Novels like Reborn: I Have a Siheyuan in Beiping
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- 151 Siheyuan: I Get Bajiquan from the Start and Beat Up the Bullies 四合院：开局获得八极拳暴打禽兽 Han Baoshan, an overworked wage slave from the 21st century, transmigrates to the 1950s. No more being squeezed by the 007 work schedule: now he has nothing but enthusiasm for building the motherland. This vibrant era is full of passion and hope, and the story takes place in Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang, a place truly teeming with “beasts”! A crossover world combining multiple storylines. Read with caution if that's not your thing! 17.6kReads7.3Score56914d adds
- 152 Siheyuan: I'm Dongxu's Older Brother, and I Snatched Qin Huairu 四合院：我东旭他哥，截胡秦淮茹 Jia Dongjun transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes Jia Dongxu’s half-brother, sharing the same father. Jia Zhangshi naturally becomes his stepmother! Jia Zhangshi was already a nasty piece of work, and as a stepmother she’s even more vicious, sharp-tongued, and mean-spirited. Could Jia Dongjun put up with a stepmother like that? He immediately cuts ties with the wicked Jia Zhangshi. With the subdistrict office as witness, he writes a formal declaration severing their family relatio 289Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 153 1959: The Foolish Root 年代1959傻根 From the start, he “ate” a transmigrator. Watch Shagen's transformation. I'm not good at writing blurbs, so please head straight to the story. I promise you won't be disappointed. Writing a book isn't easy, and no story can suit everyone's taste. If it's not for you, please go read another great author's work instead. Please don't leave a bad review on purpose. I hope you find a good book. Thank you. 248Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Siheyuan: Beating Up Yi Zhonghai, He Yuzhu Flips the Table 四合院：揍易中海，何雨柱掀桌子 On Lunar New Year's Eve in 2026, He Zhu, a high-quality bachelor past his prime, gets drunk and transmigrates into Silly Zhu from Love in the Courtyard, set in 1960. It's right around dinnertime on New Year's Eve. Brainwashed by Yi Zhonghai, Silly Zhu spends money on meat and vegetables and works hard all day to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. He invites the Yi family, Deaf Granny, and the entire Jia family to celebrate together. But Jia Zhangshi eats all the meat and vegetables on the table 63.1kReads6.4Score4.8k14d adds
- 155 Siheyuan: I Ruin the Whole Courtyard's Reputation, Then Move Away 四合院：弄臭全院名誉我直接搬走 In an ancient and mysterious courtyard house, an ordinary young man unexpectedly embarked on a fantastical journey. He crossed the barriers of time and space and entered countless imaginative and wondrous worlds from film and television. First, he arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard, a place brimming with the warmth of everyday life. Its close-knit community and distinctive culture welcomed him. He got along well with the residents and experienced the warmth of family and the neighborl 5.6kReads—Score10014d adds
- 156 Siheyuan: From the Start, Qin Huairu Came Knocking 四合院：开局秦淮茹主动上门 103Reads—Score58214d adds
- 157 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
- 158 Siheyuan: Quietly Munching on Melon Seeds 四合院之默默吃瓜 I never thought I’d catch the transmigration wave one day, let alone end up in that famously colorful courtyard. Faced with all kinds of dramas, let’s see how I quietly sit back and watch the show 3.6kReads5.4Score10914d adds
- 159 1959: A Chance Meeting with Qin Huairu in a Corncrib 年代1959苞米棚邂逅秦淮茹 [Multiple Heroines] [Period Novel] [Pocket Dimension] [Siheyuan] If you don't like these, don't read! Li Xing opened his eyes in 1959, a starving refugee on the brink of death. All he had left was half a moldy steamed bun. Fortunately, he awakened a pocket dimension of one mu. The relief station took him in, and the state-run supply cooperative gave him important work. Wild boars, grain, gold: his pocket dimension grew fuller by the day. Qin Huairu got divorced, Lou Xiaoe wanted to be with him, 8.6kReads6.9Score49814d adds
- 160 Siheyuan: My System Arrived Twenty Years Late 四合院：我的系统迟到了二十年 [If you dislike Qin Huairu, don’t read] [Multiple heroines] [Crossover between multiple TV dramas] [Reader-reward System] [Saintly white-lotus types, stay away] Nie Jianguo, a graduate student in the 21st century, worked himself to death from exhaustion. He transmigrated into the 1940s as a newborn and grew up through the early 1960s. He experienced a life other transmigrators had never known, and endured hardships they had never suffered. He struggled forward, step by step, through the hardest 39Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 161 Siheyuan: The Whole Family Moves to the City to Crush the Troublemakers 四合院：全家进城，镇压众禽 [The Courtyard, Passionate Years, The Wreath, In the Name of the People] After Xiao Mingli's uncle dies in the line of duty, the entire Xiao family moves into Courtyard No. 95 to help care for the children. No matter how bizarre the people in the courtyard are, the Xiao family can always find someone to deal with them. The “Courtyard's Old Ancestress” meets the Xiao family's patriarch, the real deal! The “Supreme Paragon of Morality” meets the Xiao family's old master, the true “Supreme Paragon 37.3kReads7.8Score2.5k14d adds
- 162 Siheyuan: The More Capable You Are, the More You Work; More Children, More Blessings 四合院：能者多劳，多子多福 No System, but he has a pocket dimension. Nothing over the top. No ill will. There are a few women from the Siheyuan, and characters from multiple shows. This is a story about women and money. Niu Dazhuang is a skilled hunter and farmhand, nicknamed “Big Wild Donkey.” From the start, he marries Qin Huairu’s cousin, Qin Xueru, in the countryside. Qin Xueru has a younger sister, Qin Ningru, and Qin Huairu has another younger sister named Qin Yueru. Qin Huairu also has an uncle, whose daughter Qin 47.5kReads8.0Score3.6k14d adds
- 163 Niuma Likes Meat's Tenth Book 牛马爱吃肉第10本书 My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.2kReads8.0Score12614d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: I'm Not the He Family's Nanny 四合院我不是何家保姆 The male lead, Zhong Hua, is a renowned super mercenary king from the future. He also possesses a family-inherited mastery of traditional Chinese medicine and extraordinary surgical skills. During a battle, he is betrayed by the country that hired him and transmigrates to the world of the courtyard in 1951. In both his past and present lives, his only ideal is to live in a country governed by law, where everyone is treated fairly and equally. This is his greatest conviction, and his only one. Af 4.5kReads7.1Score13314d adds
- 165 Silly Zhu Starts a Business Abroad 出国创业的傻柱 Watching Siheyuan made me want to write my own story. I've never written anything before, so I'm giving it a try. I also want to write about how someone with modern ideas would live and make choices after transmigrating to the 1950s or 1960s. 665Reads8.2Score10714d adds
- 166 Siheyuan: Starting in 1980, Bang Geng Is My Brother-in-Law 四合院：80开局，棒梗是我舅哥 Chen Ze transmigrates into the world of a courtyard drama, only to be despised by Jia Xiaodang from the start and forced into a divorce. He wins custody of his daughter. Back home, he successfully activates the Entrepreneurship System and receives a mysterious gift pack! [The Host is awarded a storefront at No. 98 Gulou Street.] [The Host is awarded a farm space.] [The Host earns points by making money, which can be exchanged for skill gift packs.] It’s the 1980s, and it’s Chen Ze’s time to shin 3.8kReads7.6Score15714d adds
- 167 In This Life, I Won't Be Sha Zhu, the Human Punching Bag 这一世我傻柱不在当血牛 The night he froze to death under a bridge, Sha Zhu finally saw the truth. His whole life, it turned out, he’d been a stupid donkey, beaten down and milked dry, with nothing to show for it. When he opened his eyes again, he was squatting by the back entrance to the steel mill canteen in 1965, a cigarette dangling from his lips. A voice rang in his head: “Task: Make sure Qin Huairu doesn’t get a single drop of cooking oil at lunch today.” “Reward: Twenty jin of pork lard, fifty yuan, and three na 203Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 168 Starting at Courtyard No. 96, I Rule Both the Underworld and the Law! 从96号院开始黑白通吃！ [Penniless]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Rags-to-Riches Comeback]+ [Siheyuan]+ [Blood Romance]+ [Sent Down to the Countryside] Su Wen wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a period drama. Looking at his family's utterly destitute circumstances, he can only feel his scalp go numb! Not only are both his parents dead, he also has a younger sister to look after. The original owner even dropped out of school to work and support his sister, paying for her education. What was he supposed to do afte 49.3kReads7.5Score2.8k14d adds
- 169 Siheyuan: I Control the Whole Game, So Don't Mess with Me 四合院：掌控全局，谁也别惹我 Fang Che wakes up from a nap and discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of Birds Fill the Courtyard. Silly Zhu lets Qin Huairu bleed him dry, loving every minute of it because he lusts after a widow. He's destined to die without heirs! First Master Yi acts upright on the surface, but is actually a hypocrite who is all appearances and no virtue! Second Master Liu is ambitious but incompetent, obsessed with becoming an official. He's an unkind father, and his children are unfilial! Thi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Siheyuan: We Transmigrated Together, but Yu Li Insists on Marrying Me! 四合院：双穿，于莉非要嫁给我！ After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard as “Silly Zhu,” He Yuzhu, a rich man with a pocket dimension, set himself a goal: he wanted to live like Meng Dejun. But then the unexpected happened. Yu Li, who was supposed to marry Yan Jiecheng, suddenly started pursuing him. He Yuzhu was utterly bewildered. “Why isn’t the plot going the way it’s supposed to?” Little did he know that Yu Li was screaming inside: “I went on the offensive just to activate the System, and you, you idio 56kReads7.4Score4.3k14d adds
- 171 After My Adopted Son Abandoned Me, I Stopped Being Everyone's Father 被养子遗弃后，我不再给别人当爹 After the male lead, Lin Yang, is abandoned by his five adopted sons, he loses all hope. Fortunately, his daughters-in-law are good to him, so he decides to stop dwelling on the past, help his five daughters-in-law build their fortunes, and embark on an extraordinary path. 1.8kReads—Score—14d adds
- 172 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. 18.8kReads6.6Score78014d adds
- 173 Those Years I Worked in HR at the Siheyuan and Did Anything but My Job 在四合院当人事不干人事的那些年 Last life, a lawyer. This life, a human resources manager! [System] + [One female lead] Lawyer Zhang, a smooth talker with impeccable manners, arrives at the beastly Four-Appliance Courtyard and begins enjoying the good life of this vibrant era. 14.9kReads8.2Score52114d adds
- 174 Bang Geng's Claim to the Siheyuan 四合院棒梗的名义 Reborn as Jia Geng, he discovered that Zhang Dabiao was his great-uncle. Didn't that make him a winner in life already? While serving in the army, he and Zhao Mengsheng blew up a bunker together and became brothers who would trust each other with their lives. 812Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 175 The Many Faces of He Yuzhu 百变何雨柱 A courtyard story about ordinary people. The protagonist has an incredible power: with energy from a Rubik's Cube, his T-1000 can take on countless forms. This isn't some lofty, highbrow story. The protagonist takes over another body and is reborn. He won't meddle with the causes and consequences of things Silly Zhu never did. He just wants to enjoy life with an ordinary man's outlook. 204Reads7.1Score10414d adds
- 176 Siheyuan: Stop Pretending! Your System Is Mine 四合院：别装咯！你的系统是我的 [System] [All Skills Learned by Hand] [Some Dark Edges] [Pure Plunder-Based Growth] A spy System! A grievance-collecting System! A two-world transmigration System! A sign-in System! A beauty-collecting System! Lin Yuan had originally wanted to laze around. But after accidentally plundering a spy System and discovering it came with all sorts of benefits, as well as the need for energy, he had no choice but to keep plundering! Afterward, he used the various skills rewarded by the System to make en 1.1kReads—Score15014d adds
- 177 Siheyuan: A Child Bride Sent to Me from the Start, Can You Believe It? 四合院：开局送童养媳，你敢信？ [No saintly do-gooder] [No dragging things out] [Decisive and ruthless] [Wish-fulfillment] [Passionate] [Scheming] Chen Fengnian is a 30-year-old wealthy bachelor. After a night of drinking, he transmigrates into the world of Full House of Love and becomes a publicity department clerk with every vice imaginable. The moment he opens his eyes, he sees the original owner’s pretty, adorable child bride kneeling as punishment. There’s no time for coddling her; the original owner just wants to be a no 7.9kReads7.6Score35814d adds
- 178 Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu and Crush Bang Geng! 四合院：吊死贾东旭，砸死棒梗！ Lin Tian, an adult, transmigrates into another world. From the start, both his parents are dead, and Yi Zhonghai nearly has him sent to the crematorium to be burned. His younger sister Tangtang is being bullied by Jia Zhangshi. The System he awakens to even asks him to heal all the beasts in the courtyard and fulfill their wishes so they can live happily ever after. You lousy System! Are you my System, or theirs? So you want me to fulfill the beasts’ wishes, huh? 335Reads7.6Score15114d adds
- 179 Siheyuan: A Tough Guy Moves In 四合院：狠人进院 Old Wang, who lived in a Beijing courtyard house, died suddenly of a heart attack. When the steel mill looked into his affairs, they discovered he had a nephew, Wang Tiezheng, living in the Northeast. And so, completely bewildered, Wang Tiezheng crossed through time and space, then somehow blundered into life in a courtyard full of vile characters! 44.9kReads8.3Score2k14d adds
- 180 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of Li Hongwei, a Man Who Lives for the Laughs 四合院：乐子人李宏伟的快乐人生 [Everyday life in the 1960s] + [Comedy] + [Pocket dimension] + [Snatching the prize] + [Siheyuan] Li Hongwei has barely transmigrated to 1961 when he faces a deadly “honey trap” set by the courtyard’s pack of beasts! To seize the three large rooms he was allocated, Yi Zhonghai and the others get him drunk, then force Qin Huairu to climb into his bed in the middle of the night and accuse him of being a hooligan! Come on, this is a disastrous year when people can barely get enough to eat! How coul 732Reads—Score11514d adds
- 181 Siheyuan: A Loving Family 四合院：相亲相爱一家人 Just as Liang Hao, a young man from the twenty-first century, was ready to give up and coast through life, Heaven played a huge joke on him and sent him to an era of hardship and struggle. Now he can't afford to slack off, or he'll starve to death. (The story won't be too grim, but he won't suck up to the courtyard residents. Also, if you don't like Qin Huairu, feel free to skip it.) 9.5kReads6.9Score43114d adds
- 182 Zhang San's Fun-Filled Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之张三的乐子人生 Zhang San's soul transmigrates into the year 1962. The System requires him to move into the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang before it can activate. Isn't that the courtyard full of beasts? There's no way he's moving in... Hmm... This is nice... Yan Bugui: I'm the Third Uncle of this courtyard, Red Star Elemen... Smack... Smack... Smack... Yan Bugui gets three hard slaps across the face and stares at Zhang San, stunned... Zhang San looks at his hands in confusion. “Why do my palms hurt?” Yi Zho 1.9kReads5.5Score10314d adds
- 183 Siheyuan: The Wind of That Year 四合院：风吹那年 After transmigrating because of a strange chat group, don't get hung up on the courtyard house. Come take a look at the era I have in mind. The courtyard-house story begins when the main plot reaches its era. I'm stacking the thickest armor up front... The author likes to grind levels like a sword god on Shili Slope. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 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
- 185 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
- 186 In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Calls Me Uncle! 人在四合院，傻柱叫我舅舅！ After unexpectedly arriving in the world of Love in the Courtyard, Mo Xiaoming discovers that he has become Li Zhengquan, Silly Zhu's uncle. "Since I'm here, I might as well make some trouble. It'd be a waste of this incredible stroke of luck otherwise!" Mo Xiaoming quickly accepts the fact that he has transmigrated. "Silly Zhu! I'll change your fate!" Mo Xiaoming stands at the entrance to the courtyard. "You bunch of animals! I'm here!" 2.9kReads6.2Score10814d adds
- 187 Siheyuan: Becoming a General in the Red-Hot Era 四合院：我在火红年代当将军 [Siheyuan] + [No System] + [Enlist to Serve the Country] Defending our homes and our country is our generation’s duty. Wang Xin, a former special forces soldier in his previous life, is reborn in a Siheyuan. Petty family squabbles and scheming all day long? Nothing beats going to the front lines to kill the enemy. As long as he keeps earning merit, one day he’ll become a general. 2.8kReads7.0Score10114d adds
- 188 Siheyuan: It Begins with a Copied Soul 四合院：从灵魂被复制开始 The Beast-Filled Courtyard becomes the Widow's Courtyard! It all begins when Lin Feng transmigrates there! His soul is copied by a mysterious cube, which takes him across into the world of a TV drama. The story follows him as he explores and develops the space, and lives in the courtyard. The story isn't heavy on hostility. [Farming + daily life + laid-back] 1.7kReads6.7Score10414d adds
- 189 An Orphan of the Anti-Japanese United Army Moves into the Siheyuan 抗联遗孤入驻四合院 After transmigrating into the orphaned child of a Northeastern Anti-Japanese United Army underground operative, he makes his way alone to Nanluoguxiang in Beiping to seek out relatives and settle down. This is the story of how he does his best to protect the few family members he has left. 8.2kReads8.2Score37214d adds
- 190 Transmigrated into Xu Damao at the Siheyuan 四合院穿越成许大茂 A modern man transmigrates into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. On his very first day, people nickname him Foolish Mao, and he becomes brothers with Silly Zhu. With the help of his System and his knowledge of the plot, the two fools join forces and live a very different life! 7.9kReads7.2Score28814d adds
- 191 Siheyuan: Getting By at the Appliance Factory! 四合院，我在电器厂混日子！ My name is Zhang Yi. I live in the compound at No. 95, Nanluoguxiang. All my life, I've been devoted to serving the people. So naturally, I'm the only one fit to be the compound's chief! My father is a second-class combat hero and deputy chief of the railway police station. He's with the public security bureau. My mother is head accountant at the Beijing Power Bureau. She's with the government. Zhonghai, tell me, do I have the final say in this compound or not? I'm a section chief, just twenty y 5kReads5.5Score17614d adds
- 192 Siheyuan: Steal My Workstation? I'll Break Your Legs! 四合院：抢工位？打断你狗腿！ After transmigrating to a Siheyuan in the 1960s, Lin Youcai has barely taken over his father's pension and job when Jia Zhangshi and her son start hounding him. They try to steal his job, throw tantrums, and even threaten to dig up his father's grave! With all that anger bottled up, how could Lin Youcai put up with it? Faced with Jia Zhangshi making a scene, Jia Dongxu plotting revenge behind his back, and Yi Zhonghai scheming under the guise of “making peace,” Lin Youcai refuses to play the s 2kReads—Score10214d adds
- 193 Siheyuan: A Tiny Courtyard Across the Heavens, Come If You Dare 四合院：诸天小破院，有胆你就来 He woke up one morning to find himself as He Yuzhu, the biggest sucker in the courtyard. Luckily, time had not run out, and things weren’t beyond saving yet. He Daqing had only just run off, so there was still a chance to set many things right. Taking advantage of his morning temper, he beat up the moral paragon Yi Zhonghai, only to discover that there was more to this courtyard than met the eye. After all, where had the original courtyard gotten its east and west wings? And now there were three 15.3kReads7.0Score66214d adds
- 194 In Those Days, This Job Was Different 年代，这个编制不一样 Ye Qiu nearly worked himself to death before finally landing a secure government job in 2025. The celebratory drinks hadn't even worn off when he opened his eyes again... Winter, 1949. The north wind whipped through his threadbare padded jacket. He had a new body and a new name: Feng Shijie. An illiterate man from the outskirts, with no food in his pockets. Luckily, fate had not abandoned him. His third uncle returned covered in blood and kicked him straight into the Subdistrict Office: “ 59.2kReads8.5Score5.1k14d adds
- 195 Siheyuan: I'm Director Wang's Direct Superior 四合院：我是王主任的顶头上司 (Two heroines, no romantic indecision, ensemble cast. Readers who might object, proceed with caution.) Liu Aiguo began making plans before Liberation. When he grew up, he moved into a courtyard with his parents. As the neighborhood committee secretary, he doesn't need to hit anyone. He can settle everything by the rules. He can keep the neighborhood office in line above him and sweep every scoundrel in the courtyard aside below. His game is all about open strategy and sly tricks! Original charac 10kReads6.3Score25714d adds
- 196 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Nearly Ended Up Hanging on the Wall 四合院：开局差点挂墙上 Transmigrating into the Four-Heavenly-Courtyard world as Jia Dongxu, he changes the ending where he was hung on the wall. His first step is to survive the famine, and his second is to pursue a future of his own. As for the third and fourth steps, that depends on you, dear readers. 1.3kReads7.2Score10114d adds
- 197 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu, Soft and Sweet, Is Brought Home 四合院:软软乎乎秦淮茹抱回家 Pure Love, Everyday Life, No Hostility, No Spatial System Marry a lovely wife, live a comfortable life, look good when you go out, have fun when you come home. Make money with ease, enjoy a lifetime of happiness, treat our Qin Huairu well, and build a happy family. Live happily ever after! Starting from nothing? No problem, I know how to make money! I draw posters and comics, earn extra cash, save grain, and stock up on supplies. I have no grand ambitions. An ordinary, peaceful life is what mat 72.9kReads8.8Score4.7k14d adds
- 198 Siheyuan: A Great Life Begins as a Purchasing Agent 四合院：优秀人生从采购员开始 [Family members included + Original characters, not from the source drama + One female lead + A small System + Less hostility] Li Shijie was raised by his grandmother from birth, so he often heard her tell stories about the past. Years later, after going through several romantic and business setbacks, Li Shijie returns to his hometown. After an accident, Li Shijie transmigrates into the world of the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, which he had only recently watched, becoming “Li Shijie,” a procu 16.2kReads7.1Score67014d adds
- 199 Siheyuan: Hunting the Beasts When All Hope Is Lost 四合院：我于绝境中狩猎禽兽 In the twelfth lunar month of 1960, I fled the Great Northern Wilderness and made my way home. The day I opened the door, my mother lay paralyzed on the heated brick bed, waiting to die, while my little sister was so hungry she gnawed at the wall. My father had died in a steel mill machine three years earlier. Someone had pocketed his compensation, seized our grain ration book, and used our property deed as collateral. Everyone in the compound said Yi Zhonghai, the head of the courtyard, was a g 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Secrets of the Siheyuan 四合院里秘密 After waking up, Zhao Yutong finds himself the new tenant in Love in the Courtyard. It's 1960, the famine years, and every household in the courtyard is busy scheming for its own gain. Then he discovers he can possess animals. Today, he turns into a sparrow to listen to Qin Huairu and her mother-in-law bicker; tomorrow, he becomes a stray cat to spy on Xu Damao's secret deals. Everyone in the courtyard thinks he's just an inconspicuous newcomer. Little do they know that the “animal eyes” outside 2Reads—Score—14d adds
