Tales from the Pickle Shop

Name: Tales from the Pickle Shop
Author: Yan Yan

酱园纪事

by Yan Yan (鹽驗)

Status: Completed
Length: 105k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Period Fiction
Updated: 1mo ago
Source: Fanqie

Request a translation

Refreshed 2d ago

Translated by GPT-6 Luna

Report

Synopsis

One crock of fermented bean paste, three generations, half a century of storms and change.

In the spring of 1956, a notice announcing the public-private partnership was posted at the entrance to the alley. Shen Huaijin handed over his sauce workshop, but divided the family's ancestral recipe into three parts and entrusted them to his three apprentices: one stayed behind, one went to the countryside, and one traveled far south.

Thirty years later, his daughter Shen Ruolan rose from beside the washing tanks at a state-run sauce factory and set out to find the recipe. She traveled across the mountains and fields, went south to Shenzhen, and searched along the waters of Anchang, gradually piecing together the truth her father had hidden between the pages.

Twenty years after that, his granddaughter Shen Zhixing graduated from Zhejiang University, turned down an offer from a major tech company, and returned to the old alley. By then, no one paid any attention to Shen Ji. In the flood of the internet, a “Shen Ji” registered in Shenzhen had taken over every shelf.

But the old crock was still there. The rich aroma of the sauce had not faded.

Stats

What these numbers mean →

23Chapters

1Reads

12Reads · all time

More by this author

My Aunt Is the Most Shameless Person in the Entire Cultivation World

On Our First Blind Date, We Went Straight to the Police Station

In booklists 9

New Books Only! The More Underrated, the Better!

Any new book will do. I’m open to anything, especially books that haven’t gotten much attention. It’s hard being a new author, so let’s not leave them writing to an empty room, okay?

2kBooks2.2MViews17hUpdated

New Authors Hoping to Make It Big, Follow and Review Each Other

Looking for books like "The Poison and Martial Arts System".

1.5kBooks534kViews20hUpdated

Period-Era Fiction! Really Good Ones! No Pocket Spaces, They’re Too Unrealistic!

I don't know why, but lately I've been really into stories set in a bygone era, especially ones about transmigration. Transmigrating into a book is fine too. I read one about a soft-hearted freeloader and a green-tea schemer and really loved it. It felt so real, but it's still being updated. Ladies, any more recommendations? No stories where they get a pocket dimension and supplies like a supermarket, though.

726Books26.3MViews21hUpdated

Are There Any Authors Who Seriously and Responsibly Finish Their Stories? I Don't Care If They're Good or Bad!

2.2kBooks2.4MViews1dUpdated

Republic-Era Novels

I never recommend books I haven't read. These are my favorite period novels, and I'm sharing them with everyone. There are also a few quick transmigration stories, so check them out if you're interested.

616Books1.4MViews1dUpdated

New Writers Are Getting Better and Better

1.6kBooks121.8MViews1dUpdated

Please Recommend Highly Rated Period Pieces. No Dumbed-Down Plots or Cringey Scenes

999Books48.7MViews1dUpdated

Absolutely Stunning, High-Quality Stories Set in a Bygone Era!!

1.2kBooks51.9MViews2dUpdated

Your Number One Period Novel

The female lead isn't a saint, has no awful relatives, and is decisive, mighty, and domineering. Period setting, aimed at women, contemporary romance.

699Books78.6MViews14dUpdated

Reader comments 3

Translated by Google Translate

Save search