[Extremely Protective] [Food and Farming] [System for Making Money] [Power Couple] [Cute Baby] [Sweet and Satisfying, No Angst]
Su Qingyue, the youngest head chef ever to cook for a state banquet, opens her eyes to find herself a poor farmer's orphan in the Great Yan dynasty, on the verge of starving to death.
A drafty thatched hut, half a bowl of sour gruel, terrible relatives scheming at her door, and a gorgeous wild man she found in the mountains, half dead?
Su Qingyue sneers and hefts her battered iron wok. "No worries. Nothing matters more than a good meal!"
No ingredients? She can dig up wild scallions and pick rare mushrooms in the mountains. Anything can go in the pot!
Troublesome relatives looking for a fight? She swings her cleaver with a flourish, and the scoundrels fall to their knees and call her Grandma as the aroma of meat fills the courtyard!
From street-stall jianbing to the iron-wok goose stew taking the capital by storm, then on to the grand First Culinary Academy Under Heaven...
With her extraordinary cooking skills, Su Qingyue flips the wok with one hand and makes money with the other, turning a hellish start into an age of abundance that leaves everyone licking their lips.
But why is the wild man she took in as a "walking advertisement" looking at her more and more strangely?
Then one day, remnants of the deposed crown prince rebel, and an army lays siege to the city, vowing to raze Taohua Village to the ground.
Her husband, the "hired hand" who usually just lounges lazily in the courtyard waiting for a meal, steps out beneath the moon in black robes. With a flick of his fingers, his hidden guards appear.
"Whoever dares threaten my princess consort's business will have their entire clan executed."
Su Qingyue: ???
Inside the house, the little dumpling smacks his lips and mumbles, "Father... go ahead and fight... just don't touch the ribs Mother just finished stewing..."
