Novels like Siheyuan: My Life of Reversals as He Yuzhu
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- 51 Xu Damao: From the Start, I Cost Yi Zhonghai 600 Yuan 许大茂，开局让易中海破财六百块 Yu Damao, who had been made to wear the yellow robe after a Taoist fortune-teller read his fate, is reborn after an accident. He is reborn in the body of a man named Damao in the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. The good news is that he transmigrates just in time for his wedding night and wins over the young Lou Xiao'e. The bad news is that the nine-tiered Exquisite Pagoda that came with him is badly damaged, leaving only its storage function, a small patch of planting space, and an ancient Immor 616Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: A Different He Yuzhu 四合院之不一样何雨柱 A five-star hotel chef from the 21st century dies suddenly after a night of heavy drinking and transmigrates into Silly Zhu in Love in the Courtyard. He combines the culinary skills of both his lives, making use of the hotel storeroom he brought with him when he transmigrated and his familiarity with the plot. First, he deals with Yi Zhonghai, then refuses to keep fawning over Qin Huairu. See a different Silly Zhu bring a different story to the courtyard. 923Reads8.2Score11914d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, an Ordinary Man 四合院：小人物许大茂 He became Xu Damao's spineless nobody, replacing the small-time schemer who was always scrambling to climb the ladder. But Xu Damao only wanted to coast through life. Now he had to deal with the schemes and hostility of all the old neighbors in the courtyard, something this soul from the twenty-first century found hard to adjust to. Should he strive for success, or continue the carefree life he had never quite finished in his previous life? In the end, he suppressed that urge to take off. After 859Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: It All Begins with Settling Accounts with He Daqing 四合院：从和何大清清算开始 [Slow-paced, a crossover of several period dramas, not too grim, no System, a touch of ensemble cast, immensely satisfying] Read at your own risk After He Yuzhu freezes to death beneath a bridge, fate gives him another chance, and he is reborn. Thinking of all the unfairness he suffered, he resolves to avoid it in this life. He'll stay away from the Jia family, who suck others dry, cut ties with the sanctimonious Yi Zhonghai, and find a wife to have a whole brood of children with. A wife, childr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to 1966 四合院之穿越1966 In September 2024, a forty-year-old chef at a state guesthouse was dragged into the sea by a mysterious force while sea fishing. Somehow, he transmigrated to 1966 and, by a strange coincidence, ended up in the body of Silly Zhu, that pitiful, pathetic, and hateful fool. He had no desire to be Silly Zhu. Back when he was alive, his wife once came up with a little verse while watching the TV drama: “One man’s toil builds the whole courtyard, while every last one calls Silly Zhu ‘Dad.’ Birth father 9.8kReads8.2Score37814d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: Luck Shines on Me 四合院之福星高照 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 13.4kReads7.5Score39014d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: Adopt a Lucky Carp and Win Qin Huairu's Heart 四合院：收养锦鲤，拿下秦淮茹 Cheng Zhiguo sets sail. The neighborhood office sends over a six-year-old orphan, hoping someone in the courtyard will adopt her. Everyone treats the girl as a burden and pushes her onto Cheng Zhiguo. To their surprise, the girl is the family member of a fallen martyr and receives a generous monthly allowance of supplies until she turns eighteen. When the courtyard busybodies hear the news, their world collapses. Cheng Zhiguo also awakens a Trait-Stealing System: Steal the First Master’s eig 954Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: I Have a Farm Space in 1962 四合院：我在62年有个农场空间 [Courtyard + System + mild edge + everyday life + multiple heroines] Xu Jianguo accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a resident of the courtyard world. He awakens a farm space and becomes a purchasing agent for the steel mill canteen. The main storyline is about building a business and getting rich. This is a beginner’s work, so please forgive me if you don’t enjoy it. Also known as: Courtyard: From the Start, I Go on a Blind Date with Yu Li 2.8kReads5.9Score14314d adds
- 59 Those Years I Worked in HR at the Siheyuan and Did Anything but My Job 在四合院当人事不干人事的那些年 Last life, a lawyer. This life, a human resources manager! [System] + [One female lead] Lawyer Zhang, a smooth talker with impeccable manners, arrives at the beastly Four-Appliance Courtyard and begins enjoying the good life of this vibrant era. 14.9kReads8.2Score52114d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Secret Past 四合院：傻柱的秘密往事 [Everyday life + Food + Travel between two worlds + Changing the plot] His father abandoned his son and daughter and ran off with a widow. Sixteen-year-old Silly Zhu struggled to survive while caring for his seven-year-old sister, until the appearance of a mirror changed everything. From then on, Silly Zhu had a huge secret, and a lot of little secrets in his heart as well... 1.1kReads7.2Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Mastermind 四合院傻柱之幕后黑手 In 1951, a man from the future transmigrated into Shazhu’s body. How would Yushui’s life change? The curtain slowly rises… Welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write! 7.2kReads7.0Score19414d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to 1959, the Last Taoist! 四合院：穿越五九，最后的道士！ The protagonist, Zhang Mingxuan, transmigrates to the 1950s and lives in a courtyard house, surrounded by a whole menagerie of neighbors. As a child, he was kidnapped by human traffickers, rescued by an old Taoist, and spent eight years in a Taoist temple. After the old Taoist died, he returned to the capital. But he discovers that this world is more complicated than it seems. Not only is there Love in the Courtyard, there are also characters involved in tomb raiding. Yi Zhonghai: “What gives yo 5Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: From the Start, a Widow Almost Swindled Me Out of My Money and Virtue 四合院：开局寡妇差点被骗财骗色 [Scheming + decisive and ruthless + female protagonist + putting the freeloaders in their place + satisfying revenge + gourmet food + business wars + investment + System missions + period setting] Zhang Yulan arrives in the Courtyard of Birds and nearly falls for Qin Huairu and Yi Zhong's scheme to swindle her out of her money and virtue. While putting the freeloaders in their place, Zhang Yulan gradually begins building a future of her own. 3.1kReads8.6Score16014d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: He Daqing, More Children, More Blessings 四合院：我何大清，多子多福 After being reborn, He Daqing complained that the White Widow was wasting money. Her grown son shoved him into a wall, killing him. A modern man who was reborn as He Daqing merged with him. He Daqing successfully activated the Moral Correction System. Whenever he steps in to teach someone with serious moral failings a lesson, he receives a wealth of System rewards! After waking up, He Daqing dumped the White Widow and left her family, who had been leeching off him and treating him like a parasit 640Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: Sister-in-Law, You've Worked Hard 四合院：嫂子辛苦了 (A blend of period dramas + multiple women + scheming + stirring up trouble) Good news: I was reborn. Bad news: I have an intellectual disability. I'm a fool. I woke up as Hao Shazi. My parents and eldest brother were all dead, leaving me with a widowed sister-in-law and a simple-minded younger brother. A disastrous start from the very beginning. The courtyard is full of wolves, all scheming to seize the Hao family's property and using every trick in the book. Watch Hao Ren use his fool's identi 70Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: Marrying Qin Jingru, Silly Zhu Isn't So Silly 四合院：娶妻秦京茹，傻柱不傻 [Courtyard setting + laid-back everyday life + low conflict + multiple heroines + crossover with period dramas] A man from the twenty-first century transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes He Yuzhu. What? He transmigrated to the first month of 1966? He took the blame for the stolen chicken, watched Xu Damao's humiliation, beat up Li Huaide, married off He Yushui, stole the Third Master's bicycle wheel, offended everyone, and ruined his own reputation. How is he supposed 893Reads6.4Score10414d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Life in the 1980s 四合院：何雨柱的年代生活 [Entirely handwritten, no AI] This is a long story, and I’ll tell it to you at a leisurely pace. You’ll need a little patience, but I promise it’ll be worth it. Those who see clearly are destined to suffer; those who know what’s coming can never find peace. The further the protagonist gets, the heavier, colder, and lonelier his heart will become. At first, this is a crossover fanfic bringing together several works. Later, it becomes a story set in a bygone era, with one real-life figure after an 25.5kReads7.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I Have More Children, More Blessings 四合院：穿成傻柱，我多子多福了 [Courtyard + System] He Dagen saves a little girl but is hit and killed by a dump truck. With his dying breath, he wishes that in his next life he can live carefree and never be a wage slave. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He Dagen has transmigrated into He Yuzhu. He can only scoff. He’s gone from being a wage slave to a simp. What rotten luck. Then he discovers it’s 1951! Now he wants to die even more… On top of that, he gets a pocket dimension a 878Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: Yan Jiekang's Entertainment Career 四合院：阎解旷的文娱生涯 [Chinese Showbiz] + [World Superstar] + [Super Idol] + [Siheyuan] + [Hong Kong Showbiz] After transmigrating into the world of Siheyuan, he becomes Yan Jiekang, who shares his name with the original. He brings over works from across the entertainment industry and, after Reform and Opening Up, becomes a superstar. 5.1kReads8.2Score24414d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: The Bandit Xiangzi Won't Be a Workhorse, He'll Be the Boss 四合院：悍匪祥子不当牛马要当爷 [Lighthearted and Witty + Crackdown on Crime + Spy Thriller + Mystery-Solving + Fighting the Japanese + Changing Characters' Fates + Multiple Film and TV Worlds in a Beijing Courtyard] He transmigrates into Xiangzi, the rickshaw puller, and sells the three camels he's leading to a hotpot restaurant for 69 silver dollars. Now he stands at a crossroads in his fate. He could spend 69 silver dollars on a secondhand rickshaw and keep working like a beast of burden, only for someone else to steal it. 11.7kReads7.7Score60014d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: Running a Little Tavern in Beijing Amid War and Espionage 四合院：抗战谍战在京城开小酒馆 [War of Resistance Espionage]+ [War of Resistance]+ [Espionage]+ [Period]+ [Space]+ [Special Forces]+ [Transmigration]+ [Book Transmigration]+ [Siheyuan]+ [Invincible] Also known as "War of Resistance Espionage: I Open a Little Tavern in the Capital"/ "Zhao Zilong, the War of Resistance Hero Who Rose to Prominence in the Siheyuan"/ "Espionage: I Open a Little Tavern to Serve the War of Resistance"/ "Espionage: A Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates to the War of Resistance" Modern-day Special Fo 1.4kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: I’m Doing My Best to Put Hats on Everyone in the Courtyard 四合院：我努力给全院戴帽子 Lu Feng transmigrates into a courtyard house and gets a bizarre System. From the start, the System's reward for him is a soul-summoning banner. What the hell! This is a courtyard house. What am I supposed to do with a soul-summoning banner? Lu Feng is about to toss it away. Just then, the necromancer Jia Zhangshi shows up, slapping her thigh and wailing: Old Jia, hurry back and see! Someone's bullying us, a widow and her orphaned children... I can't go on! Take me with you too... Lu Feng suddenl 52.9kReads7.4Score3.4k14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Open a Shop in the Capital 四合院，开局就到四九城开店 Chen Dongqun transmigrates to 1950 and becomes Chen Ergou. He has always lived in the countryside, thinking he is in an ordinary period of history. Only when he comes to the capital with his mother does he discover that he has landed in the world of Love in the Courtyard. Hoping to watch the drama unfold up close, Chen Ergou begs his grandmother to buy a house in Courtyard No. 95. But once he moves in, he realizes things aren't nearly as simple as he imagined. Damn it, there are other transmigra 18.4kReads7.9Score69314d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: This Procurement Officer Is Winning Hearts 四合院之这采购员采的是心 (Multiple Heroines) (Qin Joins the Harem) In 1960, during a special era of severe shortages, Chen Jian'an found himself thriving after becoming a procurement officer with access to supplies. Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui, and Jia Zhangshi were walking stories all on their own. Yi Zhonghai: Jian'an, I wish you could look after me in my old age. Liu Haizhong: Jian'an, do you think Second Uncle has what it takes to become an official? Qin Huairu: Jian'an, I really do like you. Qin Jingru: A wife follows h 31.6kReads7.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated Three Years Ago and Gained the Power of a Slap 四合院：穿越三年获得巴掌之力 Fighting the courtyard beasts + System + siding with Xu Damao + no troublemaking After transmigrating to the capital in the 1950s, Jiang Fan realized he had ended up in a courtyard full of awful people. “Oh no! I've become one of the beasts!” Three years later, the System came online, and Jiang Fan began a life of stirring up trouble and turning everything upside down! 30kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: The Brute Kicked Out of His Home 四合院之赶出家门的孽畜 A demolition heir who has never achieved anything, a bastard driven out of his home, two good-for-nothings fused into one person: what can he do in this unusual era? Achieve greatness? Forget it. He was only planning to shut the door and enjoy his own quiet life. Who could have guessed he'd end up in the legendary courtyard crawling with scoundrels? And it turns out he's the scoundrel himself. Troublemakers, rogues, and underworld bosses disrupt his peaceful life, while remnants, criminals, and 48.6kReads8.1Score3.3k14d adds
- 77 I Have a Universe That Starts in the Siheyuan 我有一个宇宙从四合院开始 One male protagonist (no female leads) + expanding across the universe + all kinds of transmigration After leaving his job, Hu Da, a programmer with a respectable career, plans to pass the time with some mental nourishment. On the way, he comes across a secondhand bookstall and buys the Four Great Classical Novels along with more than a dozen popular novels from years past. When Hu Da rereads Stellar Transformation, he idly imagines himself as the protagonist and starts cultivating by following 4.1kReads8.7Score15114d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: Back to 1954, Luckily I Have a System 四合院：回到54年，还好带系统 [Siheyuan] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Spatial Interface] [One Female Lead] Transmigrate to a Siheyuan in 1954? Luckily, I've got a skill-upgrade cheat, an boundless space, and a space for growing crops. What? There's also a family lineage stretching back thousands of years behind me, and I'm the clan head? These people from the Siheyuan think they can compete with me? Of course I'll lead my family to become the greatest clan and build the world's number-one village. The fun starts when I buil 12.3kReads8.4Score61214d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Refused to Bring a Lunchbox 四合院之开局从拒绝带饭盒开始 After transmigrating, He Yuzhu is asked by Yi Zhonghai to bring a lunchbox to a widow. He Yuzhu immediately refuses! One heroine, an original character. See how He Yuzhu rewrites Silly Zhu’s life and lives the life he always wanted. [Not a revenge story] [Everyday life] [No violence] 21.7kReads8.5Score92214d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: The Greatest Livestock Breeder 四合院：最牛牲畜养殖人 [No harem protagonist + fierce and ruthless + a little devious + somewhat invincible + easygoing daily life + early-stage growth + decisive and merciless + no saintly do-gooder] My name is Bai Baoshan. I’m 45 years old. I’m a good person. All I know how to do is raise livestock. Don’t believe me? I’ll raise some and show you. And so... Every black pig weighed over 400 jin... The cattle and sheep were all plump and healthy, with delicious meat... Even the dairy cows and goats sprayed milk 11.3kReads8.6Score40714d adds
- 81 Siheyuan: I Handed Everything Over to the Nation 四合院之我把一切上交国家 In the long course of history, one era is forever etched into the deepest recesses of the Chinese people's memory: the grueling War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He Daqing arrives in the world of the Siheyuan, becoming another He Daqing. When the invaders' iron hooves trample our land, the country is shattered and its people suffer. But the sons and daughters of China never surrender. They stand tall, composing one stirring anthem of resistance after another with their blood and the 1.7kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 82 A Siheyuan Story Beginning on the Eve of Liberation 从解放前夕开始的四合院 A modern chef’s soul travels back to 1948, on the eve of Liberation. He moves into a courtyard residence with no System, no talismans, and no superpowers. All he has is a family heirloom storage ring, and he lives a leisurely life in a harsh era. He goes to work, cooks, and occasionally teases the misfits in the courtyard. The story isn’t too angsty: no toilet humor, and no wishing people would hurry up and die. A tranquil life in a bygone age, 62kReads7.7Score2.4k14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: The Old Man Who Collects Scrap 四合院：收废品的老汉 "No pointless romantic subplots + Feiji has never been a saintly do-gooder + easygoing everyday life" Li Shizhen has a very medical-sounding name. A disillusioned and unrestrained man born in the 1980s, he has seen all walks of life and become a scrap collector who grabs junk for a living. He has a change of heart and saves a boy who was supposed to transmigrate, only to unexpectedly transmigrate himself. Well, if he has to transmigrate, so be it. He never started a family in his previous lif 16.9kReads8.9Score67614d adds
