[Military marriage + food + everyone dotes on her + adorable kids + System + feel-good power fantasy + male lead appears late]
Jiang Yurao comes from a family of imperial chefs and has been learning to cook since childhood. Then she transmigrates to the 1970s, where supplies are scarce and even the cleverest cook can't make a meal without ingredients. To make matters worse, she's surrounded by awful relatives.
Her father is a compulsive gambler, her mother spreads rumors, her younger brother is good for nothing, and her grandparents favor boys over girls.
When trouble comes, don't panic. People need food to live, and skipping a meal leaves you starving. Filling your stomach is the best plan of all.
She has barely finished baking a batch of piping-hot flatbreads when the whole village shows up and starts fighting over them.
“I got here first...”
“No, I got here first!”
She could actually cook for free, with room and board included.
“Beep! Welcome to the Food Saves the World System!”
What on earth? Is she the heroine? No way. She just wants to cook delicious food and eat well.
When the commanding officer finally shows up at her door, eyes bloodshot, she and the villagers are happily feasting.
He takes one look, figures he might as well sit down since he's already here, and takes a bite. “This is heavenly!”
He becomes even more determined to take his wife home.
The first thing he says is, “Honey, the kids at home have gotten so thin from being hungry...”
??? Kids? Hers?
Well, she can't be this good at cooking and still let the kids waste away.
On a dark and windy night, just as things are getting passionate, her wicked mother-in-law bursts through the door.
When trouble comes, don't panic. She pulls out her prized flatbreads, and her mother-in-law grabs them and turns right around to leave.
She knew her daughter-in-law understood her!
She turns around to find the commanding officer gazing at her hopefully. “Honey, are there any more? I need to eat my fill before I have the strength to get to work...”
All you do is eat! Even the ox in the field works harder than you!
