
Small-Town Life After Retiring from Maid Service
当丫鬟退休后的小县城生活
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 400k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Slice-of-Life Farming
- Updated
- 1y ago
- Source
- Fanqie
Synopsis
Other names
- Qushui County: A Foodie Mother's Daily Life Raising Her Children曲水小县:食娘养娃日常Former title · until Oct 2026
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It's a very interesting story. A modern woman travels back to ancient times to become the maid of the second girl of the Hou family. After releasing her contract and returning to freedom, she takes the second girl's posthumous son (Sui Sui Baobao, female) and sets up a stall in Tianshui Lane to sell snacks and wine. It is an ordinary story. The heroine Bao Bao treats people sincerely and uses the craftsmanship taught by the modern heroine to support herself and the baby in ancient times. The water flows slowly, and there is the daily routine of falling in love with the little Juren next door and having a baby.
The previous plot is well written, the sympathy between the heroine and the second sister of the He family is very touching, and the part where the heroine runs a small stall is also full of life. But it seems very thin in some places. The first thing is this. The relationship between the male and female protagonists advances too quickly. The emotional progression between the two from acquaintance to marriage is too thin. The same is true for the plot of Wan Yu's adoption. There is no foreshadowing in the previous text, and the sudden appearance seems abrupt. The connection with the previous text is not very good and the development is a bit fast. As the biological mother of the male protagonist's adopted daughter, the male protagonist's sister not only has no positive description, she does not even have a name, which does not match her key identity. The character Wei An, on the other hand, only has a name as a student who comes to eat at a stall. However, there is currently no plot support, and the character arrangement is slightly unbalanced. The plot of the heroine's mother recognizing her relatives was gone in just one or two chapters because of the appearance of Wu Mi Tuan. When sending Wan Yu to learn embroidery skills from Lady Liu, the plot of the heroine once inviting Lady Liu to dinner also seemed a bit deliberate, as if it was forcibly added to sublimate the heroine, and the transition was not natural enough. In addition, don't forget to update the story line of the second sister of the He family. There is no plot at all now. Of course, if the author wants to write a short story with dozens of chapters, he may have to deal with it in this way due to space limitations, which is understandable. But overall, the setting of this article is very attractive. Although the connection of the above-mentioned plots is a bit abrupt, the content itself is very creative and it is still great to read. The author will also listen to the opinions of readers. I think the salary paid by hiring people to help with business is unreasonable. Someone pointed it out in the comments and the author changed it. It is really great 😘😘😘
Good looking good looking The heroine is very smart and powerful. Because of the influence of the heroine, she has changed the fate of many women. Because of the heroine, He Nanyan, from the widow of a legitimate second son, became a concubine and participated in political affairs, and even listened to the politics from behind the curtain! I also found my mother, opened a small shop, and raised a wonderful year-old baby! I lived a very happy life! The male protagonist is considered to be a very enlightened and advanced man in the ancient sayings. He became a teacher in a women's academy. All in all, I think this book is quite enjoyable. The overall atmosphere is very relaxing. It's very good, but it will die after a few times. The overall plot is very healing. Everyone is fighting for women, and it has changed the fate of thousands of women!
A long-running family story, a portrait of a female group. The heroine is Miss He's maid. After retiring, she raised a baby until she found her own destination. She and the hero supported each other and lived a plain and enjoyable well-off life. 📍There is a line interspersed in the article: the transformation of women's status. Miss He worked hard in the palace and opened a way for women's status. Women are supported from generation to generation 👣 Like in "Meet You After Hard Work": My grandma swims in the sea, my mother runs on the ground, so I can fly in the sky 📝The characters of each person in the article are very vividly portrayed: the male protagonist Cheng Jin is smart and upright, the female protagonist Jiang Yu is gentle and open-minded, lively and cheerful every year ☀️, Wan Yu is tough and steady... I especially like a small scene at the end of the article: I saw that the female servant who had just joined the job two years ago seemed to be tanned. But this does not prevent her from also wearing a small pink and white begonia on one side of her black hairpin🌸🌸
I saw the latest 51 chapters, ancient daily life + food. There is no big poisonous point for the time being. It is just that the heroine's modern expression is not reflected in her thoughts except cooking, but the content is still relatively relaxed and leisurely. Finished spreading flowers 💐 It's very routine, there's nothing scheming about it
It's really good, I don't know why the rating is so low. I just like this kind of story where everyone is harmonious and beautiful, and life is ordinary. There are no super relatives, no vicious female supporting characters, and no big conflicts and twists. With just a few hundred thousand words, it is more like an ancient group portrait. Everyone is their own protagonist and has their own story line. There are also extras that are more exciting than the main text. I have read a lot of ancient scientific research articles on women. Most of them were women disguised as men. Some of them never knew they were women. Some of the stories are known to everyone at the end, but they are only known, which does not help improve the status of women. In comparison, the extras are not as exciting as the story in this article. I hope the author's articles will be more exciting than the last
It is a very heartwarming and beautiful story. In the early stage, the female protagonist sets up a stall to cook food, and gradually develops a relationship with the male protagonist, interspersed with the plot of recognizing her mother. The little babies are smart and cute every year, and the twins also have different personalities. There are not many intrigues and twists in the story, and it focuses on the ordinary and happy life of a family. The extra chapter dealt with some things about giving birth to a mother every year, and it's really great that a woman can become an official in the end! I feel that the author's writing style is good, and his grasp of the plot is also good. Overall, it is very comfortable to read.
It's beautiful, flowing, and logical. When the heroine returned to Qushui, Jiangdu, she lived a warm and well-off life. She set up a small stall, found her mother, raised a lovely Sui Sui, and found a husband who loved each other. It was a very happy ending! The subsequent extras expanded on the life of the juniors and the development of the girls' imperial examinations. There was a bit of a Machiavellian element, and it was very well written! The disadvantage is that the pace is relatively slow in the middle, and I didn't see the heroine and her lady meet until the end, which is a bit regretful!
The characters are very good, and the professions of male and female protagonists are rare. I really like the life of an ordinary couple, supporting each other and understanding each other. The writing is great, plainness is happiness. I have been chasing and chasing, and finally I came here. The author will try his best to update it. I really like reading it.
It's really super good-looking, and it doesn't involve political intrigue. In a peaceful and prosperous small county, a family lives a life of smooth flow and shortcomings! There may be some background information about the change of government and the succession of the prince, but it is very short, only about one chapter, but it has a short impact on the stable life of the small county town. The author's writing is also very good!! The article looks very comfortable, I like it🥰🥰