A Widow's Share: I Make a Fortune with a Cookbook

Lin Xiaoyun was sweeping snow in the courtyard when someone called out, “Lin Xiaoyun, Jianguo has been gone for seven days. It’s time you packed up and went back to your parents’ home.”

Her husband Jianguo had only just left when her vicious mother-in-law and poisonous sister-in-law began scheming to seize the house and drive her and her two children back to her family.

Lin Xiaoyun gave a cold laugh and slammed her broom onto the table. “We can split up the household, but I’m taking half of Jianguo’s compensation and half the food in this house. Take away even a single bit less, and I’ll smash down the Li family’s front gate!”

Leave with nothing? Not a chance! With her money and children in tow, Lin Xiaoyun set up a huge iron pot in town.

The aroma of her secret-braised meat wafted for miles; her bowl of herbal chicken soup had the neighbor’s kids drooling.

From a roadside stall to a grand restaurant, Lin Xiaoyun’s life just kept getting better.