Novels like Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Red Packet Group
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Red Packet Group, best match first.
- 101 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn and Goes on a Blind Date with Yu Li from the Start 四合院：重生傻柱开局相亲于莉 He Yuzhu, a food delivery rider, was hit by a truck after running a red light. He transmigrated to a courtyard house in 1959 and became a chef with the same name, He Yuzhu, nicknamed Silly Zhu. 4.2kReads6.7Score268Shelves
- 102 In Siheyuan, I Just Want to Be a Nobody 四合院我只想做个小透明 Chen Tian, a young man from modern times, transmigrates into the world of a courtyard drama. He only wanted to keep a low profile, but finds himself drawn into the courtyard's conflicts all the same. For the sake of a happy life, he has no choice but to go with the flow and match wits with the courtyard's residents. 21Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 103 Siheyuan: Don’t Try to Guilt-Trip Me 四合院：不要道德绑架我 Ma Tengfei has just transmigrated from the future when he finds himself at the utterly absurd whole-courtyard assembly. Jia Dongxu had died only recently, and the First Master is already using moral pressure to make me help the Jia family. But if I want to get married someday, I'm not about to let the Jia family bleed me dry. 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Siheyuan: I Have a Cultivation System 四合院之我有一个修行系统 Given another life, I’ll live it with my eyes open and enjoy every minute. I’ll never let anyone control me again. For my own happiness, let them all hate me if they want. I’m He Yuzhu. Same old courtyard, a completely different life. I’m here, dear neighbors! 466Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 105 Siheyuan's Top Chef 四合院之顶级厨师 Xiao Ran, an ordinary college graduate, had finally found a job that barely paid enough to get by when he suddenly transmigrated to Love in the Courtyard, set in the late 1950s. What kind of sparks will a young person from the 21st century create in the 20th century?! [A lighthearted story! Low on angst! Everyday life!] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Siheyuan: Reborn, Silly Zhu Has the Power to Read Minds 四合院：重生后，傻柱有了读心术 This book isn't especially dark in tone. The protagonist's personality is kept as close as possible to that of the original character, and the plot is designed to fit the historical setting. People won't be killed or crippled at the drop of a hat, and there are no disgusting scenes like falling into a cesspit. This isn't the kind of power fantasy where the protagonist fights or kills whenever he feels like it! He Yuzhu, who was drained dry by Qin Huairu and ultimately died alone, has been reborn 4.2kReads7.6Score131Shelves
- 107 A Happy Siheyuan Life Beginning in the 1950s 四合院幸福生活从五十年代开始 [Siheyuan + transmigrate + Qin Huairu + golden finger] Not a brainless power fantasy, and not too much hostility After transmigrating into a siheyuan, he becomes the hapless fool Sha Zhu. Fortunately, it’s the 1950s, and nothing has started yet. Why keep chasing after a widow? Wouldn’t it be better to have Qin Huairu all to yourself? Life may be hard in the 1950s, but I have a System. See how the protagonist makes a happy life for himself in this era. 125Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 108 A Capable Man in the Siheyuan 四合院里的能人 Happy to have transmigrated? Sure. He just never expected to be forced to split up the family from the start, followed by his parents’ untimely deaths. He may have a golden finger, but it’s not what he imagined. Amid the everyday squabbles of a courtyard household and the old Beijing life beneath Zhengyang Gate, watch how Zhang Jingqian carves a path through this turbulent era. (A story in the Courtyard series. This book isn’t particularly dark or hostile.) 209Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 109 The Big Player in the Siheyuan 四合院里的大玩咖 My name is Chu Heng. Chu, as in tyrannical and overbearing; Heng, as in Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu. In everything I do, I prefer to win people over with virtue. Don't believe me? Ask my neighbors. The courtyard's feathered beasts: Oh, absolutely... You're right about everything! (This story isn't that full of spite, but I won't let them off easily, either!) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Siheyuan: Love in the Courtyard 四合院之情满四合院 This book brings together Love in the Courtyard, Under the Zhengyang Gate, The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate, and Men Are Iron, Rice Is Steel. Watch the protagonist make waves with the help of the System, enjoy a house full of children and grandchildren, and live a thoroughly happy life. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, the Shameless God 四合院之贱神许大茂 Xu Damao is a dim-witted young man who spends all day acting like a jerk. One day, he accidentally falls into a latrine. When he wakes up, he discovers to his dismay that he has transmigrated into the plot of Love in the Courtyard and, by a cruel twist of fate, become the villain Xu Damao, whose name sounds exactly like his own. What is he supposed to do now? With no other choice, he keeps acting cute and playing the fool. Luckily, he gets a Jerk System: whenever someone feels disgusted by him, 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: Cao Cao Transmigrates into Xu Damao 四合院：曹操穿越许大茂 After waking from a nap, Cao Cao found himself transformed into Xu Damao, the good man of the courtyard. What golden finger? I, Cao Cao, am the greatest golden finger of all. Do the Jian'an literary style and the poems of Wei Wudi count? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 In the Siheyuan: I Drive for the Factory Manager 四合院之我为厂长开车门 In the winter of 1962, Huo Yaoguang returned from the southwest and set out on the journey home. One heroine. No womanizing, no saintly do-gooding. He lives only for himself and has absolutely no grand ambitions. 2Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 114 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, While the Troublemakers Suffer 四合院：多子多福，禽兽叫苦 Chen Deming transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and, of all things, finds himself a beautiful wife. Over the next few years, they have seven children in a row. Each of his seven sons has a special talent. Some are highly skilled in martial arts, some are exceptionally intelligent, and others have extraordinary abilities… Then one day, Bang Geng tries to teach Chen Deming's seven sons a lesson. Chen Deming's sons break his ribs on the spot. Jia Zhangshi: “You dare hit my grandson? I'll kill —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Siheyuan: The Peerless Chef He Yuzhu 四合院：绝代厨神何雨柱 “He Yuzhu, in your last life, Yi Zhonghai kept you like a dog, the Jia family bled you dry, and you even drove He Yushui into lifelong depression...” The instant the System's mechanical voice exploded in his mind, the fifteen-year-old clenched his fist, his nails piercing his palm. [Novice mission activated: Survival Mode: Battle for Survival in the Siheyuan] [Proficiency System bound: Skill Points = Effort × Emotion × Revenge] 4.2kReads6.1Score184Shelves
- 116 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu at 16 in 1944 四合院：1944少年何雨柱 After transmigrating into the role of a young Silly Zhu in a period drama, he finds himself in a world that includes not only Love in the Courtyard, but also A Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate. See how I change my fate and alter the course of the story. 131Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 117 Making a Fortune Through Farming in the Siheyuan 四合院我靠种田发家致富 The protagonist, Zhang Jianguo, transmigrates to the Courtyard and gains a pocket dimension. He farms his way to prosperity and a happy life, punishing the villains while enjoying his own modest pleasures. He watches the Courtyard's drama unfold with a smile. 12Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 118 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated Several Decades Too Early 四合院：穿越早了几十年 Everyone wants to transmigrate, but what do you do if you end up in a courtyard compound decades too early? What do you do when someone points a bayonet at your face? We need answers, and fast! Follow the exciting life of a skinny weakling, from the War of Resistance against Japan to the courtyard compound. 3Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 119 Siheyuan: A Dashing and Carefree Life 四合院之风流潇洒的生活 Reborn in a Siheyuan, he becomes Silly Zhu's neighbor and watches the courtyard descend into hilarious chaos. Jia Zhangshi wants to take advantage of him, and the First Uncle tries to guilt-trip him with moral blackmail. He sends them all packing and lives life on his own terms in the Siheyuan! 645Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 120 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Redirected Jia Dongxu's Romantic Luck 四合院：开局转移贾东旭的桃花运 Zhou Quan: Jia Dongxu, I’m taking your luck with women. The original, authentic Thirteenth Aunt? Delicious. Silly Zhu, I’m taking your martial luck. That arm you’ve trained for over a decade is mine now. Xu Damao, I’m taking your fortune. Deputy Director Li, I’m taking yours too. From now on, finding money just by going out is no dream. You could even dig up a gold bar while looking for worms to use as fishing bait. First Master, Second Master, I’m taking your career luck. From now on, you can b 38Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 121 Siheyuan: A Street Roamer's Quest for the Way in the Mortal World 四合院之街溜子红尘问道 Reborn + courtyard house drama + multiple heroines + System + pocket dimension + sly schemer Originally named Wu Fan, Li Laifu was a broke loser from the twenty-first century. He was reborn in the body of a street loafer in 1952! How could Qin Huairu not be tempting? Nonsense! She could let everyone down, but the one person she would never betray was her husband. So, she had to be won over. 41.5kReads7.0Score3.6kShelves
- 122 Siheyuan: I Handed the Technology to the Nation, and the Ne'er-Do-Wells Panicked 四合院：技术交给国家，禽兽慌了 Xu Guoqiang transmigrates to the 1960s world of Love in the Courtyard. His notebook, computer, and phone all come along with him, and he suddenly discovers that his computer and phone can connect to Wi-Fi. From then on, he begins a cheat-powered life in the capital. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Siheyuan: I Moved House with My Sister from the Start 四合院：开局就带妹妹搬房 He Yuzhu accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes the protagonist, Silly Zhu. He is surprised to learn that his father, He Daqing, eloped with a widow to Baicheng more than half a year ago, while the original Silly Zhu hasn’t yet started working at the future Red Star Steel Mill. He Yuzhu also discovers that although there are plenty of “beasts” in the courtyard, Jia Dongxu is still alive and well, so Yi Zhonghai and the others haven’t started scheming —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Yuzhu, Yi Zhonghai, Pay Me Back 四合院：重生何雨柱，易中海还钱 After the Jia family’s ungrateful wolves drove elderly He Yuzhu out of their home, he starved to death beneath a bridge and was torn apart by wild dogs. Looking back, He Yuzhu could only feel helpless. But fortunately, Heaven gave He Yuzhu another chance at life. He returned to 1952, the year He Daqing ran off to Baoding with the White Widow! Reborn, He Yuzhu decides to turn over a new leaf, stop letting those beasts control him, and get revenge on them while he’s at it! First, he makes Yi Zhong 3.2kReads6.5Score100Shelves
- 125 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Have Silly Zhu Sent to the Firing Squad 四合院：开局请傻柱吃枪子 Ye Xuan is sent flying by a wild yak while on a road trip and accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s! He becomes a nobody in a courtyard compound. His parents died serving in the military, and he makes a living collecting scrap with his younger sister! From the start, he sends Silly Zhu and Yi Zhonghai away to face the firing squad! Then he sends Jia Zhangshi and the Deaf Old Lady away to serve time in prison! The retirement gang? Heh! He’ll wipe them all out! Punishing these beasts is his duty 668Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 126 Reborn in the Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Story Begins in 1951 四合院重生从51年何雨柱开始 (Slice of life + period drama + food + saving E Huang + social troublemaker + no System) “Son! There’s another five hundred thousand in the cabinet under the bed. Dad’s making a run for it!” He Daqing said quietly before turning around and heading far away. “Silly Zhu! I swear I’ll make your life hell!” Xu Damao crouched in a shadowy corner, eyes narrowed as he ground out the words through clenched teeth. “Silly Zhu! Give me money for my old age! Do you still want to get married and have a life? 1.9kReads7.1Score101Shelves
- 127 Reincarnated as He Yuzhu 魂穿何雨柱 Soul transmigration! Not being reborn! So there’s less angst! If it’s not to your taste, you can leave! Please go easy on me!!! [System + transmigration + top-tier torment + total control + guaranteed troublemaking] In the 21st century, corporate drudge Yuan Shisan struggled every day with KPIs and overtime, living the life of a stereotypical corporate workhorse. After an accident, he transmigrated into the world of The Four-Sided Courtyard and became the overly kind, constantly schemed-agains 24.8kReads6.7Score1.2kShelves
- 128 Siheyuan: An Eighth-Rank Fitter Dotes on Huairu from the Start! 四合院：开局八级钳工娇宠淮茹！ System + devoted husband + doting dad + reformed playboy + feel-good power fantasy Don’t worry too much about the original show’s timeline. If that bothers you, read at your own risk! He opens and closes his eyes, only to find himself in the body of Jia Dongxu, who died young in the courtyard! From the start, he awakens a devoted-husband System. Earn affection points by doting on his wife, and you can draw prizes? His first draw gives him a portable space, so he’ll never go hungry or thirsty! A 52Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 129 Silly Zhu’s New Life in the Courtyard 四合院傻柱的新生 What would become of Silly Zhu if he transmigrated into a siheyuan courtyard? How would he deal with all the schemers there? A reborn Silly Zhu is slowly making his entrance. 113Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 Siheyuan: My Original Self Was Kicked to Death from the Start, Time for Revenge! 四合院，开局原身被踢死，报仇！ On a dark and stormy night, Lin Yang sat alone in front of his computer, constantly pulling tissues from the box on his desk. It was freezing that day, and after sitting at his computer playing Minecraft, both his hands had turned stiff and purple. All Lin Yang could do was keep wiping his nose. Just as the character he was controlling walked across the screen, lightning suddenly struck it. At the same time, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and struck him, leaving not even a trace behi 438Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 131 A Happy Life Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的幸福生活 Ye Feng transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and puts the courtyard’s vermin in their place. After gaining cooking skills, he steadily takes Silly Zhu’s job away from him and becomes the head chef of the stir-fry kitchen at the steel mill, kicking off a joyful life full of chaos in the courtyard. Yi Zhonghai: “Xiao Ye, listen to your First Uncle and give your house to Jia Zhangshi. Her family has so many people crammed into one room, and Qin Huairu has it tough.” Ye Feng: “Get lost. I don’t 82Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Red-Hot Days 四合院：傻柱火红的日子 [Siheyuan]+ [Mildly edgy]+ [Everyday life]+ [No melodrama] He Yuzhu, an industrial designer, opens his eyes and finds himself in the body of He Yuzhu, the protagonist of Love in the Courtyard. But it’s 1944! He Yushui has just been born and is crying to be fed. He Daqing is about to lose his job. His mother, Shen Guizhi, is on her deathbed, and the Japanese are causing trouble... In his previous life, He Yuzhu was hot-tempered, and now that temper has been fused with the impulsive, simple-minded 11.5kReads6.8Score491Shelves
- 133 Siheyuan: It All Began When They Called Me Silly Zhu 四合院之从被叫傻柱开始 No System, no pocket dimension. Just an ordinary person from northeastern China in a later era, who transmigrates into He Yuzhu. It's simply a collection of things he experiences over the years, through all the ups and downs. The story is basically free of angst! Note: An original story with a single heroine. It doesn't follow the plot very closely, and some things will be labeled with their sources. You can basically think of it as a Siheyuan story in disguise. Also: The author has already comp 1.3kReads6.9Score—Shelves
- 134 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Fantastical Life of Turning the Tables 四合院：逆袭，何雨柱的魔幻人生 He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes sixteen-year-old He Yuzhu. After awakening an absurdly powerful System, he has to start from scratch, but his talent is just as absurdly powerful. Without her father, He Yushui becomes everyone’s beloved darling. Yi Zhonghai, who had been plotting against He Yuzhu, is left completely dumbfounded. Years later, He Yuzhu looks back on his life. “I’ve spent my whole life walking on thin ice!” 1.9kReads6.4Score101Shelves
- 135 Siheyuan: A Beauty System from the Start 四合院之开局获得变美系统 He Yuzhu is reborn as Silly Zhu when he was a child and awakens the Beautification System. Watch Silly Zhu grow from a prematurely mature boy into a capable young man, split from his family, take a job at the rolling mill, leave the two-faced Qin Huairu behind, marry and have children, and live a happy life. 106Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 136 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Past and Present Lives 四合院：何雨柱的前世今生 A different kind of new courtyard-house story. He Yuzhu is reborn in his later years and sees the fickleness of human nature for what it is. Given another life, he is determined to live it differently. To his surprise, once he leaves the courtyard's lowlifes behind, his life becomes remarkably brilliant. 2.9kReads8.2Score101Shelves
- 137 Siheyuan: I Have a Farm 四合院【我有一座农场】 (This book has little angst and is mostly about everyday life. It may not suit some readers.) Zhao Jie transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan stories. His father is the chief engineer at a steel mill, and his mother is the head of the hospital’s internal medicine department. He himself is the head of the steel mill’s procurement department. His little sister is in primary school, and his girlfriend is Lou Xiao'e. On his eighteenth birthday, the System arrives and gives him a space farm he 3Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 138 Siheyuan: I Woke Up as Silly Zhu 四合院：起床发现自己成了傻柱 [Buddhist-minded male lead] + [one female lead] + [bystanders watching the drama] + [excellent cooking] + [no hoarding a courtyard house] + [no going to Hong Kong] + [no collecting antiques] He Tianci, a university student in the 21st century, transmigrates into He Yuzhu in the early 1950s, during the fiery era. He marries his master's daughter, Luo Yanran, and they have several adorable children. He changes Silly Zhu's life, relying on the cooking skills he learned with the help of his golden f 6kReads6.0Score155Shelves
- 139 Siheyuan: A Life Facing the Sun 四合院之向阳而生 A massive workplace accident at the Red Star Steel Mill claimed the lives of several workers. Two of the dead were from the same courtyard alone. One was from the Jia family, the other from the Li family. The Jia family had an old woman, a widow, two children, and one posthumous child. The Li family had an old woman, a widow, and three children. Jia Zhangshi: “The neighbors are eating meat and they don’t even think to bring any over for us widows and orphans! Old Jia! Dongxu! Take them away with 4Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 140 Reborn: I Rewrite the Plot in Siheyuan 重生：我在四合院改剧情 This story features multiple female leads and a daily dose of putting the courtyard's troublemakers in their place. He Yuzhu, a modern man, is reborn as Silly Zhu in a parallel-world courtyard and awakens a Modified Plot System. He earns rewards simply by changing the story. Jia Dongxu: “Silly Zhu, if you keep staring at Huairu, I'll kill you!” He Yuzhu: “Pah! You're a dead man and don't even know death is coming for you.” Yan Bugui: “Silly Zhu, how can a bachelor like you eat all those leftover 3.5kReads6.4Score143Shelves
- 141 Siheyuan: I, Silly Zhu, Will Never Be a Doormat 四合院:我傻柱绝不做冤大头 In a moment of excitement while watching "The Story of the Full Courtyard", he somehow travels back to the 1960s and becomes He Yuzhu! Faced with Qin Huairu, who only wants to bleed him dry, three scheming neighborhood elders, and a bunch of ungrateful backstabbers... He Yuzhu lets out a cold laugh. “My new life starts with setting this courtyard straight!” 610Reads7.2Score126Shelves
- 142 The Doctor of the Siheyuan 四合院的医生 In his previous life, the protagonist was a master physician who collapsed on the operating table after exhausting himself during surgery. After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he became He Yuzhu’s biological older brother. Watch him teach those villains a lesson. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Starts by Selling Steamed Buns 四合院：傻柱从卖包子开始 [No System + Mundane Daily Life + One Female Lead + Entrepreneurship Later On + Low on Aggression (Not Your Thing? Don’t Read)] Brother Qiang started his business selling fish, while He Yuzhu starts by selling buns! In 1949, his father flees early, leaving He Yuzhu to face the courtyard’s pests alongside his younger sister. Using the educational advantages of a transmigrator, he goes to high school, attends university, and becomes a department head at the steel mill! The Big Leader: “You’re well 4.8kReads5.4Score—Shelves
- 144 Siheyuan: My Sister Is Qin Huairu 四合院：我姐姐是秦淮茹 Note: This isn't an especially bitter or intense story, just an ordinary tale set in a bygone era, with some plotlines involving characters from the courtyard house. My older sister is Qin Huairu, and she actually had someone send food back for me? How can I believe that? Forget it. To avoid giving myself away, I'll just enlist in the army anyway. Five years later, in the winter of 1965, Qin Jianjun is discharged and reassigned to civilian work... The story begins here. 311Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 145 Siheyuan: Fishing in Troubled Waters 四合院之浑水摸鱼 One flap of a transmigrator's butterfly wings, and Jia Dongxu doesn't die, the First Uncle gets a biological son, the Second Uncle earns a diploma through studying, the Third Uncle starts a profitable side business, and Xu Damao marries a formidable wife! The neighbors are all minding their own business, and Silly Zhu gets married early too, settling into a happy life with a wife and kids at home. See how the obscure He Yushui plays the pig to eat the tiger and stirs up the whole mess in the cou 271Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Siheyuan: Hitting the Gas from Hu Tong Tian Zao 四合院：从胡同田枣开始狂飙 This book is being revised, with a System being added. The main storyline is being adjusted to better match the original show. For example, Hongbin Restaurant didn't exist until 1955. For example, He Yuzhu only worked at the neighborhood committee before he was sixteen. For example, Jia Dongxu never lost Dandan. Revision 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 From the Start, I Pick Up Attributes in the Siheyuan, and the Foul Neighbors Lose It 开局四合院捡属性，众禽坏掉了 Cao Kun transmigrated into the world of "The Birds of the Courtyard", where the Jia family coveted his wages, savings, and property deed, and even came knocking to ask him to support their household. Fortunately, he gained a golden finger that let him pick up attributes: strength, speed, physique, spirit, charisma, stamina, and all kinds of stats that soared day by day. That wasn't all. He could also find all kinds of treasure chests. He found a treasure chest and opened it to obtain Fishing Ski 2.4kReads5.5Score173Shelves
- 148 Siheyuan: Beat Up the Troublemakers and Build a Fortune! 四合院：暴打众禽，发家致富！ [Siheyuan + Cao Xiang + cameos from other period dramas + a touch of aggression] Jiang Beiliang transmigrated into the body of an idiot in a Siheyuan. He discovered that not only had his parents died, leaving him an orphan, but the entire courtyard had been bullying him. He was accused of stealing a chicken right from the start. Jiang Beiliang was furious! I’m not the same crazy idiot Jiang Beiliang I used to be! Anyone who bullies me gets beaten up! What?! You want me to stop? Dream on! I’m cou 144Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 149 Siheyuan: I, Yan Jiefang, Dominate the Southeast 四合院：我闫解放称霸东南 Reborn in a Siheyuan, he starts by battling the courtyard's nasty neighbors, sweeps up antiques from the Four Olds, and experiences the Down to the Countryside Movement, with Blood Romance woven in along the way. Seizing his chance, he sweeps through the old villages and becomes the richest hegemon in Southeast Asia in the twentieth century. 5.3kReads8.3Score233Shelves
- 150 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Want a Son! 四合院：我许大茂要生儿子！ A top student from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard house, only to find himself in the body of Xu Damao, the man everyone loves to hate! He’s going to change all that. He’ll turn Xu Damao into a good person, and make sure Xu Damao has a son, too! 55Reads—Score—Shelves
