The 1970S: The Youth Brigade's Midnight Canteen

Gu Nanfeng, the chef behind a Michelin-level private restaurant, wakes up and finds himself transmigrated to the Great Northern Wilderness in 1970. From the start, he’s in hell mode: snow has blocked the mountain passes, food is running out, morale is in tatters, and his burly roommate is watching him like a hawk! Seeing a young female sent-down educated youth about to throw herself into a river over half a steamed bun, Gu Nanfeng activates the **[Emotional Kitchen System]**! As long as his diners experience an emotional change, he can exchange it for countless ingredients! In this era of scarcity, when people fight over even sweet potato skins, Gu Nanfeng lights a kerosene lamp and uses his cooking to win the hearts of an entire generation. [You cooked a bowl of pork-lard noodles, saving a despairing young woman from taking her own life. Reward: Beginner Knife Skills + ten jin of white flour!] [You made a bowl of old Beijing zhajiangmian, awakening a veteran educated youth’s homesickness. Reward: Strength Pills + pork belly!] [You served up a pot of braised pork, settling factional disputes at the educated youth settlement. Everyone wept and hailed you as their spiritual leader!] Su Wan, tears in her eyes: “Brother Gu’s bowl of noodles pulled me back from the brink of death. For the rest of my life, I’ll only eat food he makes!” Zhao Gang, a changed man: “Brother Gu, I was wrong before. Just let me have a bowl of soup, and I’ll take care of all the dirty, hard work from now on!” The brigade leader: “As long as Educated Youth Gu is willing to stay and take charge of the cooking, this year’s return-to-the-city quota... Ahem, we can talk about it!” From a ramshackle earthen hut at the educated youth settlement to the first private restaurant of the Reform and Opening-Up era. With a kitchen knife and an iron wok, Gu Nanfeng turns the cold Great Northern Wilderness into the warmest late-night diner. In this life, love and good food are the only things we must never let down.