Novels like Siheyuan: Taking Silly Zhu’s Place from the Start
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- 51 Siheyuan: Back to the 1950s, Defying the Heavens with My Insight 四合院：重回五十年代，逆天领悟 Xu Hu transmigrates back to the 1950s and binds to a System. With heaven-defying comprehension, he can quickly master anything after just a little practice. Watch someone cook for a little while, and he quickly picks up the tricks of the trade. Practice tai chi one morning, and he quickly grasps its deepest principles. Watch someone brew liquor, and he goes on to create a famous spirit that takes the whole country by storm. But the troublemakers in the courtyard relentlessly ostracize Xu Hu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Siheyuan: I Take Silly Zhu as My Little Brother 四合院，我收傻柱做弟弟 Transmigrating to a parallel 1950, I never expected to end up living in the courtyard from Love in the Courtyard. I don't want to see the scheming and petty squabbles in the compound all over again in this new life, so Zhang Jianguo simply takes Silly Zhu on as his younger brother. To change the plot, he even puts up the money and effort to help He Daqing marry Qin Huairu. Now the courtyard should have a few fewer headaches, right? 11Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 53 Siheyuan: My Home Was Snatched from the Start 四合院，开局被抢房 Is transmigration a lucky break from heaven? No... For Ye Lin, it was the worst possible start... Famine, housing, his future, and schemes from his neighbors all came crashing down on him. With no System, he'd just have to fight for it himself... Watch the protagonist thrive in the Four-Heated Courtyard and give his family the good life everyone envies. 1kReads—Score101Shelves
- 54 Siheyuan: My Luck with Women Is Impossible to Resist 四合院：我的桃花运挡都挡不住 A new work is out! You can read my story 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
- 55 Siheyuan: Becoming a Chef in 1955 四合院：在五五年做厨师 The story of Love in the Courtyard takes place in 1955, and the male lead is He Yuzhu. The plot will be along the lines of A Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate. It won’t have so many negative emotions. I want to tell an ordinary, peaceful story based on a TV drama, without too many plot twists. It will be different from Birds Fill the Courtyard. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Siheyuan: The Beasts Are Sickos, but I'm Even Worse 四合院：禽兽变态，我更变态 Liu Junlin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and activates the Ghost-Control System from the start. If those scoundrels come looking for trouble, they’re just asking for trouble. Starting with Jia Dongxu, they’ll all come knocking just to get themselves killed! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Siheyuan: My Name Is Zhang Xingwen 四合院：我叫张兴文 Hypocritical and self-righteous, the “Yue Buqun” of the Huashan Sect, First Uncle Yi Zhonghai. All he wants is a government post. He loves scrambled eggs and believes that a good beating makes a dutiful son: Second Uncle Liu Haizhong. “Food won’t make you poor, clothes won’t make you poor, but failing to keep an eye on your money will.” Known to everyone as “Yan the Miser”: Third Uncle Yan Fugui. The self-proclaimed “queen of the seas” and “mastermind behind every cheater”: the “white lotus” Qin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 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—Shelves
- 59 The Siheyuan's Troublesome Neighbors: Begging for Forgiveness 四合院众禽：求原谅 Fang Chang is reborn in a Beijing courtyard compound in 1963. In the courtyard opposite the Beast-Filled Courtyard, Yi Zhonghai shows up from the start with his apprentice Jia Dongxu and his family, trying to force Fang Chang to lend them his house. Fang Chang smiles and sends Yi Zhonghai off to the station for a cup of tea, then slowly strips Qin Huairu of her henchmen one by one. 3Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 60 Siheyuan: A Good Appetite Is a Blessing, Max Level Through Eating Alone 四合院：能吃是福，满级全靠吃 The 1960s were a special era. After the protagonist died in his previous life, he arrived in this era, but it took eighteen years for his memories from that life to merge with his current ones. He then learned that he was living in the script of a show he had watched in his previous life, one that people jokingly called The Courtyard of Beasts. But something seemed off about the timeline, because the source of all the trouble apparently hadn’t died yet, and the courtyard was rather peaceful. Aft 4.2kReads8.1Score131Shelves
- 61 Starting in the World of Siheyuan 从四合院世界开始 A soul from modern times transmigrates and is reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard. As he grows older, what kind of waves will he make? Will he uncover the truth about the world? 9Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: After Waking from My Dream, I’ll Never Be Silly Zhu Again 四合院：梦醒之后，再也不当傻柱 He Yuzhu opened his eyes, drained the drink in his glass, and let out a soft laugh. He laughed at himself for never striving for more, content to stand by the stove and still thinking he was something special. He laughed at himself for being such a pushover, letting a woman control him all his life and even raising someone else’s child for her. He laughed because he had been given a second chance at life. Heaven had treated him well. He had made up his mind. Since Heaven had let him dream this d 6.4kReads8.5Score179Shelves
- 63 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn in 1956 四合院：傻柱重生56年 He Yuzhu, who died a miserable death beneath a bridge, is reborn as a teenager. In an era of scarce supplies, having a pocket dimension is essential if you want a comfortable life. Surrounded by beasts, He Yuzhu wants nothing to do with them and only wants to live his own quiet life. But the beasts won't leave him alone. When Qin Huairu asks to borrow grain and He Yuzhu refuses, Jia Zhangshi runs straight to his door and makes a scene. Yi Zhonghai takes the Jia family's side and targets the He f 506Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 64 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—Shelves
- 65 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—Shelves
- 66 Siheyuan: Starting Before the Founding of the Nation 四合院：从建国前开始 Li Dahai transmigrated to the years before the founding of the People’s Republic and ended up in the body of a boy who was barely grown. The good news: New China was about to be founded, and he had a sign-in System. The bad news: he was frail and had two younger brothers to support. The System was also a crippled version. For him, the most important thing now was simply to stay alive. 189Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu Away and Make Jia Zhangshi Furious 四合院：截胡秦淮茹，气哭贾张氏 Wei Jianguo transmigrates to a Siheyuan in the 1950s. After graduating from university, he’s assigned to the transport team at a steel mill. On his first day in the Siheyuan, he meets Qin Huairu on her way to a matchmaking date with the Jia family and promptly steals her away! The courtyard’s scourge, Jia Zhangshi, has to be driven out! Yan Bugui is trying to take advantage of me? He can keep dreaming! Granny Deaf’s identity is suspicious? Shoot her on the spot! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Rise to Power 四合院：从傻柱升官开始 Silly Zhu was never stupid. He just had a screw loose. After being reborn, he tells Qin Huairu that if she wants to keep leeching off him, fine, but she’d better show some sincerity. From the start, he tells the deputy factory manager, “I want a promotion.” What? He has to wait two years? No way. The paperwork has to be issued within three days... 332Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 69 A New Life Begins at Zhengyang Gate 从正阳门开始的新生 Also known as Winning by a Narrow Margin: He Zhefei. A senior engineer at a state-owned steelmaking company in the twenty-first century throws himself into stock trading, becoming one of countless little investors fleeced by capitalists. After countless sleepless nights, he finally drops dead from exhaustion. His soul travels back to the early days of the People’s Republic of China, into the body of a top student who studied in the Soviet Union. Then he receives a letter: “What? This is Under th 164Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Siheyuan: With Yi Zhonghai in My Corner, I Can Happily Slack Off Forever 四合院：背靠易中海，摆烂乐无边 In the autumn of 1962. After a deafening train whistle, Qin Yang arrives at the courtyard home to seek refuge with his uncle, Yi Zhonghai. Qin Yang: Yi Zhonghai is my uncle, so I’m already standing on the moral high ground. That means I can lie flat and slack off! Yi Zhonghai: I have a grandnephew. Why would I need Jia Dongxu or Silly Zhu to look after me? My grandnephew is family by blood! 1Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 71 Siheyuan: Blacksmith, Spare Me! 四合院：铁匠，饶命！ Ye Fan wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Birds Full of the Courtyard. He has become a blacksmith. And right on its heels comes a strange System. The God-Tier Positive Energy Master System! Ding! Negative emotions from Liu Haizhong: +588. Reward: 10,000 yuan! Ding! Negative emotions from Qin Huairu: +1,888. Reward: one luxury car! Ding! Negative emotions from Silly Zhu: +5,888. Reward: a courtyard house... Ye Fan: If people leave me alone, I leave them alone. Whoever me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Siheyuan: He Daqing, 1965 四合院之何大清1965 A veteran spy in his fifties wakes up in He Daqing's body. Watch this middle-aged man whip the courtyard's miscreants into shape! There's a little violence and a bit of aggression. My first work has its flaws, and I hope to learn alongside all my readers. 1.1kReads8.9Score—Shelves
- 73 Siheyuan: Bringing Qin Huairu to the Modern Era to Work Like a Horse 四合院：带秦淮茹回现代当牛做马 Li Xu obtains the “Movie and TV Survival System.” He has to bring characters from Love in the Courtyard to the modern day and help them survive for ten days, while making sure his chosen target earns ten thousand yuan. For his first target, he chooses Qin Huairu. Watch Qin Huairu figure out how to survive in modern society! 2.2kReads7.0Score132Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: Starting with Delivering Bang Geng 四合院：从接生棒梗开始 Doctor Zheng Mingliang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He unlocks two golden fingers: “Max-Level Medical Skills” and “God-Tier Choices.” From the start, he delivers Bang Geng? Bang Geng dies at birth? He treats Grandma Deaf, and she promptly kicks the bucket? And then there’s Yi Zhonghai... Animals? Sorry, I specialize in treating animals! 245Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 75 Reborn in the Siheyuan: I Refuse to Be Anyone's Fool 重生四合院：打死不做冤大头 He Yuzhu transmigrates into the body of He Yuzhu. He becomes Ma Guobao's disciple! Knowing the original story's plot, he sets out on a different path of his own. Learn to cook? No way! I'm going to study hard and serve my country! 2Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 76 Siheyuan: I'll Take Back Everything I Lost 四合院：失去的我要全都拿回来 Silly Zhu grew old, with no one left to care for him. He froze to death beneath a bridge. Then he was reborn in 1953. In this life, Silly Zhu finally understood who had truly treated him well. And so, he became a completely different person! 7Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 77 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated to 1963 and Live-Stream the Siheyuan 四合院：穿越六三年，直播四合院 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Siheyuan: A Yard Full of Beasts, Anyone Who Crosses Me Gets Wiped Out 四合院：满院禽兽，谁惹废谁 Zhou Yang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He becomes an ordinary resident. From the start, he awakens a sign-in System. Every sign-in brings a reward, and he can even gain god-tier skills! He eats meat at every meal, making the scoundrels drool with envy! Bang Geng steals from him? He breaks the kid’s legs! An elder tries to threaten him? He becomes an elder himself! Anyone tries to take advantage of him? He’ll cripple whoever dares! 198Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 79 Siheyuan: I'll Show My Strength, Not Be Anyone's Punching Bag 四合院：我要展雄风，不做出气包 Xu Damao transmigrates from the modern era to the 1960s. And, as luck would have it, he transmigrates into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. Such is fate. Now that I’m in this world, I’m going to live life on my own terms. I’ll show what I’m made of, and I’ll never be anyone’s punching bag!!! —Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 80 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Photographer in the Publicity Department 四合院：从宣传科摄影师开始 Everyday life, low on conflict, so read without worry. The courtyard isn’t about fighting and killing, it’s about navigating human relationships. Lin Xiang transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a photographer in the propaganda department of a steel mill. Life seems peaceful, but under the surface, currents are running strong. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Siheyuan: Zhou Wenzhong 四合院之周文忠 Zhou Wenzhong's story of striving, viewing the world from another perspective. 33Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 82 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Carefree Life 四合院：傻柱的逍遥人生 [One Heroine + Period Setting + Farming] In his previous life, He Yuzhu spent his whole life simping for Qin Huairu, only to be kicked out of her home by Bang Geng and freeze to death beneath a bridge. Reborn, he finally came to his senses. He would never simp for a widow again, especially one with a son. He only wanted to use his knowledge of the future to avoid the traps in the courtyard and live a leisurely life with Lou Xiao'e. A warm home with his wife and children would make up for the reg 3.9kReads7.8Score120Shelves
- 83 Siheyuan: I'm a Layabout, and the Whole Courtyard Wants Me to Get a Divorce 四合院：我街溜子，全院劝离婚 The wealthy Song He is reborn as a resident of a courtyard compound, the sole survivor of a family of fallen heroes, and becomes a notorious layabout in the surrounding villages. Looking at his hungry daughter and beautiful wife, Song He decides to change everything. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Siheyuan: I Just Want a Peaceful Life 四合院：我只想安逸的生活 Zhang Xiaotian transmigrates to the world of Love in the Courtyard, surrounded by beasts on all sides. He outwits them all, beating the ungrateful wolves of the Jia family and kicking the courtyard's “war god.” He gets Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong so worked up that they cry, “I'm going home to tell my mom!” He just wants to live a peaceful life, so why is it so hard? Whoever messes with him gets taken out! 235Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 85 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Just Want to Make Money! 四合院：我，许大茂，只想搞钱！ A bit-part actor from Hengdian in the 21st century transmigrates into Xu Damao's body, and from the start, he shares a bed with Lou Xiao'e. The infighting in the courtyard is a waste of time. Xu Damao can't be bothered to join in. His goal is to seize the opportunities of the times, rise to prominence, start a company, make a fortune, and become a business tycoon. With a few clever moves, Xu Damao soon becomes the courtyard's third most popular man, after Qin Huairu and Silly Zhu. Ran Qiuru: Dam 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Siheyuan: Getting Silly Zhu to Beat Jia Zhangshi from the Start 四合院：开局让傻柱暴打贾张氏 [Transmigration--Courtyard--System] Wang Jianguo, a 21st-century corporate drudge, transmigrates to 1954 Beijing, inhabiting the body of a young man with the same name who lives in Courtyard No. 95. The courtyard is overrun with scoundrels. The male protagonist had planned to keep his head down and grow stronger, but after awakening his System, his power no longer lets him stay low-key. The Deaf Old Lady, First Master, and the rest are all sent packing. A little steel mill is nothing but a shall 254Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Get Down on Your Knees! 四合院：傻柱，给老子跪下！ I transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard as He Weiguo, the older brother who died young. The grass on my comrades' graves hasn't even grown in yet, and I'm back. I pushed open the front door and took a look. Good grief! Silly Zhu, that good-for-nothing, was bowing and scraping as he served Qin Huairu tea and water, happily letting her use him like a pack mule. Yushui was so skinny she looked like a bean sprout, crouching in the corner and gnawing on a corn bun. Her clothes were covered in patc 594Reads—Score107Shelves
- 88 A Sip from a Spirit Pool in the Siheyuan, and My Whole Family Coasts to Victory 四合院一口灵潭水，我带全家躺赢 [Transmigration] + [Siheyuan] + [The 1960s] + [Shennong Cauldron] + [Portable Space] + [Farming] After transmigrating, Ye Cheng arrives in the resource-strapped 1960s and becomes the poorest member of the Ye family in Love in the Courtyard. He looks at his family, gaunt and malnourished yet still standing protectively in front of him, then at the disdainful looks from certain people in the courtyard. Ye Cheng clenches his fists. “This family has to get rich!” Luckily, his portable space comes to 298Reads6.1Score100Shelves
- 89 Siheyuan: At Nine, I Take on the Whole Pack of Beasts Alone 四合院：小爷九岁，独战众禽兽 Su Ming transmigrates into a courtyard compound and becomes a nine-year-old boy. His parents die from the start, and a pack of scoundrels not only show not the slightest sympathy, but are also determined to seize Su Ming’s house. Just then, his System awakens, granting him an unparalleled martial arts technique from the start! Jia Zhangshi says I have no morals? Sorry, take it up with the King of Hell! Liu Haizhong wants to seize my property? You can’t keep the vile things you’ve done hidden any —Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 90 Siheyuan: Reborn for a Second Life, I’m Going to Study 四合院：重活一世，我要读书 I don’t know if the He family’s ancestors must have had smoke rising from their graves, because this kid is nothing like the rest of them. He’s been a born student since childhood, and he’s made it all the way through school. Now, not long after the college entrance exam was announced, he’s getting ready to take it and go to university... —Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 91 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Refuse to Take the Usual Path 四合院：重生之后，我不走寻常路 Reborn as He Yuzhu in the very year He Daqing left. He Yuzhu spent his whole life being spineless and foolish, but this time, after being reborn, he’s going to change everything! If he follows the old path, he’ll just continue down the same bumpy road to adulthood. How could he accept that? In the end, he’d still be stuck at the bottom of society, still the blood bank for the beasts of the courtyard. This time, he’ll forge an unconventional path! Martial arts, the college entrance exam... With h —Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 92 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—Shelves
- 93 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated While Watching My Former Self Get Beaten 四合院：看着前身被打我穿了 Peng Xinglong, who worked himself to death in the 21st century, has his soul transmigrate into the beast-filled Siheyuan and is completely stunned! What? I really get to live again! But these neighbors are anything but friendly. "Outsmart the whole courtyard of troublemakers, kick Xu Damao, punch He Yuzhu, turn the First Master’s own moral blackmail against him, slap Jia Zhangshi until she cries, and send that little white-eyed wolf off for reform." No! That's not what I want. I just want to liv 1.2kReads7.6Score—Shelves
- 94 Siheyuan: Life Got Even Better During the Three-Year Famine 四合院：三年灾害，生活更幸福了 [Period drama + exchange System + courtyard compound + daily life + fighting the courtyard's beasts] Qi Jianjun is reborn in a courtyard compound, only to find himself in the three years of famine. He acquires an exchange System. Any item he bought with his phone online or in person before being reborn, as well as project photos and materials he saved on his phone for work, can all be exchanged for sign-in points. The hard times continue, and the courtyard neighbors struggle to make ends meet. Q 633Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: You Covet My Master's Wife, Yet Still Expect Me to Support You in Your Old Age 四合院：觊觎我师娘，你还想养老 Li Xiangdong transmigrates into a Beijing courtyard compound. Then First Uncle, Yi Zhonghai, falsely accuses him of having improper relations with women. It gets him forced to make a public self-criticism in front of the whole factory, and people even call him a lecher. You think I’m an easy target? I’ll show you what regret means. What, the whole courtyard compound wants to cause trouble? Fine. Then no one gets to have a good time. Still not satisfied? Heh. I’ll finish them off for good! 1.3kReads6.7Score—Shelves
- 96 Siheyuan: Dad, Drink This Bowl of Rat Poison 四合院，爹，喝了这碗老鼠药 After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, he's tormenting a woman from the start. Xu Nini: "Dad, drink this bowl of porridge and we'll call it even." Xu Chang'an: "Heh... This porridge has already gone bad..." There's not much edge to it, and no cultivation. 2.4kReads8.0Score137Shelves
- 97 Siheyuan: Rejected at a Matchmaking Meeting, I Take In a Little Girl 四合院：相亲被嫌弃，捡个小萝莉 Li Ran somehow found himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard, in the body of the teenage He Yuzhu. At this point, He Daqing hadn't run off yet, He Yushui was still a little girl, and Qin Huairu hadn't married into the courtyard. Li Ran had hoped to get to Qin Huairu first, but she ended up rejecting him. Dejected, he unexpectedly came across the little Qin Jingru. From then on, he had not only his younger sister trailing after him, but a little bride as well. There are no brainless plot tw 472Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 98 My Father Ran Away from the Start 开局父亲跑路 My 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! 30Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 99 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Changes His Fate After Being Reborn 四合院：傻柱重生后逆天改命 He Yuzhu, who was driven out of the courtyard and froze to death beneath a bridge, is reborn at the age of sixteen. In 1951, He Daqing abandons He Yuzhu and his younger sister, who is only six years old. That year, He Yuzhu is still an apprentice at Jinfeng Garden, and he’ll be able to take the college entrance exam in 1952. With the help of his Slightly Overpowered Life System, he gets stronger by working himself to the bone. He becomes not only the top chef in the capital, but also the city’s 1.6kReads5.4Score100Shelves
- 100 I Became He Daqing in the Siheyuan 四合院我成何大清 With the System, he transmigrates and becomes He Daqing, the father of He Yuzhu. Though he is getting on in years, the System helps him thrive all the same, making him the one person in the courtyard no one dares to mess with. 595Reads—Score—Shelves
