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- 51 Learning Healing Arts in Siheyuan 四合院里学会治愈术 Ye Fan, an avid player of the game Legend of Mir, returns to the 1960s. Just after being reborn, he runs into a series of trials and tribulations set by Jia Zhangshi, the vicious mother-in-law of Qin Huairu. With no one to rely on, how will he handle Jia Zhangshi, the manipulative goddess Qin Huairu, the three senior residents, and all the rest? With his exceptional gaming skills, he thrives in the courtyard. No meat to eat? He can mine it in the game! Short on cash? Kill monsters and watch the 345Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: The God-Tier Bear Child 四合院之神级熊孩子 Love in the Courtyard: A genius bear child turns the whole courtyard upside down, leading a pack of misfits on a triumphant charge. What? Silly Zhu married a she-devil and gets slapped hard every day. What? Xu Damao has a child, and it's in Bang Geng's belly! What? Yan Jiecheng practiced the Sunflower Manual and became Dongfang Bubai! One exciting story after another unfolds in this home for misfits! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Back from the Battlefield to Siheyuan, My Home Is Gone 四合院战场归来，家没了 Zhou Jianmin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. His predecessor was an officer on the Korean battlefield, and he awakens a skill-proficiency ability and a cultivation-space golden finger. After repeatedly distinguishing himself in battle, he retires in 1958 and returns to the capital. But when he gets back to his home in the courtyard, he finds that the Jia family has seized it and turned it into a wedding home for Jia Dongxu. 1.7kReads5.0Score10114d adds
- 54 I Joined the War of Resistance at Ten 我从10岁开始抗战 [A more ruthless take] [Setting Liu Haizhong straight] [Restoring family values] After transmigrating, of course he has to fight the Japanese devils. Liu Haizhong is a wife-beater who craves authority but lacks the ability to hold office. It wouldn’t be fair to say he’s rotten to the core, since he really does go easy on his apprentices. If they can even whitewash Yi Zhonghai, the so-called “God of Morality,” then why not see if I can change Liu Haizhong, the man who supposedly be 3.6kReads6.0Score12614d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: Winning the War of Words 四合院之口战群舌 [System + single heroine + everyday life + funny courtyard drama] The story is fairly low-key and focused on everyday life, with the colorful neighbors of the courtyard adding some spice. A courtyard full of busybodies is also known as a courtyard full of laughs. Ever since Silly Zhu from Courtyard No. 95 came down with a sexually transmitted disease, the news spread through the entire alley as if it had wings. From then on, the neighborhood aunties had one more juicy bit of gossip to discuss ev 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: Starting with the Temple Run Dungeon 四合院：从神庙逃亡副本开始 [System + virtual-space torment of the courtyard’s scoundrels + moderately dark] Wang Dachui transmigrates and receives the [Courtyard Readers’ Resentment System], which can drag all the courtyard’s scoundrels into a virtual space to teach them a lesson. Drawing on memories from before he transmigrated, Wang Dachui uses material from games and movies to create all kinds of virtual spaces, where the scoundrels act out the full spectrum of human nature. “Lao Jia! Hurry back! They’re all picking on 3.6kReads8.2Score16914d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: Reborn as Damao, I Ruin the Beasts' Lives 四合院：重生大茂，坑惨众禽 At death's door, Xu Damao finally saw the light. He realized that everything he'd done over the years had been utterly ridiculous. Sadly, he was already old, with no chance to make amends. He had completely failed to return Lou Xiao'e's deep devotion, and marrying Qin Huairu's cousin, Qin Jingru, had been a disastrous move. Everyone despised him. He'd also been so blinded that Li Huaide swindled him out of every last cent, leaving him destitute and alone in his old age. It seemed being left with 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: A House Full of Chaos 四合院之鸡飞狗跳 [Siheyuan Courtyard + Lighthearted + Comedy + Pranks + System + No Saintly Do-Gooder + Looking for Trouble + Total Troublemaker] Song Ke moves into a courtyard full of scheming neighbors and immediately wins high praise from the courtyard’s busybody elders. Little does anyone know, this is the beginning of a nightmare for the entire courtyard~ 32kReads6.5Score2k14d adds
- 59 Transmigrating to the Siheyuan: Nine Suns Divine Skill from the Start 穿越四合院：开局九阳神功 In 1959, seventeen-year-old Li Weimin died of hunger in the freezing December cold after years of mistreatment. Out of spite, he had refused to eat. The three-waste youth Li Weimin somehow took over the original owner’s body. In the dead of winter, with nothing to eat or drink, he thought he would die in the cold too. But when he casually tossed out a piece of cornbread, he unexpectedly awakened the System. From the start, he obtained a copy of the Nine Yang Manual. Sure, this was the age of mod 4kReads7.0Score22714d adds
- 60 1958: I Transmigrate to a Siheyuan on Luogu Lane 年代1958：穿越锣鼓巷四合院 This is not fan fiction, and there is no animal training. It’s about family life and everyday routines, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing! A special era, a special memory. Through the eyes of an ordinary person, return to those unforgettable years! The protagonist starts by fishing, takes care of his family, builds relationships, and experiences that history firsthand with the perspective of someone from the future. 13.1kReads7.1Score68914d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: Transmigrated as Silly Zhu, I Marry Lou Xiao'e First 四合院：穿越成傻柱，先娶娄晓娥 What does it mean to have your soul transmigrate into a courtyard home? In 1955, He Yuzhu becomes a twenty-year-old living in a shabby, rundown household. The people in the courtyard take advantage of him, and he is forced to become Yi Zhonghai's muscle. Fortunately, his superb cooking impresses Lou Zhenhua, who hires him to cook at his estate for a hefty salary. He seizes the opportunity without hesitation. In this life, he won't fawn over Qin Huairu or let himself be taken for a fool. He sta 767Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: Giving the Vermin a Physics Lesson from the Start 四合院开局给禽兽上物理课 Who says transmigrating means you have to start out suffering? Things work differently around here! And you call yourself a System? You want me to do something? Get on your knees and ask. Don't want to? Then I'll just sever the link. What? You'll erase me too? Bring it on! You really think I'm afraid of you? A shell once blew up my head. I don't give a damn! (It's still smoking.) System: Buddy... how about I get you a fairy wife? Du Liqiu: Just one? System: Not enough? Du Liqiu: Hm? System: Go 1kReads—Score11814d adds
- 63 To Live Is to Keep Struggling 活着，就得折腾 How miserable is transmigrating for other people? This guy has three dads and two moms by his side. From the capital to the magical metropolis to Wuhan, with a vast space to roam freely. Busy planting crops in a private space, raising livestock and happily collecting sign-in rewards. Life is carefree, with no worries, watching the world change as I please. Hey, this transmigrated life couldn't be any better! The six-square-kilometer space has only six mu of farmland and a sixty-mu livestock farm 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: A Happy Life That Begins in the Kitchen 四合院：从厨师开始的美满生活 Beijing, 1962. Li Qiang, executive chef at a five-star hotel, has been single for thirty-eight years. His death is absurd: he walks past a farmers' market and gets buried alive under a truckload of cabbages after a landslide. He opens his eyes to find himself reborn as a newly qualified apprentice cook in Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. The plaster is crumbling off the walls, he has 31.5 yuan in his pocket, and the courtyard's First Uncle, full of talk about benevolence and morality, is s 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Transmigrating into Siheyuan: An Upright Life That Won’t Take the Blame 穿越四合院，正直人生不背锅 The protagonist transmigrates into the courtyard and becomes Lin Zhou, a man with the same name. His parents died when he was young, and he raised his younger sister on his own. He has a steady job at a steel mill. He absolutely refuses to be a pushover!!! He will never be a pushover!!! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 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
- 67 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Break Jia Dongxu's Legs 四合院，开局打断贾东旭的腿 Zhang Jianguo, a modern man, transmigrates to the 1950s. Even more unexpectedly, he turns out to be Jia Zhangshi's younger brother. See how he leads several people from the courtyard in breaking free of their fate and accomplishing something great. 4.3kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: Getting Rich Starts with Taking a Wife! 四合院：致富，从娶妻开始！ Li Henian woke up one morning and found himself transmigrated to 1960. He lived at No. 95, Nanluoguxiang, and his identity was... an employee at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Staring at the hard-to-swallow cornmeal porridge in his bowl and the meager greens on his plate, Li Henian decided to live a different kind of life. But in an era that prized the idea that “the more you suffer, the more glorious you are,” changing your life was no easy matter. Fortunately, with the neighborhood commit 444Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: Don't Mess With Silly Zhu, He'll Really Hit You 四合院：别惹傻柱他真揍人 He Yuzhu died. He died on New Year's Eve. He'd spent his whole life helping the Jia family, only to be driven out of the courtyard in his old age after transferring all his property to Banggeng and his siblings. In the end, wild dogs devoured his corpse. It was his lifelong rival, Xu Damao, who collected his remains. Unable to accept his fate, he transmigrated back to 1965. The first thing he did after being reborn was give Banggeng a beating to vent his anger… 1.1kReads6.4Score10214d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: What Happened in the Six Dynasties? 四合院之六朝何事 I came. I tried. I saw! The protagonist, Chen Ping'an, was an ordinary office worker in the 21st century. An accident left him reborn in 1958 Beijing, in a courtyard house, as a young factory worker. The momentum of history is simply too powerful. No one has gone down this road before, so I'll be the first. I only remember this: It's easy to find your original resolve, but hard to hold on to it. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: I Became the Child Everyone Else Wishes They Had 四合院：我活成了別人家的孩子 [A blend of classic courtyard life, period dramas, no System, and realistic storytelling] Other people’s children are terrifying creatures... They excel at both academics and sports. Even when they sleep through class, they can still leave you, despite all your hard work, in the dust. Feng Shengli is reborn in a courtyard compound in the 1950s. In Banggeng’s eyes, he is exactly that kind of creature! Whenever Grandma or his parents compare Banggeng to Feng Shengli... It ends either in a scolding 313Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, That Child Isn't Yours 四合院：傻柱，孩子不是你的 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: With Both Sides Transmigrating, I'm the True God of Morality 四合院：双向穿越我才是道德天尊 Space + two-way transmigration + no System + no bloodthirstiness + no learning traditional Chinese medicine + no tech-driven rise + one heroine, Ran Qiuye + Granny Deaf guards the tower + Damou and the boys go hunting The protagonist is cunning and always scheming against people. A hardened veteran of the battlefield, he never settles for petty games. He either destroys his opponents physically or wins them over through moral persuasion. Fang Ming discovers that he has a space that lets him tr 1Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 74 Yan Bugui of Siheyuan: A Scheme with No Room for Error 四合院阎埠贵的算漏无疑 Yan Zhongjin, a modern man with terminal lung cancer, coughed up blood and died. A jade pendant that had acknowledged him as its master carried his soul back to Forty-Nine City in 1947, where he became Yan Bugui. After transmigrating, Yan Zhongjin discovered a pocket dimension, and its weakened spirit artifact gave him a cultivation technique. The technique required no spiritual energy. Instead, he had to experience the mortal world and absorb various forms of pure energy as he tempered his mind 1.3kReads6.4Score—14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: A Blind Box from the Start, and I Take Down the Scoundrels! 四合院：开局盲盒，干翻禽兽！ Wang Hao, a young man from the new century, transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes an ordinary tenant. But his life turns into hell from the start. Everyone in the courtyard covets the house Wang Hao inherited from his ancestors. They wish he would drop dead on the spot so they can seize his family's property. Today they borrow money, tomorrow they demand grain. If he refuses, they call him stingy and say he deserves to be struck by lightning. They bully me? I’ll awaken a System and hi 341Reads5.5Score10014d adds
- 76 Snatching Chen Xueru from the Start in the Siheyuan 四合院开局截胡陈雪茹 From the start in the world of the courtyard, Lin Hongwei becomes a young veteran who fought in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. As soon as he transmigrates, he awakens a portable space! A whole courtyard full of scoundrels? Lin Hongwei can only sneer. This lousy courtyard can go to whoever wants it. He's not going to indulge anyone! In the original story of Under the Zhengyang Gate, the clever, capable, and beautiful Chen Xueru is constantly being schemed against? Not on his watch 418Reads5.5Score13314d adds
- 77 A Cultivator's Journey in Siheyuan 四合院之修仙旅途 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you like it! Ahem, this is my first time writing a book, so please forgive me if there are any rough spots! 454Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan Quick Transmigration: From the Start, I Possessed Silly Zhu's Brother 四合院快穿：开局附体傻柱他哥 “I, Ji, an ancient arbiter of karma, am now trapped in the vengeful spirit barrier of Love in the Courtyard. Want to get out? Then I have to be a life coach to this bunch of hooligans. Transmigrate as a battle-hardened big brother and teach Silly Zhu to stand up for himself; transmigrate as a hypocritical nephew and ruin Yi Zhonghai; and finally, even transmigrate as Qin Huairu and teach her independence... When I finally purify all the resentment and prepare to leave, I discover that the core v 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: The Coin's Lie-Flat Life 四合院：硬币的躺平生活 I live in a courtyard house. I have a System, a family, and a job, but I have no ambition. Shi Lei never wanted a life that wore him out. After transmigrating, he quickly figured out exactly what kind of life he wanted. Work? Just slack off. No need to strive for success. Money? Earn what you can, but don't get greedy. Life? Keep it simple. No need for too much excitement. So as for the troublemakers in the courtyard, if they don't provoke him, they can all get along just fine. Otherwise, Shi Le 100.7kReads6.8Score7.4k14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: Blind Dates Make You Stronger 四合院：相亲就变强 [No saintly heroine] [Cooking-focused] [Plenty of everyday life] [Putting Yi Jia in his place] [Leisurely pace] [Don’t read if you dislike it] He is accidentally reborn as He Yuzhu, only to find that He Daqing has run off, leaving him and little Yushui behind. He Yuzhu goes straight to the police and arranges for Yushui to be returned to He Daqing, so she can enjoy the fatherly love she never had in her previous life and stop dragging her brother down! Back at the courtyard, he sees a family arr 21.2kReads7.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 81 1958: Starting Out as a Porter! 年代1958，从搬运工开始！ In 1958 Beijing, Li Fugui was assigned by the neighborhood office to work as a laborer at a supply and marketing cooperative. As the commune system expanded and Systems merged, Li Fugui became a procurement officer. From then on, he used the supplies in his spatial storage to gradually build a network of connections and ride the waves of this sweeping movement… 181kReads8.5Score16.8k14d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: From the Start, My Whole Family Is Bullied by Silly Zhu 四合院：开局全家被傻柱欺负 I wake up to find that I've transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard. My whole family is bullied by Silly Zhu and He Daqing, while everyone else waits to profit from the conflict. There isn't much entertainment in this era anyway, so let's have some fun with you all! Later on, the story also blends with Blood Romance and Under the Zhengyang Gate. 186Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 83 Hello, My Eleventh Book hello第11本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 20Reads8.1Score114d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: Jia Dongxu's Double Life 四合院：贾东旭的双倍人生 [Low on hostility] [Slice of life] A word of warning: this is not a story about torturing the scoundrels!!! Jia Haoren accidentally transmigrates into the body of Jia Dongxu from Love in the Courtyard, inheriting Jia Zhangshi, a troublesome piece of baggage. With a double-your-food System that keeps him well fed, he begins a new chapter in his workhorse life... Whether the courtyard is in chaos is up to Jia Zhangshi! When Jia Zhangshi kicks up a fuss, young Jia just has to read the room! The plo 2.6kReads6.6Score10014d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Is Ruthless and Keeps the Yard's Vermin in Line 四合院心狠手辣何雨柱拿捏众禽 He got so angry watching Love in the Courtyard that he died! Then he transmigrated into He Yuzhu, the protagonist! Was it just because they had the same name? Fortunately, he activated the Nanny System. All you courtyard beasts, die! You want to leech off me? Keep dreaming! What, you’re the First Master, Second Master, and Third Master? You’re all getting kicked out! Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi want to use moral blackmail? I don’t have any morals to begin with! In this courtyard, my rules are th 366Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 86 In the Siheyuan, My Son Is Yi Zhonghai, and That's a Fact! 四合院，我儿子是易中海，保真！ [Siheyuan] [Cultivation] [Everyday life] [Neighborly conflicts] [The 749 Bureau makes occasional appearances] A parallel world. Yi Qiankun, a modern man, transmigrated to the year 1800 and obtained a Cultivation System. He secluded himself in the mountains and cultivated for a hundred years, finally reaching the Nascent Soul stage. When his cultivation hit a bottleneck, Yi Qiankun chose to seal his powers and go down the mountain to marry and have children. But an accident while rescuing someone 2kReads5.7Score10914d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: I Picked Up a Wife and Activated the System 四合院：捡个媳妇激活系统 Yang Jun has transmigrated to the 1950s, where he has to toil away carrying loads every day to support his entire family. After giving up his own rations to help a beggar who has collapsed from hunger, he not only finds himself a wife, but also awakens the System he’s dreamed of. However, this System is a bit low-end: to earn rewards, he has to work hard day in and day out. 16.8kReads6.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: My Surname Is Wang, and I'm Sixth in the Family 四合院：我姓王，排行老六 7Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 89 I Lead My Whole Family to Success with Max-Level Insight 带飞全家从满级悟性开始 [Golden finger + pocket dimension + maxed-out comprehension + no overly hostile characters + daily life + lighthearted + side characters with brains] An ordinary physics student from Earth unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. The story begins in 1959, just as the disaster is starting. Fortunately, after transmigrating, Bai Junjie awakens a System that maxes out his comprehension. With the knowledge and skills he brings with him, the Bai family not only escapes its 2Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 90 Siheyuan: Starting with Lou Xiao'e 四合院：从娄小蛾开始 [Mostly everyday life] + [A little edge] + [No over-the-top antics] + [Love in the Courtyard] + [The Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate] Lin Xuan transmigrates into a courtyard house. Orphaned with both parents dead, he is fortunate enough to gain a lottery System and receives god-tier medical skills and a portable dimension. He only wants to keep a low profile and enjoy a modest life, but trouble keeps finding him. He makes a name for himself with his medical skills and protects his family with 1.2kReads—Score11014d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Is My Mother-in-Law 四合院：秦淮如是我岳母 Courtyard setting + period drama + System + pocket dimension + transmigration, with a focus on “System-powered advantages and overwhelming superiority through supplies.” Fourteen-year-old Wang Ergou, whose real name was Wang Zixuan, lay curled up in the dead grass of a mass grave, covered in blood. In the final moments before losing consciousness, his mind replayed the tragedy that had destroyed his family: His father had been persecuted to death by Red Guards after his own younger brothers, his 1.1kReads8.8Score—14d adds
- 92 Love in the Courtyard: Reborn as One of Qin Shou's Crew 情满四合院之穿成秦兽一员 An anime-obsessed shut-in with a serious thing for good looks transmigrates into the younger brother of the heroine in a TV drama he has never watched. What is this, Love in the Courtyard? The whole courtyard is full of beasts! His sister and her mother-in-law turn out to be the biggest bloodsuckers of them all. Just watch how I deal with the whole lot. With the help of a copy-and-exchange System, he grows into an all-around patriotic entrepreneur. 43Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: Did Liu Haizhong Get Beaten Up Again Today? 四合院之刘海忠今天又挨打了吗？ (The ratings have just opened, so a low score is perfectly normal.) Liu Haizhong’s father and elder brother followed him to the capital. Now, the ones getting beaten in Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang aren’t Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu anymore. It’s Liu Haizhong. Today, Liu Haizhong wasted money to show off, so his father and elder brother teamed up to beat him. The next day, Liu Haizhong tried to hit Liu Guangtian, and got another beating. I’m Liu Haizhong’s eldest nephew, watching with amu 589Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: An Eight-Year-Old Immortal in the 1960s 四合院：八岁仙尊混六零 Set from 1958 to 1978, covering milestones such as the Great Leap Forward, the Three Years of Hardship, and the Cultural Revolution. The story takes place in the same “Red Star Courtyard” as Love in the Courtyard. The protagonist hides their identity as a cultivator while surviving in this period drama, protecting their family, including their parents and grandparents, and face-slapping the courtyard’s “beasts,” such as Silly Zhu, Qin Huairu, and the Third Master. They fight off their maternal r 1.4kReads5.5Score10214d adds
- 95 Siheyuan: What Do I Do Without a System? 四合院：没有系统怎么办 I’m a transmigrator. In Love in the Courtyard, Second Uncle Liu Haizhong is my uncle. “Uncle, my mom told me to come stay with you. Could you rent me a room in our courtyard? Could you buy me some eggs to help me regain my strength? Could you show me a little concern?” Liu Haizhong: ... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: It All Begins After College Graduation 四合院：从大学毕业开始 An accident brings Bai Wuyou to the fearsome “Courtyard of Vile Beasts.” Here, Bang Geng can survive the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, Qin Huairu is a powerful vampire, and there are all sorts of other formidable characters. See how our protagonist manages to make a life for himself in this bizarre courtyard. 472Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 97 He Yuzhu's Passionate Life 何雨柱的激情人生 This is a brand-new Siheyuan story. What? I'm He Yuzhu? Hu Xiaohu is a little bewildered. But never mind. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I'm done being a doormat. I'll be the master of my own life. White lotuses, holier-than-thou busybodies, and ungrateful wolves, get lost and stay away! (Please don't copy the original TV series wholesale.) 2kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: Life Is but a Dream 四合院：浮生若梦 Multiple heroines, so don’t read if that’s not your thing. This book is basically free of angst and is pure feel-good fun. A clothing pattern maker is kicked into Love in the Courtyard while traveling and watching the sunrise atop Mount Huang. The story begins when he beats others to Lou Xiao'e. Jia Zhangshi and Yi Zhonghai won’t get a chance to pull any of their usual tricks… 27.8kReads8.8Score2.1k14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: I'm a Level Eight Engineer, and You're Still Making a Fuss? 四合院：我八级工程师，你还闹？ [Period] [Siheyuan] [Using science and technology to strengthen the nation] [Outsmarting the courtyard beasts] (This book has one heroine, Lou Xiao'e, and her family will be protected. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip it. Almost everyone else is a beast; there's no bleeding-heart saint.) After his soul travels back to 1958, top engineer Lin Weiguo becomes a secret national asset, a "spark" summoned back by the government, and moves into a Siheyuan full of beasts. Jia Zhangshi wants to 12.2kReads8.0Score63014d adds
- 100 The Red-Hot Years: Passionate Days in the Siheyuan 火红年代：四合院之激情岁月 A novel for readers with some life experience. Through the eyes of its protagonist, Ling Fei, it vividly portrays the everyday details and scenes of city life in that era, capturing the way things really were back then. Amid the sweeping changes of a great age, there is hardship and suffering, confusion and disappointment, joy and passion. See how ordinary people find a spiritual home amid the torrent of history. It's hard to say what is right or wrong, and harder still to untangle every dispute 5.8kReads7.6Score38214d adds
