(Transmigration + farming + entrepreneurship + solving mysteries)
Modern Michelin-starred chef Su Wan transmigrates into a peasant girl in the Great Yong dynasty, driven from her home and left with a drafty shack, a mother on the brink of death, hungry younger siblings wailing, and snow falling all around. Her grandmother calls her a burden, her aunt waits to laugh at her, and everyone in the village says the family won’t survive the winter.
But they don’t know that this skinny girl was once a chef in a Michelin-starred kitchen. Her knife has cut truffles and sliced wagyu; she has simmered stock so good it made French judges fall to their knees and cry, “Mama!”
A bowl of mushroom soup sends its fragrance ten miles. She sells it from the remote hills to the county seat, the prefectural city, and the capital. A jade pendant leads to a bloody case from thirty years ago. And a mute laborer she finds in a tree hollow turns out to be the last survivor of a disgraced military family, sentenced to execution.
But in this world, good cooking alone isn’t enough. When fine food meets conspiracy and barren hills become entangled in court politics, Su Wan draws her knife. She’ll use a dish to unravel a shocking old case, and a bowl of soup to shake the entire Great Yong dynasty.
This is a pastoral love story of food, infrastructure, and political intrigue. Watch as this spirited young woman wields her spatula and cooks up a dazzling life on the barren hills, its fragrance spreading for miles.
Good-looking, good-looking and interesting
It's good-looking, full of hope, lively, and warm. Everyone hugs each other to keep warm. It's a really exciting story about a heroine. No need to talk nonsense. Just read it.