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- 1 Siheyuan: This Silly Zhu Isn't So Silly 四合院：这个傻柱不太傻 In the Number 95 Courtyard, He Yuzhu is eventually driven out of his home and ends up torn apart by wild dogs. But what would happen if another soul took over He Yuzhu's body? Would the courtyard's schemers still get their way? Would He Yushui still flee the courtyard? I've read lots of fanfiction about the Number 95 Courtyard, and I always imagined that one day I'd transmigrate there with a golden finger. Then what? So many ideas came to mind, and I decided to write a book of my own, bringing t 2.2kReads6.2Score10214d adds
- 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 109Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 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! 775Reads6.1Score10414d adds
- 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—14d adds
- 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... 23.8kReads6.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 6 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 16.3kReads7.6Score72914d adds
- 7 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 8.2kReads6.9Score35514d adds
- 8 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 2.6kReads6.4Score11414d adds
- 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 4.6kReads7.5Score21914d adds
- 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—14d adds
- 11 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? 19.6kReads5.7Score93814d adds
- 12 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 5.7kReads5.6Score14614d adds
- 13 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 18.9kReads7.3Score88714d adds
- 14 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 21.2kReads7.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 15 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! 12.3kReads7.0Score50814d adds
- 16 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? 16.9kReads6.7Score65114d adds
- 17 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! 40.2kReads8.3Score3.6k14d adds
- 18 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? 8.4kReads7.4Score28614d adds
- 19 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! 128.1kReads7.9Score8k14d adds
- 20 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. 79.9kReads8.3Score4.4k14d adds
- 21 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. 11.2kReads5.4Score49414d adds
- 22 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! 18.8kReads6.6Score40614d adds
- 23 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! 22.4kReads6.0Score53314d adds
- 24 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 43.2kReads7.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 25 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 11.3kReads7.5Score84114d adds
- 26 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. 30.9kReads8.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 27 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 6.8kReads6.6Score20114d adds
- 28 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 1.6kReads—Score5814d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: My Uncle Is Yuan Tiangang 四合院：我舅舅是袁天罡 Yuan Tiangang, the Tang dynasty's Imperial Astrologer, wakes up to find himself the unlikely uncle of He Yuzhu, a man living in a Beijing courtyard. Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum? A dose of Tiangang Arts will set her straight. Yi Zhonghai puts on a false front? Let's calculate the day your bad luck will strike. Qin Huairu wants to leech off you? Uncle will teach you what it means to “make you cry with the Huayang Needle.” Everyone is dumbfounded: Is this old man a divine being or a lunatic? He Y 2.7kReads—Score10414d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Rewrites His Life 四合院：傻柱改写人生 In his previous life, he was driven out of the Siheyuan and froze to death beneath a bridge. Reborn in this life, he returns to find the courtyard just as it was. But He Yuzhu is no longer the Silly Zhu everyone could push around. 9.9kReads6.7Score35814d adds
- 31 A Writer's Soul Reincarnates as Silly Zhu, Living However He Pleases 写手魂穿傻柱之随心所欲 He Yuzhu woke up in the body of Silly Zhu from the Siheyuan, determined not to repeat his past mistakes. But when Qin Huairu came over looking pitiful to borrow some food, he lost his head for a moment and pulled her inside. As he was feeling refreshed and getting his memories straight, he suddenly realized it was 1958. Jia Dongxu was still alive, and Qin Huairu wasn’t a widow yet! Just then, Jia Dongxu’s anxious shouts came from outside the door: “Huairu! Huairu, where are you?” 31Reads6.1Score—14d adds
