From the Start, Taking Over as Silly Zhu's Head Chef 开局顶了傻柱的大厨

1. 201 四 Siheyuan: God-Tier Cooking from the Start 四合院：开局神级厨艺 Zhonghancheng中汉城Male-Channel Fanfiction206k WordsCompleted In that special era of scarce supplies and immense pressure on people's lives, having enough to eat and warm clothes to wear was an unattainable dream for most. Everyone struggled beneath the weight of daily life. Yet the wheels of fate turned quietly, and a soul from the twenty-first century unexpectedly transmigrated into a traditional courtyard compound full of everyday warmth, but also rife with contradictions. Upon arriving, the protagonist is struck by the compound's complicated relationsh 208Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 四 The Siheyuan Cook on the Train 四合院的厨子在火车上 Crisp Sweet Watermelon脆甜大西瓜Male-Channel Fanfiction663k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] [Transmigration] [A Pocket Dimension] [Not Brain-Dead] Li Jiahong transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan. The story begins four years before the main plot, when Jia Dongxu has just been hung up on the wall, Qin Huairu is heavily pregnant, Silly Zhu has only just started getting ideas, and Xu Damao has just gotten married. Well... I'm no good at writing blurbs. Please head straight to the story... 3kReads6.5Score106Shelves
3. 203 四 The Little Chef in the Siheyuan 四合院里的小厨子 The Landlord's Chubby Son地主家的小胖子Male-Channel Fanfiction754k WordsCompleted Good news: I've been given another life!!! Bad news: I've gone from a carefree golden bachelor with both parents and a modest fortune to a baby, before the game has even officially “launched.” Good news: This time, my family and parents have all gone off to war. Bad news: Uh... the joke has come true. Good news: The world I've come back to is familiar enough. I wouldn't claim to know everything, but I've at least seen it N times. Bad news: No System, no pocket dimension, no superpowers. And I'm 1.3kReads5.9Score—Shelves
4. 204 四 Siheyuan: The Strongest Courtyard at Number 95 四合院之最强九十五号大院 Little Mo of South City南城小陌Male-Channel Fanfiction5.8M WordsOngoing [Multiple female leads, not for everyone] [Protagonists from various TV dramas collide, each with their own protagonist aura] [Disinfecting with iodine while whipping] Siheyuan, Zhengyang Gate, People Are Like Iron, Glorious Times, The Great New Era, Golden Wedding, Hutong, The Qiao Family Children... In the Name of the People, Ordinary Years, The War Between Two Women] [System for stealing female leads, self-interest, do-gooders, stay away] [No original female leads, characters from other stori 163.5kReads9.0Score10kShelves

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5. 205 四 Siheyuan: Young Silly Zhu's Comeback 四合院：青年傻柱的逆袭人生 Threshing Glacier打谷冰川Male-Channel Fanfiction512k WordsCompleted At twenty-five, he transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and becomes He Yuzhu! What? His father, He Daqing, ran off! Good riddance. Isn’t this a perfect start? His father’s gone and left behind a big house. The old man may not care about his foolish son, but plenty of other people do. Leech off the old man? Absolutely. Might as well get the money back early, since he’s going to be taking it anyway. Yi Zhonghai: “Zhuzi, here’s 200 yuan. Go buy yourself a bicycle.” He Yushui: “Brothe 18.8kReads8.7Score709Shelves
6. 206 诸 Model Breeder of the Myriad Worlds: I’m Really Not a Player! 诸天繁育标兵：我真不渣！ Happiness Injector快乐注入师Male-Channel Fanfiction526k WordsCompleted My new work is now available! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5.6kReads8.4Score371Shelves
7. 207 重 Reborn in the Siheyuan: I’m a Lone Wolf 重生四合院，我是一匹孤狼 Autumn Comes with Falling Leaves zmy13落叶知秋zmy13Male-Channel Fanfiction280k WordsCompleted A young man's soul comes from the future. He is among the earliest residents of a Beijing courtyard compound, but finds himself transported to 1941. To take revenge, he would rather keep a low profile and go it alone, like a lone wolf. 7.5kReads8.3Score209Shelves
8. 208 四 Siheyuan: Lu Chuan 四合院之陆川 City of Crystal水晶之都Male-Channel Fanfiction349k WordsCompleted Lu Chuan, a surgeon from the 21st century, is reborn in the body of a man with the same name in the 1950s. Drawing on memories from his past life, Lu Chuan can't bear to see Silly Zhu's tragic fate, so he takes the initiative to help He Yuzhu escape the schemes against him and change the course of his life. 10.9kReads8.7Score405Shelves
9. 209 重 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Chef Sha Zhu 重生四合院：厨神傻柱 Feng Shayang风沙扬Male-Channel Fanfiction779k WordsCompleted Reborn into the world of Love in the Courtyard? Awakening the God-Tier Choice System? In this life, He Yuzhu won’t let anyone take advantage of him! 831Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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   Apart from being a silly pig, what do you think of it? I can't see the name either!

10. 210 四 Siheyuan: I Became a God of Food to Save My Sister 四合院：为救妹妹，我成了食神 Three Twos Make a Dozen, Baijiu三下五除二锅头灬Male-Channel Fanfiction514k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the Siheyuan, Fang Yan becomes a porter in the canteen of a steel mill. His parents died on the battlefield, leaving only him and an adopted younger sister at home. For the sake of a bite to eat, the original owner was bashed over the head by Silly Zhu. After transmigrating, the protagonist awakens the God of Food System. With the System's help, his life gets better and better. He never lets the courtyard's pack of scoundrels push him around. Using ruthless methods, he pu 695Reads6.4Score—Shelves
11. 211 四 Siheyuan: I Get Silly Zhu Fired and Teach Qin Huairu a Lesson 四合院，开除傻柱，教训秦淮茹 Ride the Waves lll乘风破浪lllMale-Channel Fanfiction218k WordsCompleted When Han Ping woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard! “What? My new identity is deputy director of the steel mill cafeteria?” “Silly Zhu, who told you to bring the soy sauce? Who said you could take food home? Put it all down! I, Han Ping, run this cafeteria!” … 351Reads5.2Score—Shelves
12. 212 四 Siheyuan: Master Chef from the Start, with Zhou Xiaobai as My Wife! 四合院：开局神厨，老婆周晓白！ Ye Xiaoqing夜晓清Male-Channel Fanfiction231k WordsCompleted Qin Feng transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he turns out to be Silly Zhu's apprentice. In his previous life, after his parents died in an accident, Silly Zhu “kindly” took him in for the compensation money. His parents' house and the compensation were all divided up among others. Qin Feng went to work with Silly Zhu every day and was starved until he was skin and bones. Silly Zhu never taught him how to cook, either. Just as Qin Feng was about to work himself to death, 619Reads8.1Score100Shelves
13. 213 傻 Reborn as Silly Mao: Sending Banggeng to Juvenile Detention from the Start 傻茂重生，开局送棒梗儿进少管所 Chonghua Hall重华殿Male-Channel Fanfiction289k WordsOngoing “Drawing Sword,” “Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “Snow Leopard,” “Hutong,” “The Age of Galloping,” “Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel,” “Glory Era” Xu Damao is reborn on the very day Banggeng steals a chicken. He sends the thief's whole family to prison, gets the Lou family out of town, and begins his unstoppable comeback! 1.8kReads—Score100Shelves

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14. 214 四 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, the Big Shot 四合院：大佬何雨柱 Feng Xianyun风闲云Male-Channel Fanfiction234k WordsCompleted “The old Silly Zhu is dead. Standing before you now is Director Yang's benefactor, the head honcho of Beijing's young toughs, the spiritual idol of the courtyard scions, Banggeng's loving father, and the real power behind the three uncles in the courtyard.” His name is He Yuzhu! 175Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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15. 215 四 Siheyuan: The Civil Engineering Big Shot Has Arrived! 四合院：土木大佬驾到！ Fat Cat Calico肥猫花布Male-Channel Fanfiction575k WordsOngoing [No System] [Has a Spatial Dimension] [Low on Violence] Liu Bo: an utterly ordinary name. But if you have an arrogant subordinate named Long Aotian, then Liu Bo must be someone extraordinary. The quintessential big-shot protagonist, no doubt about it. But he's not the protagonist of this story. Liu Bo is a construction worker in 2025, working as a site manager at a construction site in a tiny county town ranked somewhere around the eighteenth tier. It happens to be a night shift pouring concrete 916Reads5.9Score107Shelves

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16. 216 四 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, but I Won't Be Xu Damao 四合院：我许大茂，不做许大茂 Fat Cat Calico肥猫花布Male-Channel Fanfiction394k WordsCompleted This book has no System, golden finger, or cheat. This is an all-new Xu Damao, transported to another world and made into an entirely new person. It tells a different story about Xu Damao! A man in his thirties from a later era, Xu Damao, gets hit by a truck. In that instant, the primordial power of heaven and earth causes him and the Xu Damao from the courtyard compound to collide, and he passively transmigrates. The courtyard’s Xu Damao is whisked away by a Dongfeng truck. See how the Xu Damao 892Reads5.5Score—Shelves
17. 217 四 Siheyuan: Me, Silly Zhu, with Divine Medical Skills from the Start 四合院：我，傻柱，开局神级医术 Fahai Understands Love法海懂爱Male-Channel Fanfiction766k WordsCompleted He becomes He Yuzhu, also known as Silly Zhu, in the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he rejects Qin Huairu and activates the heaven-defying System, setting out on an extraordinary life. He punishes evil, upholds justice, heals the sick, saves lives, changes the fates of characters, and earns Reversal Points. A minor doctor heals individuals; a great doctor heals the nation. With the System in hand, he deals with ungrateful people, builds up his strength, and makes the nation rich 4kReads8.4Score212Shelves
18. 218 四 Siheyuan: I'm Silly Zhu, the Big Winner in Life 四合院：我傻柱，人生大赢家 Stop Calling Me Ergouzi别再喊我二狗子Male-Channel Fanfiction677k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as He Yuzhu from Love in the Courtyard, he refuses to be Silly Zhu ever again. Faced with a whole courtyard full of scoundrels, He Yuzhu goes on the attack, giving anyone who crosses him a piece of his mind. He also gets a spatial farm System. While everyone else is scraping by, He Yuzhu lives the good life, feasting on meat and fish at every meal until the whole courtyard is green with envy! He Yuzhu has this to say: You can envy me all you like, but don't ask me for anythi 3.5kReads8.0Score105Shelves
19. 219 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, a Bowl of Old-Snot-and-Sauerkraut Beef Noodles 四合院：开局一碗老痰酸菜牛肉面 Bright as the Stars灿若星辰Male-Channel Fanfiction208k WordsOngoing [Courtyard drama + transmigration + rebirth + System + period setting + urban farming] Liu Cheng is a chief physician who transmigrates into the world of The Full Courtyard, where he is also a doctor. Unfortunately, his predecessor had been a total pushover. The residents of the courtyard used moral pressure to make him their target, constantly taking advantage of him, and even managed to infect him with tuberculosis. The First Uncle: You're a doctor. Saving lives is your duty. From now on, you' 1Reads8.0Score—Shelves
20. 220 四 Siheyuan: Divorcing Qin Huairu and Ending the Jia Family Line 四合院：休妻秦淮茹，让贾家绝户 A Youthful Stroll at Sunset少年游夕阳红Urban206k WordsOngoing After transmigrating, he becomes He Yuzhu in a courtyard house. By then, Silly Zhu has been married to Qin Huairu for years, and her family has already drained him dry. The Jia family has taken over every room in Silly Zhu's home. Qin Huairu has even collected his wages on his behalf for over a decade, leaving him without a single coin in his pocket! To get Lou Xiao'e's three-million-yuan restaurant, Qin Huairu asks for a divorce, intending to kick Silly Zhu out and leave him with nothing! Who c 1Reads8.2Score—Shelves
21. 221 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Teaches Banggen a Lesson from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱教训了棒梗 Silly Zhu Isn't Silly傻柱不傻Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted After a sound sleep, He Yuzhu transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming the chef He Yuzhu, who shared his name with the original. From the start, he activated a sign-in System. In this era of shortages, he signed in and received meat coupons, grain coupons, a bicycle voucher, cash… While everyone else in the courtyard struggled to get by, He Yuzhu lived in comfort and plenty. Whenever he had a chance to enjoy the good life, he also took the opportunity to teach the courtyar 202Reads7.1Score113Shelves
22. 222 四 Siheyuan: Life Is So Wonderful 四合院：生活如此美好 Bai Yuke白玉稞Male-Channel Fanfiction627k WordsCompleted A jade bead took Zhang Chen fifteen years back in time to the Siheyuan. Using his knowledge of the future, he set out to make the greatest contribution he could to his country and people. Now middle-aged, Zhang Chen had finished his demanding work and was preparing to head home. On the way, he came across a street vendor selling jade. Zhang Chen knew that none of the goods here were anything special, but it was still worth spending a little money for fun, so he went over to see if there was anyt 7.7kReads8.2Score179Shelves
23. 223 四 Siheyuan: I Scared Xu Damao So Bad He Wet Himself from the Start 四合院：开局吓尿许大茂 Old Eight-One Bar老八一杠Male-Channel Fanfiction788k WordsCompleted He Yuzhu transmigrated into He Yuzhu, but He Yuzhu didn’t want to be the original He Yuzhu. So this He Yuzhu, who wasn’t the original He Yuzhu, became a He Yuzhu completely different from the original He Yuzhu! 21Reads8.7Score—Shelves
24. 224 四 Siheyuan: I Master Divine Arts, and You Call Me Superstitious? 四合院：道法通神，你说我迷信？ Crispy on the Outside, Tender Inside外酥里嫩Male-Channel Fanfiction311k WordsOngoing [Period Setting] [Pocket Dimension] [Daoist Arts] [Miracle Doctor] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [Everyday Life] [Family Matters] [Unique Powers] Zhang Daoxuan arrives in a Beijing courtyard in the 1960s and awakens a Merit System. With a single hand, he saves countless lives using talisman water and earns the title “Living Immortal.” But Jia Zhangshi turns around and reports him for feudal superstition and murder for profit! The police station refuses to hear him out and forces him to return the money a 1.4kReads5.5Score—Shelves

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25. 225 假 Fake Heiress: My Sister Becomes a Celestial Maiden in an Instant! 假千金：妹妹秒变九天仙子！ Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Urban120k WordsOngoing My new book is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 四 Siheyuan: I Can Issue Quests! 四合院：我能发布任务！ Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Male-Channel Fanfiction308k WordsCompleted Yu Xiaotian, from the twenty-first century, accidentally transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1960 and becomes the youngest son of Yu Zheng, a level-seven fitter at the steel mill. It’s a time of famine. His family isn’t well-off, but they get by. One older brother is a fitter at the steel mill, and the other works as a postal carrier. Yet Yi Zhonghai, who lives in the courtyard, is always trying to guilt the Yu family into helping the impoverished Jia family and Deaf Granny’s household. Just t 340Reads5.5Score—Shelves
27. 227 四 Siheyuan: I Joined the Million Victories Army from the Start! 四合院：开局，加入万岁军！ Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Male-Channel Fanfiction354k WordsCompleted He Daqing, an archaeologist, pricks his finger on a bronze ring while cleaning a tomb. He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and activates the Mountain God Inheritance System, becoming the Mountain God of Mount Fuji! Determined to escape the fate laid out for him, He Daqing makes arrangements for his children, then resolutely joins the Volunteer Army and heads to the Korean War front, where he writes a legendary tale! 3.8kReads6.8Score187Shelves
28. 228 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, We’ll Get Revenge for You 四合院：傻柱，这仇咱替你报了 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了92k WordsCompleted Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, we'll help you get your revenge 273Reads—Score—Shelves

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29. 229 重 Reborn in the 1960s, I Made the System My Godfather. Who’d Eat Rotten Meat Now? 重生60年代，拜系统为义父，谁还吃臭肉 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了95k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1960s, I take the System as my godfather. Who still eats rotten meat? 46Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 230 游 When the Game Descended, the Simp Awakened and Became Invincible 游戏降临，舔狗觉醒后无敌了 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了60k WordsCompleted The game arrives, and after the simp awakens, he becomes invincible 41Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 231 末 The Apocalypse Doesn’t Exist, Because I’m Mentally Ill 末日，不存在的，因为我是精神病 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了80k WordsCompleted The apocalypse doesn't exist, because I'm mentally ill 41Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 232 高 High Martial: System 250, My Qi and Blood Are Soaring 高武：系统250，气血嘎嘎涨 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Male-Channel Fanfiction74k WordsCompleted High Martial: System 250, my blood energy is surging 66Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 233 四 Siheyuan: The Simp Killed the White Lotus, All in the Name of Harmony 四合院：舔狗杀了白莲花，主打一个和睦 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了84k WordsCompleted Siheyuan: The simp kills the white lotus, all in the name of harmony 61Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 234 修 Is Cultivating Immortality Hard? You Can Do It with Just Your Hands 修仙难吗？还不是有手就行 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了67k WordsCompleted Is cultivating immortality hard? You can do it as long as you have hands 23Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 235 我 I Came Here to Fight for the Emperor’s Favor, So Why Are You Making Me Fight Zombies? 我是来宫斗的，你却让我打僵尸 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Mystery72k WordsCompleted I came here to fight palace intrigue, but you want me to fight zombies. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 236 穿 I Transmigrated with a Braised Egg and Became a Princess in the Continent of Hanyue 穿越，带着卤蛋当公主，大陆翰月 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了75k WordsCompleted Transmigrate, bring a braised egg and become a princess, on the Hanyue Continent 14Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 237 七 After Seven Rebirths, I Was Spoiled Rotten, Yu Yutianmo 七次重生后我被宠上天雨宇天墨 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Ancient Romance99k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn Seven Times, I Was Doted on by Everyone, by Yu Yutianmo 4Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 瑞 Rui Guan: The Void 瑞冠虚无 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Urban1.5M WordsCompleted I was born in the central Hebei plain in 1922. Ever since I was little, demons and monsters had their eyes on me, but luckily an old woman secretly protected me. On my seventh birthday, a cat's piercing cry rang through the sky... From that day on, I embarked on a strange and dazzling path into the void! This is my true story. You can also read it as a novel, but don't connect it to reality, because this is a parallel world. 61Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 1 1938: Purification 1938，净化 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Urban1.5M WordsOngoing In the year 1938 of the Mercury Calendar, Li Chong’s soul traveled to a parallel world, where he became a six-year-old boy! He witnessed his homeland being invaded with his own eyes. So he took a Ghost Immortal as his master and embarked on the path of purification... 2.2kReads—Score162Shelves

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40. 240 四 Siheyuan: Our Damai Won’t Take This Lying Down 四合院：咱大茂绝不憋屈 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了87k WordsCompleted Siheyuan: Our Da Mao refuses to be pushed around 77Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 以 I Thought I Was the Protagonist, but Turns Out I’m Just an Extra 以为是主角，谁知是个打酱油的 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了72k WordsCompleted Thought I was the protagonist, but it turns out I'm just a bit player 61Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 242 遇 After Meeting Qi Tongwei, Things Took One Wild Turn After Another 遇到祁同伟后，那真是跌宕起伏啊 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了46k WordsCompleted After meeting Qi Tongwei, things took one wild turn after another. 63Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 243 问 Conquering the Realm, Part One: The Jizhou Tripod 问鼎天下第一部之冀州鼎 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了75k WordsCompleted Conquering the World, Part One: The Jizhou Tripod 88Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 问 Conquering the Realm, Part Two: The Yuzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第二部之豫州鼎 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了47k WordsCompleted Conquering the World, Part Two: The Yuzhou Tripod 7Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 245 问 Conquering the Realm, Part Three: The Yongzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第三部之雍州鼎 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了31k WordsCompleted Conquering the World, Part Three: The Yongzhou Tripod 7Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 问 Conquering the Realm, Part Four: In Search of the Tripods 问鼎天下第四部之寻鼎记 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了16k WordsCompleted Conquering the World, Part Four: The Quest for the Tripod 9Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 247 问 Conquering the Realm, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第五部之兖州鼎 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了27k WordsCompleted Conquering the World, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 4Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 248 问 Conquering the Realm, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第六部之徐州鼎 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了16k WordsCompleted Conquering the World, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 3Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 249 问 Conquering the Realm, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第七部之青州鼎 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了26k WordsCompleted Conquering the World, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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