Siheyuan: Imperial Chef, Making the Whole Courtyard Drool from the Start

Shen Yi wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to a courtyard house in 1963, where he starts out as a factory outcast demoted to sweeping toilets at a machinery plant. Luckily, he has a Daily Sign-In System bound to him, plus the superb culinary skills of an imperial chef's family! In an era when even a drop of oil is hard to come by and every meal of coarse grain has to be carefully budgeted, Shen Yi uses his sign-in rewards to heat up a wok at home, effortlessly driving the whole courtyard wild with hunger.

In these days of scarcity, Shen Yi lives entirely by his own principles: he would rather find ways to cook four hot dishes for Liang Ladi, a tough and capable fifth-grade welder and widow, than let his scheming neighbors get even the slightest advantage.

After using a pig-slaughtering feast to make a triumphant return as head chef, he also uses the System to spot undervalued blue-and-white porcelain in his spare time, all while charming both Ding Qiunan, the cold-faced factory doctor, and Ran Qiuye, the gentle librarian...

Watch as the hard-core imperial chef Shen Yi refuses to play the saint or invite trouble in this courtyard full of schemes and petty squabbles. With nothing but a knife and a wok, he transforms these bitter days into an abundance of delicious aromas, cooking up food so exquisite the whole courtyard can only dream of it!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.