The Nation's Beloved Little Banquet Chef: Military District Cuisine Helps Dad Find Me

Su Baonian, a chef who cooked for state banquets, worked herself to death. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn as a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in the 1970s, crying for food.

From the start, it was hell mode: her parents were missing, the family had nothing, and she had an even younger little brother to care for.

The villagers declared that the siblings wouldn't make it through the winter.

But when Su Baonian saw her brother crying from hunger, she picked up the only iron pot in the house.

With wild greens, she could make soup as delicious as Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

With cornmeal, she could create dishes fit for Michelin stars.

Before long, the aroma of her food carried for miles, making the most fearsome “Living Yama” in the neighboring military district, Commander Lu, drool with envy.

From then on, Su Baonian and her little brother were “tricked” by Commander Lu into moving into the military compound.

They thought they'd just gained two freeloaders, but little did they know...

No one likes the military cafeteria food? Baonian takes charge of the cooking, and the whole army gains twenty pounds!

Awful relatives come looking for trouble? One spoonful from Baonian, and their faces are covered in soot from the cooking pot!

A white lotus puts on a tearful, pitiful act? Baonian points. “Little brother, shove that plate of chilies into her mouth!”

The icy Commander Lu's biggest worry each day is: “My Baonian is so adorable, but she can't do anything except cook. Whatever will become of her?”

Everyone looks at the little cutie who even managed to fool the spies and falls silent: Commander, what exactly do you think “adorable” means?

And when Baonian uses a one-of-a-kind dish to draw closer to the legendary man, everyone is shocked to discover that the little chef they have spoiled rotten is actually...