Novels like Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Reborn
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- 101 Siheyuan: I’m Jia Dongxu, and I’m Critically Ill from the Start 四合院之我是贾东旭，开局病危 Lighthearted laughs + a crafty schemer + pure power fantasy After transmigrating into a courtyard compound, I became Jia Dongxu, with only three days left to live! Little Jia says, no need to panic. There's still time to have some fun! With three days left, shouldn't I have Qin Huairu take good care of me? After all, we're legally married! Who knew that one little session of being taken care of would nearly send me to the grave? Mostly because this body of mine is just too frail! Luckily, I've g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Love in the Courtyard: He Yuzhu, Changing His Fate One Point at a Time 情满四合院：加点改命的何雨柱 [Courtyard House + Everyday Life + System + Scheming + He Yuzhu] He Yuzhu, who transmigrated here, is dark-hearted and wicked. After arriving at the courtyard house, he’s like a mouse that’s fallen into a rice jar. Moral blackmail and clever schemes are nothing to him. With an all-seeing perspective, he plans every move in advance. He not only wins over all the women in the show, but also makes a fortune in that era and reaches the pinnacle of life. 279Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Reborn in an Era of Great Change 重生大变革年代 Zhang Yang was sleeping in a park when he transmigrated to the year 1965. Starting out in a courtyard, he gradually made his way onto the world stage… Any similarities are purely coincidental. 286Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 104 Roaming Through Film and Television, Starting in Siheyuan 从四合院开始漫游影视 [Love in the Courtyard + The Knockout + ...] Chen Xing can transmigrate into TV dramas and change every regretful outcome. He walks other people's paths but lives his own life. After traversing myriad worlds, he is no longer lost. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: I Chop Bricks with My Bare Hands and Drive the Beasts Insane 四合院：我空手劈砖，禽兽吓疯癫 [Period setting + farming + courtyard life + reborn + System + from the start] Li Tiancai, the ruthless heartbreaker, has arrived! A pig-slaughtering street thug, he’s tough and doesn’t waste words. If you cross him, he’ll throw down in an instant and beat those scoundrels into the ground. Qin Huairu, you want to take advantage of me? Fine. Let’s see if you live long enough to enjoy what you get! Bang Geng, you little brat, you want to steal the meat I’m saving to go with my liquor? Fine. I’ll t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: I Want to Be the Boss 四合院之我要当大爷 A young person from the new era finds their soul transported to the 1960s. With a scheming neighbor on one side and tangled workplace rivalries on the other, can they come out on top at every turn with nothing but an unreliable System? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: This Is Ridiculous! I Have an Infinite Supply of Meat 四合院：离谱！我竟然有无限肉吃 [Courtyard-house setting + System + slice of life + mild edge + period flavor + historical inventor] The story has a mild edge, so there won't be violence at the drop of a hat, though there'll still be schemes when needed. The tone is light and cheerful. Reborn as He Yuzhu, he brings his little sister along and takes in Xiaodang, whom she was supposed to replace, so he can dismantle the bloodsucking family from within. The bloodsucking mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can't drain He Yuzhu anymo 416Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 108 Siheyuan: Taking Yi Zhonghai Down First from the Start 四合院：开局先搞垮易中海 Wang Kaixuan transmigrates to the 1960s and gains a sign-in System, enjoying a carefree and happy life. His older sister marries into the capital, only to be viciously bullied by the Siheyuan's packed house of beasts. Wang Kaixuan rushes to the Siheyuan in the capital to help her, beating the courtyard's brutes and vowing to give his sister a fair and peaceful world! 514Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 109 My Happy Life in the Courtyard House 四合院我的快乐生活 302Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm a Culinary God, Competing with Silly Zhu for Women 四合院：开局食神，跟傻柱抢女人 [God of Food System + Justice Arrives + Sharpening Knives to Slaughter Poultry + Gradual Growth] As everyone knows, The Birds Fill the Courtyard is also known as Silly Zhu's Diary of a Lovesick Fool. The bloodsucking widow Qin Huairu, the village beauty Qin Jingru The innocent young Lou Xiao'e, and the steel mill beauty Yu Haitang I, Liu Changjun, am a bona fide graduate of Lanxiang Technical School, a three-star chef with a gourmet System. In no time, I'll shove Silly Zhu aside and take over as —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Siheyuan: Qin Jingru Regrets It and Wants to Throw Herself at Me? No Chance 四合院：秦京茹后悔想倒贴？没门 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Qin Hao is humiliated and rejected by Qin Jingru from the start. Qin Hao refuses to indulge her. He exposes her ugly true colors on the spot! He inherits the old man’s house and moves into the courtyard. When Bang Geng steals from him, Qin Hao sets a trap that leaves him with a broken leg! Qin Huairu wants to use her charms to bleed him dry, and Qin Jingru regrets turning him down and tries to throw herself at him? No way! The First M 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 A Comeback Journey Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的逆袭之旅 In The Courtyard House, he was He Daqing, the man widows adored. In Nothing But Thirty, he was Chen Yu, the master of keeping women on the hook. In Blossoms Shanghai, he was Zhang Anren. In Ode to Joy, he was Wang Baichuan, Fan Shengmei’s classmate... 313Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn, and the Doormat Is Turning Dark 四合院：傻柱重生，冤大头要黑化 [Siheyuan + Reborn + System + Period Drama + Feel-Good Story] In his old age, He Yuzhu was driven out of the Qin family home and died a miserable death. But he was given the chance to be reborn! He returned to the 1960s and even activated the “All Gain, No Loss” Favorability System! After being reborn, He Yuzhu learned the hard way that a lovesick loner who lets himself be used ends up with nothing. He was determined to stop being “Silly Zhu” and become “Scumbag Zhu” instead! The story begins wh 123Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 A Century-Old Family Rises to Power, Starting in Siheyuan 家族百年，从四合院开始崛起 Synopsis: Rong Yao transmigrates to 1952 and, to his surprise, finds himself in the Siheyuan Courtyard from a TV drama. He also gains a pocket dimension. After getting to Qin Huairu first, Rong Yao secretly makes his way to Hong Kong. He starts out in the media industry, then branches into clothing, beverages, real estate, retail, hotels and entertainment, and more. He establishes a security group and builds the Rong family empire. After the turn of the century, people are astonished to discover 2Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 115 Siheyuan: Back to an Era of Passion 四合院：重回激情时代 Back to that era of hunger, how will our protagonist, Fang Dali, use his ability to control the land to make sure he and the people close to him have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear? A new writer with a new book. Thanks for reading! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I Was Reborn as Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan 我重生成了四合院里的傻柱 Winter, 1950. Winter. On a railway in the Forty-Nine City. He Yuzhu was no longer the He Yuzhu he used to be. He was none other than He Yuzhu, who had come back to life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: Starting as a Temporary Worker in the Supplies Department 四合院：从物资科临时工开始 Xu Qiang wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard as Xu Damao’s younger brother, and on top of that, he is a temporary worker in the supply department who is about to be fired. 3Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: The Longevity Patriarch, Crushing All Who Defy Him 四合院：长寿老祖！镇压一切不服 I, Li Tongxuan, am the senior-most elder in the whole courtyard! What is it like to transmigrate and become a venerable ancestor in a Beijing courtyard? As his lifespan dwindles, Li Tongxuan awakens a stat-boosting panel. With enough points, he can improve any skill. Put points into the Eight-Section Brocade: loosen the muscles and bones, strengthen the breath, and live to 120! Put points into the Five-Animal Frolics: brim with energy, purge impurities, and transform from the inside out! Put poi 586Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 119 Siheyuan: I Refuse to Be Silly Zhu! 四合院：我，拒绝当傻柱！ When Silly Zhu transmigrates and activates a System, gaining a mysterious space, he unexpectedly goes into business in this era. With the System at his feet and a space at his command, getting rich is no dream. 197Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: Filling Workers' Stomachs to the Brim 四合院，让工人的胃满满登登 (This novel focuses on everyday life and realistic details, mainly depicting local customs and the historical traces of that extraordinary era.) Liu Dong, furious after being bullied by fifteen-year-old Silly Zhu, heads back to his hometown. He arrives just as his village is fighting with neighboring Qin Family Village over water. Rushing in to help, Liu Dong is unlucky enough to be beaten to death with a stick by Qin Gang, Qin Huairu's younger brother. A twenty-first-century man named Liu Don 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 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—14d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Gets Married from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱直接娶媳妇 A new work is here! 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! 1Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: The Truth Is Out, I Am the Supreme Instigator 四合院：摊牌了，我就是拱火天尊 I transmigrated into the world of The Beast-Filled Siheyuan in the 1960s, into the body of a stupid drunk who grovels at a woman's feet. Everyone around me is a beast. Sorry, but I'm worse than all of you. When I deal with these beasts, I start by laying into them with a couple of punches. Bang Geng stole a chicken? He's just a kid, no need to punish him. Let's have Qin Huairu pay for it instead. Stole food from the public canteen? Silly Zhu, you wouldn't want everyone to hear about this, would 991Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 124 A Leisurely Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之悠闲小日子 The early chapters focus on family and everyday life, with the story developing later on. Now that he’s returned to this era, he’ll simply take the time to experience life as it was. No angst, just Cao Cao’s laid-back life as he enjoys the little things. There’s a System in the early part of the story, but it leaves around the middle. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: Divine Choices Begin with Beating Bang Geng 四合院：神级选择从暴打棒梗开始 Fang Xiangdong transmigrates after ranting about the ridiculous drama Four-Hearts Courtyard! Into a world with the same name, no less! The moment he opens his eyes, he sees Bang Geng, the courtyard’s “Thieving Saint,” brazenly breaking into his home in broad daylight. Faced with this start, a System called Divine Choices binds itself to Fang Xiangdong! Several options appear before him! He’s just arrived in this world. Should he keep the peace and pretend he knows nothing, lying low for a wh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu 四合院：重生傻柱 In his old age, He Yuzhu was completely drained and left destitute. His own son and family were nowhere to be found, and he had no one to care for him. Relying on the three ungrateful members of the Jia family to look after him was nothing but wishful thinking. At last, he was driven out of his own home, his own courtyard. Looking back on his life, He Yuzhu regretted everything. On that freezing winter day, the cold and snow gave him one final layer of warmth, letting him leave this world unseen 415Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 127 Siheyuan: Sending Someone to Prison from the Start 四合院：开局送人进监狱 He transmigrated into the world of the courtyard. And in this world, his background was utterly tragic! So what should he do? Of course, send that person straight to prison! 519Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: I’m Silly Zhu, and I Marry Ran Qiuyie from the Start 四合院：我傻柱，开局迎娶冉秋叶 [Ding! Mission triggered!] As someone who had transmigrated, He Yuzhu loved hearing that sound more than anything. In an era of shortages, a System was absolutely unbeatable! 158Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu as My Reward from the Start 四合院：开局奖励秦淮茹 (Courtyard House + System!) Chen Liang was playing a game when, in the middle of it, he transmigrated into a courtyard house and returned to the 1960s. Faced with the beasts filling the courtyard, he was rewarded with Qin Huairu from the start. With a farming System of his own, he accidentally cultivated a wondrous world unlike any other! What? You can even grow planes and cannons through farming? 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: The System Makes Me Complete Missions 四合院：系统要我完成任务 Wang Jian was on his way to work when he was suddenly in a car accident. After waking up, he found himself inside Love in the Courtyard, and the System had designated him as its Host. From that moment on, his life took a different path... 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Beasts in the Siheyuan: I'm a Beast Tamer! 禽满四合院：我是训禽师！ Li Guang transmigrates into the world of "Four-Courtyard Shadows", where sign-in rewards make life a joy. Uncle One earns a high salary. Li Guang says he’s only a tiny bit behind him. How much is a tiny bit? About as much as Mount Everest. Uncle Two is obsessed with becoming an official? Consider it done. You’re now the director of the steel mill toilets! Uncle Three is stingy. Great. I’ll make sure you don’t even have a door to skimp on. Silly Zhu? Hold on. What did you just call me? Your godfa 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: The Foolish Zhu Turns Dark 四合院，傻柱黑化 In 1997, during a bitter winter, Shazhu died beneath a bridge. Only at the moment of his death did he finally see the truth. Heaven took pity on him and gave him a chance to be reborn, sending him back to that day in 1965. He refuses to be a widow’s pack mule ever again, or to raise three ungrateful ingrates. He’ll deal with Qin the Widow and tear Jia Zhangshi to pieces. He’s taking back everything that belongs to him! 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I Become the Richest Man in the Capital 四合院：重生成傻柱到四九城首富 His soul transmigrates into the courtyard, where he becomes Silly Zhu. He obtains a Grudge Points System: every point of resentment can be exchanged for one yuan, and all kinds of skills are available too. By angering the courtyard's troublemakers and racking up Grudge Points, He Yuzhu amasses a vast fortune. With his clever mind, he becomes the director of the steel mill, buys land, trades stocks, and starts companies, rising step by step to become the richest man in the capital. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Dead. I’m He Yuzhu! 四合院：傻柱已死，我是何雨柱！ Ever since Silly Zhu woke up after an accident, he had possessed a special ability: he could hear other people's thoughts. That's when he learned that all those scheming birds had been treating him like a fool. From this day on, Silly Zhu was dead. His name was He Yuzhu! 8Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: Picking Up a White Lotus? She’s My Moonlight 四合院：捡尸白莲花？白月光啊 Li Xu, a firefighter, died heroically while on duty. Carrying a shattered piece of a Spirit Spring space, he transmigrated to the Love in the Courtyard world. It was the three-year famine. Just see how Li Xu uses this tiny, broken space to make himself a carefree and prosperous life in this world! “By the way, isn’t this cultivation technique a little indecent?” Looking at the technique he’d picked up, which said it increased * ability, Li Xu couldn’t help falling into deep thought. 1Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate and Steal Qin Huairu Away 四合院：穿越截胡秦淮茹 “I transmigrated? I actually transmigrated!” By chance, he transmigrated into a courtyard home and became an ordinary resident. His older neighbor had a promising blind date, so he activated a steal-the-match System and made her his wife... He seemed ordinary, but he wasn’t. Just yesterday, the original owner inherited all of his maternal grandfather’s property: two courtyards and three storefronts. He was so thrilled that he drank himself silly. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: Laying Low and Growing Strong 四合院：苟着猥琐发育 Zhang Jianjun especially loves TV dramas that depict the customs and daily life of the 1950s and 60s. Recently, he came across a show called Love in the Courtyard, and watching it left him absolutely furious. Unexpectedly, after staying up all night watching the show and getting so worked up, he died and entered the world of Love in the Courtyard he had long dreamed of visiting. Watch as he keeps his head down among a courtyard full of scoundrels, quietly building his strength while occasionally 650Reads5.5Score10714d adds
- 138 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Get a Piece of a System 四合院：开局一块系统碎片 A fragment of the System brings Song Youlin, a man from a later era, to the world of Love in the Courtyard. See how Song Youlin matches wits with the scoundrels and shakes things up in this world. 316Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 139 Running Rampant in the Siheyuan, Toying with All the Beasts 在四合院横行霸道，肆意玩弄诸禽 The courtyard isn't about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social savvy. But when you're fantastically wealthy, what do you need social savvy for? Believe it or not, you could turn into a casualty the very next second! Liu Xuan gained access to 9,999 film and TV worlds and can transmigrate into any of them at will. He transmigrates into the courtyard, and from the start beats up Peng Geng. He only has to make a slight move to become invincible against every beast in the co 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Reborn! Surely No One Has It Worse Than Me 重生后！没有人比我混得更差了吧 What? I’ve become Jia Dongxu? The Jia Dongxu who dies early from the start? And my mother’s a spirit-summoning fanatic, my wife’s cheating on me, and my son’s a notorious thief while my daughter’s an ungrateful brat? A fine young man from the modern era is reborn in these passionate times. Watch him turn this dysfunctional family around and find a happy life of his own. 382Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: Answering the Call to Go Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside! 四合院：响应号召，上山下乡！ The call of the times has sounded, and young people across the country are about to leave their hometowns. Zhou Dong gets assigned to a fairly desirable place. But who could have guessed? The Jia family has its eye on this prize and wants to trade places with Zhou Dong. The old shrew, Yi Zhonghai, and Silly Zhu all step in. No more blabbering. Let's get straight to it. 16Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: Reborn in Silly Zhu’s Body, I Embark on a Dark Path 四合院：魂穿傻柱，开启黑化之路 “Damn, I'm still alive?” “Who am I?” “Where am I?” “Didn't I die beneath a car after saving a little girl?” “I've become He Yuzhu, also known as Silly Zhu.” “Since things have come to this, I'll be He Yuzhu. But I'm no fool, and you can forget about squeezing any more out of me.” 460Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Siheyuan: I’m He Yuzhu, No Ordinary Man 四合院：我何雨柱，岂是池中物 He Yuzhu, who died a tragic death away from home, is reborn at the age of sixteen. With unexpected help from a System, he gains a cheat that changes his life. He becomes the finest chef in the capital, its top entrepreneur, and its greatest collector. In this life, he keeps his distance from all the courtyard’s beasts and their moral blackmail, determined to live life on his own terms! 1Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 144 My Soul Transmigrated into Silly Zhu: Making My Mark in the Golden Age 魂穿傻柱，皇金年代大展宏图 After reading around twenty courtyard-house novels, curiosity got the better of me and I watched this drama. Given the courtyard-house plot as it is now, my family ended up with one fewer computer monitor... Silly Zhu is so infuriating. In the later episodes, I kept watching for the original ending, where Bang Geng kicks Silly Zhu out of the house, leaving him to freeze to death in the street without even enough money to call his son. That plotline kept me watching until the end. After I finishe 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangtian, and I'll Take on Heaven! 四合院之我是刘光天，我待上天！ [Magneto's Powers] [Founding the 749 Bureau, a Great Power's Rise to the Supernatural] [Trading Across the Heavens] [True God of the Universe] Liu Guangtian is playing a slot machine when a mysterious System takes him to the world of the courtyard, where he takes over the body of the inconspicuous Liu Guangtian. His slot machine can now award prizes, but the prizes come from movie and TV worlds and otherworlds. He can trade and transmigrate! Right from the start, he receives Magneto's genes and 2.2kReads6.1Score11514d adds
- 146 Siheyuan: The Reborn Silly Zhu's Father Takes Down the First Master 四合院：重生傻柱爹，弄死一大爷 He woke up to find himself in the world of the Siheyuan, as Silly Zhu’s father. At this point, He Daqing had already run off to Baicheng with a widow, but he had no intention of spending his life with her. Besides, he knew that after he left, his foolish son, He Yuzhu, would meet a truly tragic end. So He Daqing returned to the Siheyuan. He even earned a hero’s commendation on the train. After returning to the courtyard, He Daqing became a highly respected head chef at the steel mill and sent Yi 1Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 147 Siheyuan: The Tan Family Cuisine Heir, Rewarded for Hard Work 四合院：谭家菜传人，天道酬勤 He Yuzhu died a miserable death beneath a bridge, but at the very end, he finally saw the truth. The parasitic white lotus Qin Huairu, the ungrateful brat Banggeng she'd painstakingly raised, the First Uncle who used moral pressure to control him, the Second Uncle who threw his weight around, the scheming Third Uncle, and the little man Xu Damao! That little courtyard was full of beasts. He was the only one who was truly human. As he closed his eyes, he swore to the heavens: if he got another —Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 148 Siheyuan: From the Start, Bang Geng Shows Up to Steal My Fiancée 四合院：开局棒梗上门抢我未婚妻 After an unexpected turn of events, Li Yan arrives in a Beijing courtyard compound in the 1980s. Before he's even had a chance to settle in, Banggeng shows up with his fiancée to break off their engagement. I'm a young man in the prime of my life. It's only fair that you pay me compensation for emotional distress, right? Silly Zhu's family opens a big restaurant, so of course I can open one across the street from them and hire He Daqing as my chef, right? This is a story about starting a busines 2Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 149 A Happy Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之幸福人生 Zheng Jianye, a 29-year-old virgin, got blackout drunk and ended up in the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he began to let loose. He was ready to leave his old life behind and enjoy himself. He'd keep his options open and let those flags keep flying. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 System: Are You Sure This Is a Siheyuan? 系统：你确定这是四合院？ Transmigration into the Courtyard + Infinite Worlds + Original Plot + Female Leads from Film and TV + System Theme: The autumn wind should know my intent and sweep away all injustice beneath heaven. P.S. There's a major mastermind behind the scenes. Let's see who can guess who it is. If you guess right, I'll change it, hahaha. Zhou Feifan, an online troll from the 21st century, accidentally ended up in the world of Love in the Courtyard after insulting his fans. After awakening his System, he th —Reads—Score—14d adds
