
After I Was Widowed, I Raised My Disabled Son with My Cooking
守寡后,我靠厨艺养残儿
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- Slice-of-Life Farming
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The most amazing thing is the "no system, no space, no cheats" setting! He Taoyao doesn't have any cheats, and relies on a pair of hard-working hands and brains to make a living. She will encounter natural disasters when farming, shortage of ingredients when cooking, and she has to rely on worldly wisdom to compete with her relatives. This kind of "heartbreakingly real" setting makes every success of hers particularly convincing. If you are used to reading cool articles with golden fingers, suddenly seeing this kind of "purely relying on yourself" counterattack will feel particularly fresh, and it is easy to substitute, as if you are sweating in the fields and busy at the stove with her.
The line about the disabled stepson was so tear-jerking! He might have been a dull gourd at first, and he didn't dare to say anything when he was bullied, but He Taoyao didn't give up on him, cooking for him, treating his illnesses, and teaching him how to behave. Slowly, the child would smile at her and timidly protect her when she was bullied. This bond, which was not related by blood but was better than that of mother and child, was more moving than any love line. In tomato novels, this kind of pure family line is so rare. Every time I see my stepson getting better, I feel that He Taoyao's efforts are worth it. The interaction between this "mother and son" is the warmest healing point in the whole article.
The rhythm is really slow, but very slow and solid! To get rich without even starting, He Taoyao had to start by learning farming and practicing cooking skills, gradually building up her family's fortune, and her relationship with her stepson also had to be slowly cultivated. This slow pace may seem "not exciting" at first glance, but once you look at it, you will know that every small improvement is hard-won. It is the first time to make money from cooking, the first time to improve the stepson's disease, and the first time to fight back against the evil relatives. This kind of "slow flow" counterattack is more lasting than the "quick riches overnight" feeling. If you have the patience to follow it, you will definitely be able to taste it.
The style of this article is so appetizing! There are no fancy palace battles, just the daily life of a widow and her disabled son, farming, cooking, and dealing with relatives in the village. The food cooked by Taozi can be imagined to be fragrant, the interaction with the stepson can warm the heart, and even the interaction with the evil relatives is full of the flavor of life. I'm used to reading fast-paced and refreshing articles on Tomato, but occasionally reading this kind of farming article full of fireworks is like eating a home-cooked meal, which heals and relieves stress. Especially watching her make a bitter life sweet, I feel so at ease.
There are no "bloody plots", and clean stories are more comfortable. There are definitely no "bloody plots" such as "the female protagonist is misunderstood, the male protagonist does not believe", "best friend betrays, ex-boyfriend returns". It is all a clean story in which the female protagonist lives by herself, takes care of her stepson, and deals with relatives. This kind of non-bloody setting makes people feel very comfortable to watch. There is no need to be angry because of misunderstandings or sad because of betrayal. You can just follow the heroine to experience the ups and downs of life. This is a "clean" article. In a platform full of cool articles, this kind of clean and pure story is particularly rare. It also makes people want to follow it and enjoy this kind of mindless and hassle-free reading experience.
The whole content will make people learn to cherish their current life, even if it is not rich; cherish the people around them, even if there are conflicts; cherish their own hands, because they can create happiness. She even has to work hard to get a full meal. Compared with our current life, we will feel very happy; the mutual dependence between her and her stepson will make people cherish the family affection around them; the process of her working hard with her hands will make people cherish the fruits of their own labor. After reading the introduction, I feel that this article not only makes people happy, but also makes people learn to be grateful and cherish. This kind of emotional value is more precious than a simple feeling of happiness.
Counterattack is not the greatness of "saving the world" or "becoming a queen", but the greatness of "living a good life in an ordinary life". She is just an ordinary widow, with no extraordinary abilities and no help from plug-ins, but she relies on her own efforts in difficult situations to make herself and her stepson live a pleasant life. This kind of "ordinary greatness" is more touching than those spectacular greatness, because it is close to the lives of ordinary people and makes readers feel that "I can also live my life well like her." After reading the introduction, I feel that her story tells us that ordinary people can also create happiness through their own efforts. This kind of greatness in the ordinary is particularly powerful.
Days full of fireworks are truly "lively", and the words "live your life lively" are particularly picturesque! There is no system to help her grow special crops, and there is no space to provide her with rare ingredients. He Taoyao's "richness" must be earned by herself, such as planting her own land well, and the harvested food can feed her and her stepson; such as doing some handicrafts to sell in the town, and getting some change to buy a candy for her stepson; such as cleaning up the dilapidated house, and living openly even if she is poor. This kind of day full of fireworks makes people feel more at ease than those plots about getting rich easily. After all, isn't the happiness of ordinary people just relying on a pair of hands to sweeten the bitter days? This alone makes me want to read more about her daily life.
The pace of this article is really slow, but it's very slow and solid! To get rich without even starting, He Taoyao had to start by learning farming and practicing cooking skills, gradually building up her family's fortune, and her relationship with her stepson also had to be slowly cultivated. This slow pace may seem "not exciting" at first glance, but once you look at it, you will know that every small improvement is hard-won, such as the first time to make money from cooking, the first time to improve the stepson's disease, the first time to retaliate against the evil relatives. This kind of "slow flow" counterattack is more lasting than the feeling of "getting rich overnight". Readers can definitely taste it if they have the patience to follow it.
This opening simply engraved the word "miserable" into my bones! The dead husband-in-law, the disabled step-son, and the evil relatives are all gathered together. If there is no golden finger in the system, someone else would have run away long ago. But He Taoyao refused, relying on a pair of hard-working hands and an unwillingness to admit defeat. This kind of counterattack without shortcuts is much more real than those cool articles about cheating. Watching her go from not being able to eat to living her life to the fullest, every step of the way is based on the pain points of reality. The more I read, the more I feel that "the struggles of ordinary people are so powerful." It is exactly the "down-to-earth counterattack" approach that readers like, and it is particularly immersive to follow.