Novels like Siheyuan: Learning from a Master Chef, He Yuzhu Changes His Fate
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- 51 Beating Silly Zhu, Tormenting the Jia Family, and Ruining Yi Zhonghai 四合院揍傻柱虐贾家坑死易中海 Xu Lei dies unexpectedly and transmigrates into the back courtyard of a siheyuan, taking over the body of a helpless, bullied apprentice. From the start, Silly Zhu comes to his door looking for a fight. Luckily, he gets help from the System, and not only beats Silly Zhu to a pulp but also extorts a hundred yuan from Yi Zhonghai! He is pushed out of his job, and his family is bullied. But the moment he is reborn, everything changes... Madam Jia is so furious she spits blood and is left half-paral 375Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 52 Siheyuan: With an Emotion-Point System, I Torment All the Vermin! 四合院，带着情绪值系统虐众禽！ One night, He Yuzhu was scrolling through short videos when he came across the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. The protagonist had exactly the same name as him. Intrigued, he kept watching. The more he watched, the angrier he got, until his anger somehow made him transmigrate. He arrived in a courtyard full of beasts. He was bound to a Negative Emotion Collection System. By provoking other people's negative emotions, he could collect negative emotion points. He could use those points to shop and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Siheyuan: I Really Didn’t Mean to Steal Your Catch 四合院：我真不是有意截胡 After transmigrating into a resident of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, Yan Yu finds himself beset by illness and without a soul to turn to. The other residents are just waiting to divide up his estate and leave his body out in the wilderness. At this desperate moment, Yan Yu cries out, “System, save me!” 250Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 54 Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu Away, Leaving Dongxu a Bachelor 四合院：我截秦淮如，东旭光棍了 Courtyard, System, wish fulfillment, power-ups, martial arts techniques, putting the beasts in their place. Lin Fan transmigrates into a courtyard and binds himself to an invincible System. From the start, he swoops in and steals Qin Huairu away. Let’s see who ends up without an heir, me or the Jia family! Xu Damao keeps looking for trouble with me. Fine! I’ll ruin your blind date with Lou Xiaoe and make sure you never get married! Ideally, everyone in the courtyard will be a bachelor, while I’l 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: It Starts with Marriage 四合院：从结婚开始 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work 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! 758Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Transmigrate Through the Siheyuan: Dragon’s Rise 穿越四合院之龙腾 Wang Defa never imagined he would transmigrate. If he had to transmigrate, couldn’t they at least have sent him to a world of immortal cultivation? He had no idea what came after 196. All right! This was an opportunity, too. He might as well take advantage of it and make his mark! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Siheyuan: My Wife, Lou Xiao’e 四合院我的媳妇娄晓娥 [Siheyuan + Fated Worker System + One Heroine] After an accident, Xia Tian arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard with the Fated Worker System... More than a century passed, and the world changed beyond recognition. After the residents of the courtyard had lived out their lives, and his beloved wife, Lou Xiao'e, had finally passed away, the lonely Xia Tian secluded himself in Shennongjia, only to be whisked away by a highway survival game. A new journey was slowly beginning... 98Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 58 Siheyuan: Infinite Upgrades and Inventions, Taking Off at Last 四合院：无限改装搞发明，起飞了 [Courtyard, feel-good fiction, System, leveling up, inventions, period] Li Dong transmigrates into the courtyard with Yu Li as his wife from the start. He also gets bound to an invincible System! It is a new era of progress. He is focused on inventing things. Why waste time fighting back and forth with the beasts in the courtyard? His goal is to become the richest man in the country! 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Siheyuan: Listen Up, No One’s Allowed to Argue 四合院之我说都听着，不许反驳 In this story, the protagonist, Zhang Tianhao, is a young man who has lived in the United States for eight years. He suddenly discovers that he has transmigrated to a parallel world much like our own. This world is full of elements both familiar and strange, and Zhang Tianhao must adapt to his new surroundings. He discovers that he possesses a mysterious space where he can store all kinds of items, making him quite unlike anyone else in this era. Zhang Tianhao's family lives in a courtyard house —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Is Spoiled by Me Alone 四合院：秦淮茹被我独宠了 One heroine, and that heroine is Qin Huairu! A new graduate from an interstellar university comes to a courtyard house to complete a mission. At first, he just wanted to watch the drama unfold while earning points. But by the time he came to his senses, he was already pampering Qin Huairu. Wait, how did I steal the heroine and make her my wife?! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Siheyuan: I Snatch Qin Huairu While She's Young and Reach the Peak of Life 四合院：截少女秦淮如，人生巅峰 [Courtyard setting, feel-good power fantasy, System, stealing the girl away, punishing beasts, intense and ruthless] Zhang Fan transmigrates into the courtyard and binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Fishing System. From the start, he snatches Qin Huairu away while she's still a young woman. What a sweet, soft beauty! Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip Zhang Fan into supporting him in his old age? Dream on! Jia Dongxu and Silly Zhu have their eyes on Qin Huairu? Zhang Fan steps in! Just wait and see 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: My Name Is Xu Damao, and I’m Unstoppable 四合院：姓许名大茂，我无限嚣张 Xu Damao transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Thinking back on his previous life, all those scoundrels had banded together and treated him like an outsider. Every time he thought about it, all he could do was sneer. Those scoundrels have no sense of right and wrong, and they ostracized me too? Now that I’m reborn, I’ll make sure to prepare in advance. He Yuzhu is a good guy? Just wait for his downfall! Yi Zhonghai twists the truth? Just wait until he gets a taste of his own med 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Siheyuan: The Passionate Years 四合院之激情年代 I've read lots of courtyard-house novels, and with nothing left to read, I wanted to write something a little different. I've read plenty, but this is my first time writing. I hope it meets with your approval, honored readers. Feel free to bookmark it and let it build up before reading. Personally, I think it's a bit better than those simplistic stories, though it's more of a slice-of-life tale. I hope you readers will give it a chance. Thank you! 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated with a Treasure Bowl and Can Do Whatever I Want 四合院：穿越送聚宝盆，为所欲为 Manyuyan, born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in his previous life, inexplicably transmigrates into the world of a period drama set in a Beijing courtyard complex. His consciousness attaches itself to a beggar. By a twist of fate, the director of the Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office takes him under his wing and arranges for him to move into the courtyard, where he stays in the side room of Deaf Granny's home. As soon as he arrives, he awakens the Treasure Bowl System, w —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Siheyuan: I Nearly Became a Vegetable 四合院差点植物人 I arrived at the courtyard house and woke up to find myself there, receiving the memories. Hey, it's only 1957. I'll move out of the courtyard house and begin the wonderful life of Li Nianyi and his wife's family. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I’ll Take Revenge on All Those Beasts 四合院：重生傻柱，复仇众禽兽 The winter wind slashed through the courtyard like a knife. He Yuzhu, an old man who had devoted most of his life to this tiny world, stood all alone outside his home. His weather-beaten frame hunched slightly. His threadbare padded coat shivered in the wind, his graying hair lay in disarray, and his deeply wrinkled face was etched with pain and despair. He Yuzhu stared at the familiar yet strange figure inside. His lips trembled, his voice carrying one last desperate plea. “Jia Geng, I'm your s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Siheyuan: If You Won’t Back Down, Then Let’s Fight 四合院：不服就是干 Hou Cao arrives at the courtyard. Faced with a yard full of beasts, he’s ready to fight anyone who dares defy him. He rises step by step from the courtyard until he becomes a big shot in his own right. In the end, he returns from a life of seclusion, reminisces about the courtyard’s past, and sighs as he leans on his cane. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Siheyuan: One Move from the Start, and the Old Man Spends Money on Me 四合院：开局一招让老头为我花钱 [Siheyuan] [Film and TV Crossover] [Travel Between Worlds] [System] [Tycoon] [Multiple Heroines] The protagonist, Wang Feng, is a rather frail college student who accidentally transmigrates to the world of Siheyuan. The problem is, Wang Feng didn't die unexpectedly, and both his parents are still alive in the real world. Luckily, the System arrived in time. At first, Wang Feng thought he'd only gotten a System that could read people's minds. But as it slowly leveled up, he discovered it was much 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 Siheyuan: Feasting and Living It Up Every Day 四合院：每天都在吃香喝辣 [Spatial Storage] [Multiple Heroines: Not for You if You Dislike That] [A Normal Protagonist] [Ensemble Cast] [The Protagonist Never Takes a Loss] [Low on Hostility] After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Zhang Weiguo thrives in this era of scarce supplies thanks to the spatial storage he had in his previous life, leaving the courtyard's scheming residents fuming. Jia Zhangshi: “We eat meat every day! How are we supposed to keep living like this?” Yi Zhonghai: “That kid is as slippery —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Was Heirless, and Qin Huairu Entered the Wrong House 四合院：开局绝户，秦淮茹摸错屋 My new work is here! You can read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 425Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 He Yuzhu Reborn 何雨柱重生 He Yuzhu was thrown out of his home on New Year’s Eve and later froze to death under a bridge. Xu Damao took care of his body. Reborn, He Yuzhu used his memories and the help of a System to take ruthless revenge. He would make everyone who had bullied him pay for it. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Siheyuan: Master the Culinary Arts and Hold Your Head High 四合院：发扬厨艺，挺直腰杆 When he first met Youyu Yang, he was nothing more than an ordinary boy. Yet at some point, a stir deep in his heart suddenly made him wary. He understood that he wasn't like the people around him, able to take life as it came and live in peace. The sense that he was different from birth gradually took root in his heart, becoming a force he could not ignore as he grew. He decided to embark on the path of cultivation, a road cut off from the world and known to no one. 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Siheyuan: In the Year of Great Disaster, I Take Down the Jia Family First 四合院：大灾之年，我先干翻贾家 After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, Zhang Shengli awakens a System. With disasters about to strike, Zhang Shengli only wants to enjoy a peaceful life of his own, but the whole Siheyuan gang tries to guilt-trip him into helping them. Since keeping a low profile is no longer an option, he can only take the whole lot of them down at once. Yi Zhonghai: Shengli, you can inherit my Level Eight fitter job. Two steamed corn buns will do. Jia Dongxu: Shengli, how about Qin Huairu? You ca 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: They Stole My Home from the Start, So I Hit Back Hard 四合院：开局抢我房！我重拳出击 271Reads5.4Score100Shelves
- 75 I’m a Nepotism Hire in Siheyuan 四合院我是关系户 A celebrated master chef of state banquets After transmigrating as Silly Zhu's cousin, He Feng faces a cousin who acts like a lovesick puppy, a scheming little sister, He Yushui, and a whole host of bizarre neighbors. All he wants is to keep his head down and grow stronger. 380Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Siheyuan: Few Words, No Mercy 四合院：人狠话不多 Xu Weiguo, born into a military family, wakes up in the early days of the new nation. He’s a rough sort, not much for talk, and besides, this is an age when people have plenty of fighting spirit. Who’s going to prattle on like some delicate woman? Just get on with it. 24Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 77 Siheyuan: The Beasts Bullied My Sister, So I Killed Them All! 四合院：禽兽欺负我妹，都杀了！ Su Liang is reborn in the world of the Siheyuan. The original owner was a police officer who suffered serious injuries during a mission to arrest enemy agents! The beasts of the Siheyuan are already stirring. Yi Zhonghai wants to send Su Liang's younger sister, Su Ranran, off to the countryside to make room for the Jia family. Jia Zhangshi: Su Liang has three spacious rooms. I'll save them for my Banggeng to marry a wife someday. Liu Haizhong: Su Ranran is a fine girl. She should marry my Liu Gu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Siheyuan: This Is Too Much! Who Does That? 四合院：太欺负人了！哪有这样的 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Siheyuan: Little Jia’s Comeback 四合院：小贾的逆袭 [A little mean-spirited, not a one-woman romance, somewhat invincible, no demonizing characters, and no major changes to the timeline] Chen Xuan transmigrated into a courtyard and took Jia Dongxu’s place on his wedding night. But he wasn’t going to let the courtyard hold him back. Rooted in his era, he carved out a legend of his own. Over the decades, young Jia weathered winds and waves, lived through golden years, and witnessed a magnificent age. He founded Bureau 749 himself, turning it into t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Don't Call Me a Jerk 重生四合院，别叫我缺德 [Mildly abrasive, slice of life, not a saint] Liu Nong, a workplace slacker, transmigrates into a courtyard after a romantic encounter and gets bound to a wicked System. The more wicked things he does, the better the rewards! At a courtyard meeting: Liu Nong: “First, some bad news: I’m moving out tomorrow.” Everyone cries tears of joy. “Liu Nong, we can’t bear to see you go!” They rush to help him pack. Liu Nong waves them off. “Hold on, not yet.” Liu Nong: “Here’s another piece of bad news: I w 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Siheyuan: I Love Playing the Fool 四合院：酷爱当老六 Li Jianguo was very lucky to obtain a System after transmigrating to the 1960s. With the System, he goes on to enjoy a leisurely, prosperous little life. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 My Wonderful Life in the Siheyuan Years 四合院之我的精彩年代生活 This isn't a wish-fulfillment story, and it takes its time. This is my first attempt at writing a novel, so if I've got anything wrong, please feel free to offer advice and help me improve. My new story is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Older Brother, Splitting the Family from the Start 四合院：傻柱亲哥，开局就分家 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Listen, It's Not Your Fault 四合院：傻柱唉听我说不怪你 "Country mutts have one traditional virtue: they never die at home. Just like Silly Zhu, who is nicknamed an 'advanced, high-level simp.' Silly Zhu is very self-aware..." Silly Zhu is the sort who needs to be beaten into submission before he'll willingly reform, while Banggeng is the type who needs to be taught a lesson and sent to the firing squad. The protagonist, A Liang, is recommended from a small mountain village to work at a steel mill. He gets along with people on all sides at the factor 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Life Beginning in 1942 从1942开始的生活 1Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 86 Period Piece: I Hunt Spies in the Siheyuan 年代：我在四合院抓特务 What? Li Tie Zhu transmigrates to Xia Kingdom in 1960 and moves into No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. Just as he's getting ready to live a carefree, lazy life, he gets caught up in a massive conspiracy. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Became a Powerful Tycoon. Huairu, Why Are You Crying? 退婚后成大佬，淮茹你哭什么？ [Regret Arc] [Siheyuan] [Taming the Bullies] [Winning Women’s Hearts] [A Rapidly Rising Career] Chen Jianjun transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1951. From the start, he lives in the same village as Qin Huairu and successfully wins her heart. But who could have guessed that Qin Huairu would abandon him to marry a man from the city, turning around and marrying Jia Dongxu instead? Heartbroken, he spends his days weeping. Then his distant second uncle appears... On his recommen —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Siheyuan: Living Easy and Enjoying Every Day 四合院：悠闲的日子潇洒的过 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows are what motivate me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 347Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 89 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Loot Box System 四合院：何雨柱的宝箱系统 He Yuzhu is reborn, and this time he's no longer a sucker. He hones his cooking skills, learns new abilities, and enters prize draws. The animals in the courtyard turn green with envy. Qin Huairu begs tearfully to be taken in, and Yi Zhonghai cries and pleads for someone to care for him in his old age. He gives them one reply: Get lost! 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 From Temp Worker to Tycoon in the Siheyuan 四合院从临时工到首富 A supermarket owner is sent to the 1960s by a System error. He arrives in Qin Family Village, the capital’s outskirts, and becomes Qin Jingru’s fiancé, only to be cuckolded by Xu Damao. See how he escapes poverty step by step and becomes the richest man alive. 34Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 91 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Leg Is Broken from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱踢断腿 Li Jianshe unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of “Love in the Courtyard” and obtains the Everything Fusion System. By fusing different items, he can gain the corresponding abilities and attributes. After an accident at the steel mill, Yi Zhonghai teams up with Silly Zhu to suppress Li Jianshe, hoping to seize his father’s job. At the critical moment, Li Jianshe fuses rebar and gains the attributes of steel, turning the tables on Silly Zhu. From then on, he uses the System to thrive in the 463Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Siheyuan: My Medical Skills Reach the Heavens, and the Troublemakers Are Paralyzed 四合院：我医手遮天，禽兽全麻了 [Courtyard, Divine Doctor, Feel-Good Story, Trouncing the Beasts, Leveling Up] Chen Mo transmigrates into the courtyard and binds himself to a Divine Doctor System. He has all the money and grain he could want. Now he wants to see who in this courtyard dares mess with him! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Reborn in the Siheyuan as a Traveling Peddler 重生四合院我是走街串巷的货郎 A new story is out! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novels. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Siheyuan: With an AFK System, I'm Invincible 四合院：有挂机系统的我，无敌了 [Siheyuan Courtyard + Multiple Heroines + Comedy + System + Feel-Good + Transmigration] After unexpectedly transmigrating into a siheyuan courtyard, Zhang Jianhua encounters the goddesses fated to be his. Qin Huairu is pretty and lively, with her curves still intact. Lou Xiao'e is elegant and poised, beautiful and generous. Yu Haitang is cheerful and outgoing, youthful and confident. Ran Qiuye is gentle and dignified, graceful and intelligent. Yu Li is delicate and lovely, tall and slender. Thou 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: The First Uncle’s Springtime 四合院：一大爷的春天 Yi Zhonghai, a shrewd old man, was manipulated into becoming the last of his line. Fortunately, the fiery Lou Xiao'e took a liking to him and went into business with him. With Lou Xiao'e's help, Yi Zhonghai weathered the storms of the business world and ultimately became a business magnate. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Siheyuan: Starting as the Head of the Security Department 四合院：从成为保卫科长开始 [Ensemble cast + multiple female leads]: If you dislike multiple female leads or Qin Huairu, don’t read. The story has a moderate amount of angst and the scoundrels will get what they deserve, but the pace won’t be too fast. If all those beasts were sent away at once, this dumb author wouldn’t know what to write next. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Siheyuan: What? You're a Household Registration Officer Who Solves Cases? 四合院：什么？你这户籍警要破案 Zhou Xing unexpectedly finds himself in the world of the courtyard houses. As a household registration police officer, Zhou Xing is already busy dealing with all the neighbors’ petty squabbles in the compound. But he has bigger things to take care of, like solving cases! “What? You’re a household registration officer, and you want to solve cases?” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Siheyuan: My Moral Blackmail Backfired 四合院：道德绑架反被绑 Yi Mu stepped in dog poop and won the lottery. Just as he was getting ready to lie flat, a flowerpot fell from the sky and sent him transmigrating, launching him into a chaotic and colorful life. Yi Zhonghai: “Having you as my nephew is a blessing.” Madam Jia: “Old Jia, come take this heartless troublemaker away! He's even more of a menace than me!” Silly Zhu: “Brother Mu, you promised not to beat me up. And no hitting me in the face!” Yi Mu: “Heh, as long as I have no morals, none of you ca —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Siheyuan: Cao Cao Transmigrates into Silly Zhu 四合院：曹操穿越成傻柱 The Forty-Nine City, in a siheyuan. Cao Cao woke up in bed, with the aroma of chicken soup wafting through the air. Confused, Silly Zhu scratched his head. “Wasn’t I dead? Where am I?” On the day he turned sixty-six, he had collapsed onto his sickbed in Luoyang. But now that he had woken up, he found himself in a strange place. “Host awakened,” a voice suddenly sounded in his mind. “Once it detects that the Host has completely changed his fate, the golden finger will awaken.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Siheyuan: A Level-Six Welder from the Start 四合院：开局六级焊工 Xu Weijun unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming an ordinary resident. He was originally set up on a blind date with Qin Huairu, but after his mother suddenly fell gravely ill and passed away, his family fell on hard times, and Qin Huairu instead married Jia Dongxu. Not only do Jia Zhangshi and her son slander and spread rumors about Xu Weijun, but the neighbors also ostracize him. From then on, he works hard to improve his lot. In just eight years, he becom —Reads—Score—Shelves
