
From the Start, I Lost My Job: Selling Lunchboxes on the Way Home
开局就失业:返乡途中卖盒饭
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- Completed
- Length
- 3.6M Words
- Genre
- Urban
- Subgenre
- Urban High-Concept
- Updated
- 1y ago
- English
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Synopsis
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- Construction-Site Lunchboxes Go Viral, Sending City Inspectors into an All-Nighter工地盒饭爆火,城管连夜加班Alternate title on Fanqie
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Behind the hustle and bustle lies the indispensable everyday life and the mundane details of daily life. Small restaurants, brimming with the warmth of human connection, hold the simplest happiness in this city, the most comforting warmth of human connection. This book roughly gives me that feeling.
As a chef myself, I always love reading food-related articles, and thankfully, I discovered this gem of a food novel! Food, family, and friendship are all perfectly blended, making for a very enjoyable read! Please update soon! [Attention][Attention][Attention]
Super good! I couldn't stop reading and stayed up all night to finish the current chapters. The plot is logical, and I'm especially satisfied that there's no romance, since romance is so hard to write. If I had to choose between romance and plot, I'd choose the plot. Author, please keep up this high standard! Wishing you great success! 😆😆😆
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