in the trash. Silly Zhu? Go sweep the toilets! Qin Huairu, since your family is already so pitiful, let me make things even worse for you! Lou Xiao'e? Get back together? Sorry, we don't know each other. 6.7kReads6.0Score17014d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: Slapping the Deaf Old Lady Down from the Start 四合院之开局扇翻老聋子 Xu Damao from 2026 logs into the body of Xu Damao from 1965. See how Brother Damao deals with all the birds in the courtyard. No potty humor, just Brother Damao, a man with no morals, no manners, no vision, and no brains, who lives by one principle: get things done. 3.5kReads6.5Score11914d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Quiet Life 四合院：许大茂的平淡生活 [Siheyuan courtyard setting + low angst + System dimension space + single heroine Qin Jingru + genuinely laid-back story + the cautious king's victory] Xu Da transmigrated into the body of the despicable Xu Damao. That's right, the big villain Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard! Unfortunately, trouble was already brewing, so he had no choice but to sacrifice his wife, ahem, divorce Lou Xiao'e, who came from a capitalist family, and then start living a carefree, leisurely life. 1.6kReads6.5Score10414d adds
- 27 Am I That Bad? Even the King of Hell Won't Take Me 我坏？阎王爷都不收我 After transmigrating into the body of Xu Damao in the Siheyuan compound, see how this Xu Damao, whose soul is a fusion of several others, tells a new story in the courtyard. Will Lou Xiao'e’s fate change because Xu Damao has changed? 401Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Xu Damao Gets Divorced in the Courtyard 四合院许大茂离婚了 Xu Damao grew up in an orphanage and made his way as a street punk. After finally graduating from a third-rate diploma mill, he still couldn’t find a job. One day, while playing the online minigame Spot the Difference at an internet café, he accidentally got electrocuted and was reborn into the body of Xu Damao from the TV drama The Full Courtyard. At the time, Xu Damao had just divorced Lou Xiaoe and was dead drunk that night. Xu Damao took over his body and devoured his soul. Xu Damao, no, he 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm an Eighth-Grade Fitter 四合院：开局八级钳工 Wang Aiguo is reborn and transmigrates to the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he gains the memories of an eighth-grade fitter. Everyone in the courtyard is green with envy. The first uncle, Yi Zhonghai, is a paragon of morality. The second uncle, Liu Haizhong, is obsessed with officialdom. The third uncle, Yan Bugui, believes that failing to scheme means living in poverty. Then there's He Yuzhu, the mindless simp known as Silly Zhu. Qin Huairu, the bloodsucking white lotus, and B 512Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 30 For Revenge, I Made All 128 People in the Compound Pay with Their Lives 为复仇，我让全院128人偿命 On New Year’s Eve, Li Jianguo was hounded by everyone in the courtyard until he became a “murderer.” His family was destroyed, and he spent three years in prison, treated like a dog. The courtyard’s scoundrels all laughed, thinking that chapter was closed. But they were wrong. Three years later, Li Jianguo returned. This time, he wasn’t here to reason with anyone. He was here to wipe them off the map. Those who called him a convict back then, he made serve time for real. Those who stole his home 3.6kReads5.4Score11714d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: A Dad’s Springtime 四合院：奶爸的春天 [A story set in a siheyuan courtyard. A chef from the 21st century has his soul transmigrate through time and into a parallel world, revealing how Silly Zhu got his name. He drives around with a child in tow, getting tangled up in feuds and rivalries with the courtyard’s neighbors. His clashes with his archenemy, Xu Damao, are an endless knot that can never be untangled. After the reform and opening-up, he helps his children make a fortune and takes pity on his neighbors, caring for them in thei 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 In the Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Am a Good Person 四合院之我许大茂是个好人 There are no good or bad people in this world. Anyone who treats you well is a good person, and anyone who treats you badly is a bad person as far as you're concerned. After waking up one day, I found myself living in 1958. This is a story about judging people from Xu Damao's perspective. 21kReads5.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: I Marry He Yushui by Force from the Start 四合院开局强娶何雨水 His soul transmigrates into Xu Damao, turning a fake villain into the real deal. He plays tricks on the courtyard’s troublemakers and strikes first, never letting himself be pushed around. He becomes the ultimate schemer, making sure they never know a moment’s peace. He marries Yushui and raises two children, watching with a smile as Silly Zhu lives under a bridge. 6.4kReads6.1Score32514d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: A Beautiful Leader Asks for Help from the Start 四合院：开局美女领导求帮忙 [Siheyuan + System + sly schemer + playing tricks on the bullies + multiple heroines] After accidentally transmigrating into Xu Damao, he helps a beautiful female leader solve a major problem from the start, earning her favor and living it up in the Propaganda Department! Thus begins an entirely new life for Damao. He enjoys life while putting the bullies in their place and having fun. Life couldn't be better. He smashes the windows of the bullies' retirement club, sends Liu Haizhong to jail, an 2.3kReads7.1Score10114d adds
- 35 Xu Damao, the Crooked Merchant of the Siheyuan 四合院奸商许大茂 He transmigrates into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard and, from the start, binds himself to the underworld’s cross-realm marketplace, the Nether Pavilion! While everyone else is scheming and fighting over steamed corn buns in the courtyard, he turns around and sells them to powerful officials of the underworld, raking in Soul Jade to exchange for a mustard-seed space and treasures for refining souls! An apprentice at the steel mill? Just a cover. He hunts for overlooked antiques at Liulichan 1.8kReads8.0Score10114d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: My Eventful Years 四合院：我的峥嵘岁月 The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later. This is a slow-burn story, so don’t rush to judgment. It doesn’t start out with instant gratification, so feel free to skip it if that’s not your thing! He was once the fearsome “Hungry Tiger” of the capital, leaving home at ten and tempering himself in bloodshed. Warning: the martial arts scenes in this book aren’t meant to be taken seriously. Stubborn skeptics, you’ll have to bear the consequences yourselves!! He’s the “Little Tiger” in 18.9kReads7.3Score90114d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: Bad, Bad, Bad! The First Master Is My Dad! 四合院：坏坏坏！一大爷是我爹！ [No hostility] [No demonization] [No System] [Career-focused period drama] After transmigrating, Chen Ping'an discovered that he'd drawn the hidden prize in the transmigration blind box: both parents dead, and a cadre position from the start. He thought he had a classic period-drama struggle ahead of him, until he heard the names Red Star Steel Mill and Siheyuan... Oh no! I've fallen into the den of beasts known as the Beast-Filled Siheyuan! No System, no cheat, and only himself to rely on. Chen 7.2kReads6.7Score33914d adds
- 38 Siheyuan: Son, Son, Son, Son, Son 四合院：儿子儿子儿子儿子儿子 Yuan Weimin, who was on his last legs, came back from the dead! He transmigrated into the body of a sickly man living in a courtyard house. The beasts in the whole courtyard were waiting to take everything he owned. Luckily, Yu Li, the newlywed daughter-in-law of the Yan family, cared for him devotedly and nursed him back to health. Surviving a great disaster brings good fortune! From then on, Yuan Weimin rose steadily through the ranks and made a great success of his life. His only happy t 37.1kReads7.3Score3k14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: Unleashing My Edge 四合院之锋芒毕露 New Book 1959: Silly Gen No gross-out humor, no super-advanced technology, and no demons or monsters. Just the everyday growth of ordinary people in peaceful times. Come experience a different kind of story set in a bygone era. We hope you enjoy it. 5.4kReads8.2Score24114d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Hong Kong Entertainment Empire 四合院：许大茂的港岛娱乐帝国 [One heroine + no System + no gross-out humor + not too much hostility] The rating has only just come in, so it’ll gradually rise. A modern film and television producer with a keen eye for the entertainment industry unexpectedly transmigrates into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard, set in the early 1960s. Newly married, he should have been enjoying the easy life of a projectionist, but instead he is plagued by the ugly faces of the courtyard’s “awful” neighbors. Li Feng knows the dramatic chan 4Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: You Can't Mess with Me and My Ten Goddaughters 四合院：十个干女儿，你惹不起 [Transmigration + System + Taking Goddaughters + Daughters Doted On + A Family of Tough Guys] From the start, in the 1960s, Ye Chen transmigrates with ten goddaughters. The more goddaughters he takes in, the richer the rewards. Before he knows it, Ye Chen's daughters have grown up, each able to stand on her own. When he looks back, he's only just turned thirty. I don't care who you are. They're my goddaughters, and nobody lays a finger on them. Yi Zhonghai touched one, and that got him executed 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: Starting with Delivering Bang Geng 四合院：从接生棒梗开始 Doctor Zheng Mingliang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He unlocks two golden fingers: “Max-Level Medical Skills” and “God-Tier Choices.” From the start, he delivers Bang Geng? Bang Geng dies at birth? He treats Grandma Deaf, and she promptly kicks the bucket? And then there’s Yi Zhonghai... Animals? Sorry, I specialize in treating animals! 245Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 43 Every Day Feels Like a Year in the Primitive Era 我在原始时代度日如年 Even modern people are often left helpless by the pressures of making a living and getting by. This is true of people from every social class; they just face different degrees of hardship. So we should cherish what we have, including our parents and ourselves. Our ancestors from the ancient wilderness deserve to be remembered all the more. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: I'm Not Someone Xu Damao Can Mess With 四合院：我许大茂不好惹 Xu Dabanchui never imagined that anything could be risky, but transmigrating could happen even while clearing a sewer. But if you're going to transmigrate, couldn't you become anyone else? Why did you have to become Xu Damao? I haven't done anything to anyone, so how did I end up as the villain? Fine, Yi Zhonghai, Silly Zhu, and that old deaf lady. If you won't let me live in peace, I won't let you live in peace either. Just you wait... Multiple female leads. Please look elsewhere if that's not 23.3kReads7.2Score2k14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: Clean Out the Entire Courtyard from the Start and Put the Beasts in Their Place 四合院：开局掏空全院，整治禽兽 This isn't a mindless power fantasy full of mindless killing. If you like brainless stories or are a fan of Lou Xiao'e, you may want to steer clear. Lou Xiao'e has a truly miserable time in this version. Some plot points are inferred from awkward parts of the original series, creating a brand-new, darker take on the classic courtyard drama that stays true to the source. From the start, a modern man transmigrates into the body of Xu Damao, the scheming villain from Love in the Courtyard, just as 2.5kReads5.7Score10714d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated While Watching My Former Self Get Beaten 四合院：看着前身被打我穿了 Peng Xinglong, who worked himself to death in the 21st century, has his soul transmigrate into the beast-filled Siheyuan and is completely stunned! What? I really get to live again! But these neighbors are anything but friendly. "Outsmart the whole courtyard of troublemakers, kick Xu Damao, punch He Yuzhu, turn the First Master’s own moral blackmail against him, slap Jia Zhangshi until she cries, and send that little white-eyed wolf off for reform." No! That's not what I want. I just want to liv 1.2kReads7.6Score—14d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: Control the Whole Flock by Holding Grandma Deaf in My Hands 四合院：挟聋老太太以令众禽 After a foot-massage therapist kicked Qin Jianghe into the sky, he accidentally transmigrated to 1965, a time of fiery revolutionary fervor. But before Qin Jianghe could even lift his head and open his eyes to the world, the legendary thief Bang Geng shot him out of a tree with a slingshot. The bitter winter weather in Beijing and the ragged old cotton trousers hanging from a tree branch both reminded Qin Jianghe that this was no ordinary courtyard. (P.S. A period story set in a courtyard, with —Reads—Score10014d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: Damao, I'm a Really Good Guy 四合院：大茂我是真好人 "Not a bunch of messy female leads + Everyone knows planes have never been saints + An easygoing life" What? I'm Xu Damao, and I'm actually that Xu Damao? What am I supposed to do now? Am I meant to make a difference in this era as a model citizen? They're genuinely good people, while I'm just a really good person. Well, this should be fun... Send Yi Zhonghai to the Jia family's bed, send Silly Zhu to the Jia family's bed, send... 20.4kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Takes His Adorable Kids Out to Conquer the World 四合院：许大茂带着萌娃闯天下 Xu Damao from the courtyard has a chance encounter with an adorable little girl, gets a cornucopia, and returns to the age of eighteen. From then on, Xu Damao’s life goes into overdrive. He calls off his engagement, only to be forced into marriage by Lou Xiao'e. He befriends learned mentors and friends, quietly makes a fortune, and hopes to become a wealthy man in his corner of the world. But through a series of twists and turns, he ends up traveling through different eras. Everyone from the cou 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 I Transmigrated as Xu Damao, and the System Is Forcing Me to Become an Entertainment Mogul 穿越许大茂系统逼我成为文娱大佬 [Alternate-history period piece. There isn't much about the courtyard compound, so don't read if that's what you're looking for!!! The story starts on the mainland, moves to Hong Kong midway through, and may head to Europe and America later. One female lead, no harem, no stealing another man's wife!] A pretty boy transmigrates to 1951 and becomes Xu Damao. With a sign-in System bound to him from the start, he stops being a troublemaker and becomes the child other parents point to as an example. 1.3kReads8.5Score10214d adds
