[Transmigration + food business + family squabbles + cozy daily life + rags-to-riches]
Du Li never imagined she'd transmigrate into the body of an ancient girl she'd seen moments before her own death!
On her wedding day, her fiancé breaks off the engagement and turns around to marry her cousin.
As if being a pitiful little thing weren't enough, she's also stuck with a family of old, weak, young, and sick dependents, an empty rice jar, and no land or money.
She has no pocket dimension, no System, no way to travel between ancient and modern times, and she's no lucky charm either.
What a rock-bottom start, with nothing but bad luck.
But what can she do? Life has to go on.
Luckily, she loved experimenting with all kinds of food in the modern world and is a skilled cook.
To change her family's fortunes, she shoulders a carrying pole and sells skewers from a street stall, rising from nothing to open her own restaurant.
The strange thing is, the better things go for her, the worse things go for anyone who bullies her.
The scholar Zhao who broke off their engagement is jailed for cheating in the imperial examinations.
Her uncle's family, who stole her family's land and her marriage prospects, becomes the village's laughingstock.
Meanwhile, her family's life grows better and better.
Her little brother passes the scholar examinations at a young age and becomes a rising star.
Her little sister studies under a reclusive miracle doctor, and her future looks bright.
Her cooking becomes famous far and wide, and her restaurant is always packed.
Even the young constable who used to be cold and sharp with her comes by every day to see her, just to get a taste of her cooking. He also takes care of the gangsters causing trouble outside her restaurant, leaving her free of worries.
What's more, when she runs into trouble, he slips back to the capital without a word and kneels for two days and two nights, begging his father for help.
Li Wei: The food is delicious, but my face really hurts.
Later, people say that a wealthy family, overjoyed at the birth of a daughter, spent a fortune renovating the temple of the goddess. Its incense offerings grew ever more prosperous, and Du Li's life improved right along with them.
It was alright, but the ending was a bit awkward 😳 Did the author run out of ideas or something? There were many things and people left unexplained. I hope the author's next work will be more perfect.