After working late into the night until her stomach hurt, Lin Xiaoyu found that her takeout still hadn't arrived. In a fit of anger, she opened the fridge and somehow crashed into the back kitchen of Wangjiang Tower in Jiangzhou, Ming Dynasty, fridge and all.
A debt of five taels and two qian, and six months of work to pay it off.
She had planned to work for free to clear her debt, but then she discovered that this “Heavenly Craft Box” contained three thousand recipes, ten kinds of seasonal ingredients, and... an intelligent assistant named “Xiao Leng” who could talk.
From an ordinary fish stew called “A Pleasant Surprise,” to “Shen's Braised Delicacies,” a Jiangzhou sensation, and then to Wangjiang Tower branches soon to open across all thirteen provinces...
Using her knowledge of the future, business savvy, and culinary skills, she transformed the failing Wangjiang Tower into the finest restaurant in Jiangnan, one step at a time.
Faced with commercial attacks, poisoned ingredients, and even the “cleaners” from the Gourmet Pavilion...
She stayed calm and unruffled, countering with “A Pleasant Surprise,” keeping customers loyal with a membership program, and opening branches through a chain model.
She said, “Cooking is like being a person. If you put your heart into it, the guests can taste it.”
The fridge screen lit up: [High-risk investment opportunity detected: acquire Yuebin Tower]
Her eyes lit up. She patted Shen Zhijie's shoulder. “Boss, can I borrow some more money?”
Shen Zhijie looked at her and smiled. “Seven hundred taels. I'll put in seven hundred, bring us up to a thousand, and we'll take the place.”
