Radishes in One Hand, Chickens in the Other: Farming My Way to the Capital

[Food + farming + strong female lead + building a life from nothing + sweet romance] Overworked office drone Xu Mutong dies in an accident on her way home from working overtime. The moment she wakes up, her father is dragged off for forced labor, leaving behind her starving younger siblings and a mother who can only wail and cry. What a disastrous start. No need to panic. One jar of her secret sauce wins over the appetites of everyone in the county. What? Her weird relatives are here to pick a fight? She drops her spatula and starts crawling around in the shadows. Even ghosts have less resentment than she does. She opens a restaurant, builds a workshop, and picks up a few starving children along the way. Life is just lovely. The crown prince blocks her path. She says, “Get lost. Making money comes first.” A handsome bandit blocks her path. She says, “Move it. Making money comes first.” A scheming military strategist blocks her path. “Take me with you. Making money comes first.” She: “…”