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- 1 Silly Zhu Reborn: I Call the Shots in Siheyuan 傻柱重生：四合院，我说了算 In his previous life, He Yuzhu was bled dry and left destitute by Qin Huairu's family, then froze to death beneath a bridge. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the famine-stricken winter of 1960. This time, with his extraordinary Tan family cooking, he won over a powerful leader with a dish of "cabbage in clear broth" and became a welcome guest! Facing the beasts in his courtyard, he was no longer the reckless fool Sha Zhu. Qin Huairu wanted to bleed him dry? Dream on! Yi Zhonghai wan 1.1kReads8.0Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Gives His Sister a Sunny Future 四合院：傻柱送妹一个艳阳天 After transmigrating as He Yuzhu, the most wronged man in the entire courtyard, he uses his memories of the future and his Chef God System to rewrite his fate. He calls out the hypocritical Yi Zhonghai, refuses to give in to the greedy Jia family, befriends genuine people, and keeps his distance from ingrates. He quickly improves his cooking at Hongbin Restaurant, earns a million a month, and brings food home so his little sister can eat well, dress warmly, and go to university. The awful people 106Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 3 Silly Zhu, What Have You Done? 四合院傻柱你作孽呀 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 819Reads6.1Score104Shelves
- 4 He Yuzhu's New Life 何雨柱的新人生 (The Courtyard’s Ultimate Mastermind) Chen Zhou, a twenty-first-century master chef, has his soul transported into He Yuzhu from Love in the Courtyard. Facing the increasingly wicked residents, He Yuzhu vows to change his tragic fate and begin a new life. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Awakens from His Dream in 1949 四合院之何雨柱梦醒1949 He Yuzhu, one of the century's three biggest suckers, was manipulated and used for everything he had his whole life. He would rather go hungry himself than let his younger sister starve, all to support a widow. In the end, just as expected, his stepson and stepdaughter, whom he had raised himself, drove him out of his own home on a snowy New Year's Eve. At last, he got the ending he deserved: freezing to death under a bridge, then being torn apart by wild dogs... 23.8kReads6.8Score1.6kShelves
- 6 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Story Begins in 1962 四合院：何雨柱1962年开始 He Yu, an idle drifter, transmigrates into the body of He Yuzhu, the Silly Zhu of the courtyard. But his timing is bad: Jia Dongxu is already dead and gone. To avoid being exploited by the Jia family, however, the new He Yuzhu works hard to change himself. Life may be short, but he should still enjoy it, and make amends where he can, so he won't look back with regret when he's old. What becomes of the people in the courtyard depends on how He Yuzhu chooses to stir things up. 1kReads7.1Score101Shelves
- 7 Reborn in the Siheyuan: From the Start, I Join the Neighborhood Office 重生四合院：开局入职街道办 Main character: scheming, slow-burn, no female lead but multiple women Lin Chen, a modern factory worker who spent his days tightening screws, transmigrates to a courtyard compound in the 1960s and becomes the nephew of Director Wang of the neighborhood office. His aunt and uncle, whom he lived with from childhood, are the district police chief and his wife. After Lin Chen graduates, his uncle plans to arrange an apprenticeship for him at a steel mill, but Lin Chen has no intention of going back 74Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Soul Travels Back to 1956 四合院：何雨柱魂穿1956 He Yuzhu freezes to death beneath a bridge. His overwhelming hatred tears through time and space, merging with the consciousness of countless parallel worlds and bringing him back to life in 1956. Only then does he realize that the entire courtyard had been plotting against him. Watch as He Yuzhu takes revenge on all the scoundrels in the courtyard. The story focuses on tormenting them, with a heavy air of hostility and the entire courtyard arrayed against him. He raises He Yushui and writes the 16.9kReads7.6Score763Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: Reborn on a Snowy Night, I Sign In and Get a Wife from the Start 四合院：雪夜重生开局签到送老婆 The rating has just been posted. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and wishing everyone a fortune! Note: Original female lead, with a temper, but she won’t cause trouble. Read with caution if that bothers you. The story gets fairly peaceful later on, since the characters are just trying to live normal lives. It comes down to personal taste; everyone’s different. Silly Zhu devoted his whole life to others, only to end up dying beneath a bridge on a snowy night, devoured by wild dogs… Reborn in an 4.8kReads7.5Score223Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Awakens, Dongxu Meets with Disaster 四合院：傻柱觉醒，东旭出事， 1963. He Yuzhu awakened! When he awakened, Jia Dongxu had just met with an accident! Everyone at the steel mill knew Silly Zhu. He was a skilled cook, especially renowned for Sichuan and halal cuisine. Few people knew, however, that he was also good at preparing the private specialty known as Tan Family Cuisine. Tan Family Cuisine uses all kinds of rare and exotic ingredients, dishes once served to wealthy households of the past. Nowadays, hardly anyone remembers it, but his cooking has always b 148Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Road Survival Gets a Tenfold Boost 四合院：傻柱公路求生万倍增幅 [Courtyard + road survival + 10,000-fold amplification] After waking up, He An found himself as Silly Zhu in Love in the Courtyard. His father had run off from the start, his belongings had been stolen, and all he had left was his sobbing little sister and a courtyard full of vermin. Just as he was worrying about the rice jar running empty, the [Road Survival Game] forcibly loaded in, riddled with bugs and bizarrely fused with the courtyard world! Could walking refresh treasure chests? Had his 1 8.1kReads6.9Score345Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: The He Family 四合院：何大家族 The good news: I've been reborn, and it's in the Courtyard House world. The bad news: I've become Silly Zhu's grandfather, the old patriarch of the courtyard! It's 1952. He Daqing hasn't run off with White Widow yet, Silly Zhu is still learning to cook at Fengzeyuan, and Yushui is only five. The courtyard's neighborhood committee system isn't in place yet, and the local office is still called the Military Control Commission. Qin Huairu hasn't married into the courtyard. He Baocai acts decisively 2.5kReads6.4Score111Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: After He Yuzhu Woke from His Dream 四合院之何雨柱梦醒之后 He Yuzhu experienced another person's life in a dream. When he woke up, he discovered that He Daqing had already gone to Baoding with Widow Bai. Would He Yuzhu's fate remain the same as before, or would it change? 20.8kReads5.7Score985Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Fantasies 四合院：何雨柱的幻想 A top modern chef transmigrates as He Yuzhu, the biggest fool and simp in the courtyard compound, and sets out on a very different path in life. There is more than one female lead, but he doesn't fall for every woman he meets. He has a golden finger and gives the scoundrels what they deserve. A light, feel-good story with little bitterness. The most important thing is to enjoy a comfortable life, not build a business empire. Some details in the story may not be entirely accurate, so please be un 5.7kReads5.6Score141Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: Soul Transmigration in 1951, Happiness for the He Family 四合院：魂穿51之何家幸福 The story of the Siheyuan begins again! [System]+ [Multiple storylines merged]+ [Family life]+ [Siheyuan] He Yulong, a fine young man from the 21st century, transmigrates into Silly Zhu in 1951. From the start, he's on a train back to Beijing. Beside him, He Yushui wipes away her tears, grieving over their father's departure. But as soon as they get home, the Jia family steals their things. Should he swallow his anger or give them a taste of their own medicine? Watch how He Yuzhu unleashes the p 19.2kReads7.3Score943Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: Blind Dates Make You Stronger 四合院：相亲就变强 [No saintly heroine] [Cooking-focused] [Plenty of everyday life] [Putting Yi Jia in his place] [Leisurely pace] [Don’t read if you dislike it] He is accidentally reborn as He Yuzhu, only to find that He Daqing has run off, leaving him and little Yushui behind. He Yuzhu goes straight to the police and arranges for Yushui to be returned to He Daqing, so she can enjoy the fatherly love she never had in her previous life and stop dragging her brother down! Back at the courtyard, he sees a family arr 23.8kReads7.2Score1.4kShelves
- 17 Siheyuan: I, Silly Zhu, Refuse to Be a Total Sucker 四合院：我傻柱绝不当大冤种 He transmigrates into Silly Zhu in Love in the Courtyard, and it feels like the sky is falling. Fortunately, the original story’s timeline hasn’t started yet, so there’s still time to change everything. You think I’m going to support you in your old age just like in the original story? Dream on! 12.9kReads7.0Score534Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Lie-Flat Life 四合院之何雨柱的躺平人生 He Yuzhu is reborn in 1951, and from the start sends Jia Zhangshi to prison. Like a butterfly flapping its wings, what changes will this bring to the courtyard? And what fate awaits the courtyard's villains? 17.3kReads6.7Score663Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1952 四合院，傻柱重生1952 The male lead unexpectedly awakens memories of his past life and learns that he used to be Sha Zhu. After waking up, he finds himself back in 1952, when Sha Zhu is at his lowest point. See how the male lead changes the lives of everyone in the courtyard! 40.6kReads8.3Score3.6kShelves
- 20 Siheyuan, 1948: I, Sha Zhu, Never Let Myself Be Mistreated 四合院1948：我傻柱从不憋屈 [Siheyuan makeover] [Multiple film and TV worlds] [Multiple heroines] [No messy love triangles or angst] [Self-interest has nothing to do with right or wrong] The System picked the wrong person, left behind a beginner’s gift pack, then grabbed its bucket and ran! It brought He Yuzhu from a later era to Beiping in late 1948, in a world blending films and TV dramas. He even became the sixteen-year-old Silly Zhu from the Siheyuan! The original plot? What original plot? Now that he’s transmigrated, 29Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Isn't Silly Anymore 四合院：傻柱不傻了 The story of Silly Zhu's older brother in the courtyard house has already been written, and so has He Yushui's. This time, it's Silly Zhu's turn! They say that if the courtyard is in chaos, the Jia family is behind it. Let's see how the Jia family manages without Yi Zhonghai, and what becomes of the Second and Third Uncles in the courtyard. Will Xu Damao's life change? 8.9kReads7.4Score298Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: Catch Qin Huairu, Then Shoot Jia Dongxu! 四合院：抓秦淮茹，枪嘎贾东旭！ [Invincible power fantasy]+ [Revenge]+ [Not dark]+ [Light System]+ [No forgiveness letters] Revenge drives the early story, and in the latter half, the wicked get what they deserve. When it's time to strike, he never holds back! Well, there is one forgiveness letter, but it’s completely useless! Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluogu Lane hides the vilest human nature in all the neighborhood! Three years ago, Jia Dongxu seized the Gu family’s property and made off with their money. He used the Gu family’s 3.5kReads6.4Score120Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Turn He Yuzhu Into He Prisoner! 四合院：开局让何雨柱变何狱柱！ February 1963, just after the self-defense counterattack against India had ended. His parents were Red Army officers and soldiers. Raised in the sacred revolutionary heartland of northern Shaanxi, Zhou Li was a top-class combat hero with impeccable revolutionary credentials. After leaving the army, he returned to Beijing to become head of security at a steel mill and moved into the east side courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. Only then did he realize he had entered a world where period dramas ha 412Reads7.1Score101Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take the Jia Family's House 四合院：开局就抢贾家房 Zhao Hu transmigrates. Starting out as a junior officer in a unit reorganized in Beiping, he fights in campaigns across the country, from north to south and then back north again, earning the Death God Corps its fearsome reputation by taking on seventeen opponents at once. Afterward, he establishes a food company and develops foreign trade. He founds the Nine-Headed Bird and spreads its intelligence network to every corner of the world. Zhao Hu does his job well, but never forgets to enjoy himse 2kReads7.8Score281Shelves
- 25 Claiming the Throne of the World, Part Nine: The Jingzhou Ding 问鼎天下第九部之荆州鼎 Claiming the World, Book 9: The Jingzhou Ding 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: I Have a Golden Finger for the Good Life! 四合院，我有一个享福金手指！ What should I do after transmigrating to the Birds-Full Courtyard? Oh, there’s a System! And I get to enjoy life while everyone else suffers? Now that’s what I call living! In this era of scarce supplies, how can I use food and drink to weave a vast web of connections? Let’s see how Luo Tie thrives in the beastly Birds-Full Courtyard, using other people’s bitter fruits to make his own life happy! 126.4kReads7.9Score8kShelves
- 27 Siheyuan: Raking in the Old Man’s Cash, Living Off Your Parents Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of 四合院：爆老登金币，啃老不丢人 He Yuzhu accidentally transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan and becomes He Yuzhu. What? His father, He Daqing, ran off with the White Widow? Good riddance! Now the good life can begin! What? This world isn't just about Siheyuan? Even better! This book has no toxic drama, no drawn-out misunderstandings, and no gross-out humor. Qin Huairu is all mine. The protagonist is shrewd and calculating, and there's no shame in living off your parents. This book is also known as Siheyuan: Sucking Others D 28.2kReads6.9Score2.3kShelves
- 28 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Awakening 四合院：傻柱的觉醒 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 18kReads6.6Score377Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn in 1953 四合院：傻柱重生从53年开始 Winter in the capital is especially bitter. Beneath an overpass, Silly Zhu curls into a ball, driven out of his home by the ungrateful Bang Geng, cold and hungry. In the biting wind, he thinks of the three-courtyard siheyuan, of Qin Huairu, of all the men and women in the courtyard, and of the absurd life in which he was schemed against until he had nothing left. Silly Zhu swears that if he gets another chance, he'll escape their schemes and live a life of his own. 81.8kReads8.3Score4.6kShelves
- 30 My Harem of Beauties in Siheyuan 四合院我的美人窝 Granny Jia is sent off to the countryside, the Second and Third Masters are tricked into going to support the Third Front, the First Master is duped into a car accident and killed, and the deaf old woman is raided and extorted. He even gets Xu Damao and Yan Jiecheng into danmei... This transmigrator is having a blast in the courtyard. 11.1kReads5.4Score485Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: Helping Lou Xiao'e from the Start 四合院：开局援助娄晓娥 He transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan series as He Yuzhu and awakens a System. From the start, Xu Damao wants to make trouble for him? Then He Yuzhu will have to sit him down for a serious discussion about who Lou Xiao'e belongs to! Qin Huairu comes asking for a lunchbox? Please, he's no sucker. Why would he let himself become a free meal ticket for the Jia family? Emotional blackmail? Sorry, I play the double-standard game better than anyone! 8.8kReads8.4Score314Shelves
- 32 Siheyuan: A Wild Boar Gets Me a Ten-Mu Greenhouse from the Start 四合院：开局野猪送我十亩地大棚 [Gossip] [Watching the Show] [Period] [Transmigration] [Purchasing Agent] [Invincible] [Witty] [Funny] [Daily Life] [One Female Lead] [Ruthless] PS: The Courtyard House content doesn’t make up a particularly large portion of this story. Most of it focuses on the protagonist’s everyday life. If that’s not your thing, don’t read! PS: The male lead has a pet companion who provides the comedy, but the pet’s role becomes less prominent later on. If you’re not into pets, feel free to skip those part 39.9kReads8.3Score2.5kShelves
- 33 From the Start: I, Silly Zhu, Move Out of the Courtyard 开局：我傻柱搬离四合院 He Yuzhu lived in the twentieth century. Since he shared the same name as Silly Zhu from the courtyard compound, people around him never stopped teasing him. One day, after drinking at home, his soul transmigrated into the world of the courtyard compound, where he became Silly Zhu. With help from the System, he eventually became a business and entertainment mogul. 9.6kReads6.2Score184Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan's Dual Sign-In System 四合院之双签系统 [Courtyard setting + golden finger + dual transmigration + marriage before love + time travel] If you can handle a lot, start from the beginning and get the complete story. If you can’t stand being wronged, I suggest jumping ahead to Chapter 60! By a twist of fate, two strangers transmigrate together into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Bound tightly together by the System, they have no choice but to do their best to play the part of a loving couple in order to survive in their new surroundi 44kReads6.9Score2.1kShelves
- 35 Republican Era: I'm the Bandit Mountain Rose 民国：我是土匪山里红 (Transmigration + Republic of China era + War of Resistance + Online Game + Female Protagonist + No Romance) A member of the Republic’s Fire Phoenix Special Forces, with a game in tow, transmigrates to the Republic of China in 1924. She becomes the top boss of the Heavenly King Stronghold in the Taihang Mountains, and the granddaughter of the leader of the bandits across the seven northern provinces. Not bad! There’s still time. With the items in her game inventory, she can put together a well-e 771Reads6.8Score107Shelves
- 36 You're Forcing Me to the Countryside? I'll Empty the House and Head Off to the Farms in Style 逼我下乡？我搬空家底潇洒插队 Reborn in 1975, Lin Jianguo looks at his biased parents and the younger brother about to take over his job, then gives a cold laugh. If you won't treat me right, don't blame me for returning the favor! He activates his pocket System and acquires Grandmaster-level Baji Fist, expert hunting skills, and expert marksmanship. He clears out every valuable belonging in his biased parents' house, then casually signs up his stepmother's son to go to the Great Northwest. With his bags on his back, he head 10.7kReads7.5Score809Shelves
- 37 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Revenge 四合院之傻柱复仇记 A burned-out office worker who dropped dead in 2026 becomes Silly Zhu, who froze to death on the streets in 1951. Bound to a System, he learns cooking, traditional Chinese medicine, and Bajiquan. As he raises his little sister, he makes every beast who schemes against him pay the price. 27.6kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
- 38 Conquering the Realm, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第七部之青州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: How Dare You Steal My Inheritance? 四合院：我的遗产你们也敢吞？ When a doctoral graduate’s soul landed in 1961, he became a young man in rural Changping who shared his name. His parents were dead, and his uncle’s inheritance had been completely divided among the “old neighbors” in Courtyard 95 on Nanluoguxiang: three rooms, eight thousand yuan in savings, and a secure job at the steel mill, all seized. With no way to seek justice, he had only a will and the future technology and master-level martial arts bestowed upon him by his transmigration. From appealin 6.6kReads6.6Score201Shelves
- 40 Back to Thirty Years Ago 重回三十年前 A magical watch lets her transmigrate back and forth between the present and thirty years ago. Thank goodness! This time, she has to seize the opportunity and save herself from her tragic fate. 899Reads7.7Score106Shelves
- 41 In Siheyuan, I Become Huaihua, the Poor Little One 四合院我成了槐花小可怜 The moment I opened my eyes, I had become Little Huaihua from the courtyard. The protagonist was absolutely terrified! Born into a family like this, the protagonist decided to cozy up to Lou Xiao'e to make sure she could grow up healthy. Auntie Lou was not only the only good person in the whole courtyard, but someone who might even sneak her off to Hong Kong one day. 5.2kReads8.5Score238Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: Damou's Brother-in-Law Has an Iron Body, What a Scammer 四合院：大茂妹夫铁身躯，坑人啊 [The hottest Siheyuan story of 2025] [Sneaky schemer] [Funny] [Prankster] [Lots of conflict] [Feel-good power fantasy] He befriends Xu Damao and Li Huaide. Xu Damao is the brother-in-law of Sha Zhu. He sets traps for all the other troublemakers. This book is all about pranks: first, he swindles them out of their pocket money, then he makes them suffer miserably. Don't read if that's not your thing! 21.9kReads6.0Score514Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: I Master Divine Arts, and You Call Me Superstitious? 四合院：道法通神，你说我迷信？ [Period Setting] [Pocket Dimension] [Daoist Arts] [Miracle Doctor] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [Everyday Life] [Family Matters] [Unique Powers] Zhang Daoxuan arrives in a Beijing courtyard in the 1960s and awakens a Merit System. With a single hand, he saves countless lives using talisman water and earns the title “Living Immortal.” But Jia Zhangshi turns around and reports him for feudal superstition and murder for profit! The police station refuses to hear him out and forces him to return the money a 2.2kReads5.5Score—Shelves
- 44 The Great Emperor Returns: Starting with the Annihilation of His Clan 大帝归来：从灭族开始 Synopsis: Lu Changsheng, the supreme cultivator of the cultivation world, spent a thousand years cultivating before ruling the myriad realms with a single sword. When he tore through space and returned to Blue Star, he discovered that only five years had passed on Earth. Monsters were running rampant across the Western Pacific, and half the country had fallen. With a single sweep of his sword, he wiped out countless demons. But when he finally returned home, he was met with this: His parents had 1.4kReads—Score170Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: I Ruin Silly Zhu and Wipe Out the Whole Bunch 四合院：废了傻柱，全灭众禽 From the start, he breaks Silly Zhu's right hand. After finding out how the Sixth Man System determines its verdict, he deals with the beasts by chapter 100. Silly Zhu ends up begging on the streets with all five limbs broken. Seriously, trust me, bro. 16.7kReads6.1Score550Shelves
- 46 Conquering the Realm, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第六部之徐州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: I'm Yushui's Cousin 四合院：我是雨水表哥 A modern owner of a rural guesthouse transmigrates to the 1950s, hoping to get by in modest comfort. To his surprise, he discovers he’s in the Cursed Courtyard, and that he’s He Yushui’s cousin. See how the three siblings survive in this era... 11.7kReads6.5Score434Shelves
- 48 The Urban Supreme: Starting by Tearing Up the Marriage Contract 都市至尊，从撕毁婚书开始 A mysterious marriage contract was drawn up twenty years ago. Twenty years later, Lin Jiuxiao descended from the mountains with the contract, only for his wealthy fiancée to tear it up in front of everyone. “A country bumpkin from the mountains thinks he’s worthy of marrying me?” Amid the laughter, Lin Jiuxiao calmly gathered the scraps. “The contract can be destroyed. But the Su family has enjoyed three generations of wealth thanks to my master’s sect. Today, it’s time to pay it back.” The mome 778Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 49 Lao Mo, Eating Fish in the Siheyuan, Dominating Hong Kong 老默，四合院吃鱼，香江称霸 [Decisive and ruthless] [No dragging things out] [Kills them all] [Unexpected twists] To find his daughter, he kills his way from a Beijing courtyard house all the way to Xiangjiang. The protagonist is Lao Mo, Jinghai’s top assassin: arrogant, cold, ruthless, and a man of few words who kills without batting an eye. He terrifies every lowlife around, and even the mention of his name makes them quake. Everyone who’s read it says it’s an absolute thrill. If you don’t believe them, check out the rev 43.6kReads7.9Score2.2kShelves
- 50 Conquering the Realm, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第五部之兖州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 18Reads—Score—Shelves
