Period Drama With a Heroine Who’s Amazing at Cooking 年代文，女主非常会做美食

1. 101 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 105.5kReads9.4Score9.8k14d adds
2. 102 军 My Officer Husband Spoils Me Rotten, and Even This Tough Mom Can't Handle It 军官老公太会宠，悍妇带崽扛不住 Gentle Camellia清栀绵绵Modern Romance434k WordsCompleted [Eighties setting + military marriage + marriage first, love later + getting rich + everyday family life + raising kids + devoted husband] After working overtime for days on end, Yan Xi died suddenly on a treadmill. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of a woman in the 1980s who shared her name. She was a lazy, gluttonous, obese shrew in the military family compound, and everyone avoided and despised her. Her husband, Fu Wen, whom she had tricked into marrying her, want 33.8kReads8.8Score4.9k14d adds
3. 103 嫁 I Married the Richest Man, Had a Beloved Baby, and Now All My Stepkids Are Overprotective Brothers 嫁首富，生团宠，继子全员护妹狂 Mo Mo's Mo漠漠的陌Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Shock! The Rugged Factory Director Is a Wife-Doting Maniac, is now available. (1980s + Married First, Love Later + Everyday Life Raising Kids + Family Matters + Rugged Husband Dotes on His Wife + Mutual Devotion + Beloved by the Whole Family) A beauty blogger travels back to the 1980s and becomes a woman four months pregnant. But she was supposed to marry a wild, rugged man with washboard abs and overflowing masculinity, so how did he turn into an old, ugly eunuch? An 2.7kReads9.3Score31314d adds
4. 104 带 I Returned with Two Tiny Lookalikes, and My Whole Family Dotes on Me 带着两个缩小版回归被全家团宠了 Wings of the Stars and Moon星月之羽Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Complete + 1970s + space + transmigrate into a book + adorable kids + food] At thirty-five, Jiang Li was unmarried and childless, ran a small company that earned millions a year, and enjoyed a wonderful life. At nineteen, Jiang Li was beautiful but foolish. She had a terrible reputation in her village, lived in poverty, was abandoned by everyone, and eventually died at the hands of her younger siblings, whom she had sold. The thirty-five-year-old Jiang Li transmigrated into a book and became th 4.3kReads9.1Score61114d adds

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   The female lead started out making food and is very good at cooking. She gives birth to twin sons right at the beginning of the story.

5. 105 六 The 1960s: I Follow the Army with My Child and Make the Whole Camp Drool 六零年，带娃随军我馋哭全军营 Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Ning猫猫猫猫猫宁Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Food + military life + adorable kids + Culinary God System + everyday child-rearing] Only after awakening does Song Qinghuan realize that the world she lives in grew out of a wicked stepmother novel, and that she is the original wife, a cannon-fodder character destined to die young. When she falls into a river, her children are abducted by human traffickers. Her children become villains who stand in the way of the heroine's children! In the end, some die and others are left crippled! All becaus 12.2kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds

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   The female lead is very good at cooking.

6. 106 八 A Delicate Beauty in the 1980s: The Officer Coaxes Her Into His Arms 八零美人身娇体软，军官哄入怀 Summer Spring夏日春Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted A stunning beauty × a devoted, faithful guard dog of a man [Military marriage + face-slapping revenge + punishing scoundrels + sweet romance + adorable kids + real and fake heiresses] Jiang Tang finds herself inside a period novel as a beautiful but ill-fated cannon-fodder character. When she opens her eyes, an adorable, well-behaved child calls her Mom. Before she can celebrate, a “storm” hits her head-on. Her mother-in-law and the rest of the family treat her like a beast of burden. Too bad fo 166Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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   I highly recommend these two books; they are very good and worth reading.

7. 107 八 Shanghai in the 1980s: Captain Yan’s Wife Ran Off with the Kids 八零沪市，闫队家的媳妇带娃跑了 Black Crow Jili黑鸦几里Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Short drama: She Rises to the Wind in the Eighties An Eighties beauty flees while pregnant, and the military man loses his cool [Shanghai in the Eighties + marriage before love + chasing his wife and face-slapping + sweet everyday romance] Willowy, graceful dancer beauty X sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, jealous man Xu Si transmigrated into a book, becoming the fake heiress who was switched at birth with the Xie family's daughter. On her very first day, she moved out of the Western-style mansion 7kReads8.8Score71314d adds
8. 108 策 I Turned My Simp Against His Goddess and Got Rich with My Spirit Spring Space 策反舔狗，手握灵泉空间嘎嘎暴富 Qing Ling青棂Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + making a fortune + natural disasters + brainless wish fulfillment] An all-around female special agent from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of a doomed supporting character? Everyone around her is evil, and they all want her dead. Three stepchildren give their mother a hard time? She teaches them a little martial arts, and soon they’re crying for their parents and begging for mercy, never daring to do it again! Awful relatives scheme against her? She turns the poc 16Reads7.2Score—14d adds

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   This book features braised pork ribs, crispy fried pork, braised pork intestines, pickled fish, grilled fish, steamed fish fillets with garlic, bubble tea, and grass jelly! The female protagonist becomes rich through her culinary skills!

9. 109 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Sweet Beauty Uses Her Space to Woo Men 穿书七零：娇软美人手握空间撩汉 Qi Si杞肆Modern Romance455k WordsCompleted [1v1 + sweet romance + rugged man + 1970s + transmigrate into a book + dual cultivation + farming + portable space] Luo Haitang unexpectedly transmigrates into a novel set in an alternate version of the 1970s. Before transmigrating, she was a veteran corporate drone who had started saving for retirement and planning to lie flat before she was even thirty. After transmigrating, she has a comfortable family background and a job at the provincial capital's Bureau of Culture. She wants for nothing, 20Reads6.8Score—14d adds

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   The female protagonist is a sent-down youth, a delicate beauty with a portable space. She can make snacks, desserts, and home-style dishes, such as braised pork with mushrooms, spicy rabbit, dried beef, cured meat, sausage, and fish. Reading this late at night made my mouth water.

10. 110 首 The Commander Spoils Me Rotten: His Beautiful Stepmom-to-Be Runs Away Pregnant 首长太能宠，漂亮后妈揣崽跑路了 Chi Youbai池柚白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete + Period Military Marriage + Eight-Year Age Gap + Faithful 1v1 + Adorable Kids + Sweet Romance] After transmigrating into a period novel as a pretty but brainless villainess who keeps courting death, Nan Yang decides to save herself. Her cold and distant military officer husband gives her the silent treatment after they marry, and she has two little burdens to care for. But he hands over all his money, can’t have children, and will die young later on… She’ll be rich and carefree, and b 4kReads9.2Score48314d adds

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    A historical romance novel where the female lead is an amazing cook; a completed sweet and heartwarming story.

11. 111 军 Everyday Life for the Children of a Military Compound 军属大院子女成长日常 Mo Buqing墨不清Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Until she was five, Jiang Youcheng lived in the countryside with her mother, grandmother, and younger brother, carefree and happy. Then, in the early summer of 1987, Jiang Youcheng's father came home... 3.3kReads8.8Score24614d adds

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    Both are period dramas, and the female lead is an excellent cook.

12. 112 上 My Neglected Ex-Husband from My Past Life Won't Pay Me Any Attention Now 上辈子被冷落的前夫，他不理我了 Sweet Peach and Clear Lemon甜桃清柠Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted (The short drama is now available) [Both reborn + devoted to each other + awkward pursuit of her + henpecked husband + college campus] [Aloof, socially anxious goddess VS softhearted, sharp-tongued young master] * At their first meeting, Yue Jitong's tender gaze bewitched Mo Xilou, stealing his soul and his heart. From then on, he was happy to be her devoted lapdog. * At twenty, Yue Jitong was drugged as part of a plot, and Mo Xilou became her antidote. But she hated him for taking her first tim 47.2kReads8.5Score5.5k14d adds

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    The male lead is stubborn but soft-hearted; he says he doesn't love her anymore, but he's actually head over heels in love. He convinces himself again and again, and it's really super good! I look forward to every update! [Please update more!][Please update more!][Please update more!]

13. 113 七 The 1970s: After Moving to the Countryside, I Was Doted on by a Demobilized Rogue Soldier 七零：下乡后被退伍军痞娇宠入骨 Pink Carp粉红鲤鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [System] + [Superpowers] + [sent down to the countryside] + [pocket dimension] + [sweet romance] + [follows the army] What should you do when you open your eyes and find yourself on a train headed to the countryside in 1970? Tang Yitian can only think that she’s doomed. She remembers all the stories she’s heard about educated youths being sent to the countryside, both in her past life and this one. With her delicate, frail body and sweet, lovely face, she’s afraid some local h 20.7kReads9.0Score2.9k14d adds

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    The female lead is a great cook, and the show is very interesting and entertaining.

14. 114 七 Military Wife in the 1970s: Island Life Is the Sweetest 七零随军：海岛日常美滋滋 Mingyue Yan明月滟Modern Romance793k WordsCompleted The new novel, The Scholar and the Joyful Life in the Mountains, is now underway. It's a historical farming story, so head to the author's page to read it~ . [Cozy daily life, family and neighborhood affairs, simple and peaceful ☞ beachcombing + food, mainly Cantonese cuisine + farming + adorable kids. Includes educational tidbits and lots of pictures. Complete.] [Content warnings: This is not a power fantasy, and the heroine isn't strong ☞ no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, no fac 630Reads8.8Score—14d adds
15. 115 她 Snacking My Way Through the 1980s: The Little Cook Is a Star 她在八零忙吃瓜，小小厨娘顶呱呱 Red Sand Is Sugar赤砂是糖Modern Romance230k WordsOngoing ‘Female lead is weak’ + strong male lead + gourmet food + gossip + military marriage + countryside + both inexperienced (1v1) Su Mu never imagined she would transmigrate into a world where her family was so poor they could barely afford food, and the villagers had already eaten everything edible in the mountains. A hellish start, but no matter. With her cooking skills, getting rich would be a piece of cake. She thought it would be a simple, conventional transmigration story set in a bygone era. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Food-themed daily life post [shy][shy][shy]

16. 116 私 The Private Kitchen of a Little Farm Girl 私厨小农女 Hammer Loves Luosifen铁锤爱吃螺蛳粉Ancient Romance221k WordsCompleted [No romance; the heroine loves only money and just wants to earn enough to laze around. There is a secondary couple.] Ji Shu was a sought-after private chef and small-business owner in the modern world, but after being born into this era, she had to eat boiled vegetables for thirteen years?? Ji Shu can't take it anymore!! She'll use delicious food to reach a comfortable life: set up a street stall, then buy a shop, buy a house, and make money. What is love? It's just an optional seasoning in lif 164Reads8.0Score—14d adds
17. 117 李 The Li Family’s Eldest Daughter: Daily Life as the Breadwinner 李家长女养家日常 Yun Xiaoduo云晓朵Ancient Romance179k WordsCompleted [Alternate History + Reincarnated in the Womb + Family Life + Business and Prosperity + No Golden Finger] Li Jinzhu is reincarnated in the womb as the eldest daughter of a scholar in the city of Shuzhou, in the Great Yu Dynasty. Watching her unreliable parents grow more and more outrageous while the family’s finances dwindle, she decides to take control of the household purse strings. With the little silver the family has left, Li Jinzhu takes them to set up a small stall in bustling Shuzhou. 922Reads7.2Score10514d adds
18. 118 逃 Fleeing to a Remote Mountain Village, I Farm Hard with My Little Ones 逃荒偏远小山村，我带崽崽忙种田 Ruan Dacheng, Who Loves Crispy Roast Duck爱吃脆皮烤鸭的阮大城Ancient Romance949k WordsOngoing (Farming + no golden finger + family and village life + heartwarming + building wealth) The heavens went several months without a drop of rain, causing a severe drought across the northern part of the Yishun Dynasty. The heroine's hometown, Xianghe Town, was one of the worst-hit areas. Most people in town had already fled south to escape the famine when the drought began. A few remained hopeful about the situation, but after holding out for over a month, they too were forced to flee when their h 383Reads6.8Score10314d adds
19. 119 玄 The Young Master of the Mystic Sect Wins Hearts in a Period Novel 玄门少主在年代文里蛊惑人心 Eating Beans and Staying Awake吃豆豆不睡觉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Book transmigration + space + farming + satisfying wish fulfillment + sweet romance] The young leader of a mystic sect from the twenty-first century accidentally transmigrates into a period novel, becoming a minor character who gets bitten to death by a wild boar right from the start. As for the heroine, whose white-lotus act practically radiates from her, Hua Jiaojiao refuses to accept it. Since she has to live through this era anyway, why not put her little hands, skilled at drawing talismans 5.4kReads8.9Score43914d adds

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    1. I heard that Lu Yuxiu brought a wife back from visiting his family, and she's a great cook. Every time I pass by her house, I'm drooling with envy. 3. Chef Zhao Wanfeng transmigrated and even gained a perfect research husband. Since that's the case, she'll work hard, strive to become the most beautiful girl in the cafeteria, have children with her husband, and live a perfect life.

20. 120 七 The 1970s: The Villainous Bigwig Is Super Clingy 七零，反派大佬超粘人 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Parallel Timeline + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Loves to Imagine Things] After finally outliving her deadbeat father and inheriting tens of millions, Luo Minyan was at last able to live the way she wanted: eating and sleeping all day, then playing as soon as she woke up, with every day as luxurious as possible. But after going skydiving, she opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into a book. Most people who transmigrated into books became beloved heroines surrounded by 2.2kReads8.9Score18514d adds

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    In this book, the female lead is a great cook, and she loves to forage for wild vegetables [laughing emoji]. Chen Kaisen cleaned the pot, saying, "Next time you find some tender green wild vegetables, remember to call Minmin to go forage. She loves foraging for wild vegetables. If there aren't many, don't forage for yourself; let her forage for them all." The whole family treats the female lead very well and spoils her [heart emoji].

21. 121 七 The 1970s: The Culinary Goddess 七零厨神美人 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [A cooking god, military-industrial research, patriotism, delicious food, positive energy, and an exhilarating era: don’t miss this period novel!] Cooking god Zhao Wan Feng transmigrates. She lands in a third-line military factory and even scores a perfect scientist husband. In that case, she’ll work hard and aim to become the cafeteria’s head cook, then settle down and enjoy life… No, she’ll become the cafeteria’s star, put down roots at the military factory, have children with her husband, and 3.3kReads9.2Score43414d adds
22. 122 七 The 1970s: A Radiant Beauty Marries Fast, Joins the Army, and Becomes the Family’s Darling 七零凝脂美人，闪婚随军当团宠 Leisurely Half-Day半日閑人Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the era + Devoted to each other + One true pairing + Sweet, exclusive love + Family life + Cozy everyday moments + Pocket dimension + Adorable baby] Lin Ruo fell asleep and woke up inside an era-set novel her best friend had forced her to read, in the role of a pitiful cannon-fodder character who died as soon as she appeared. Luckily, she was rescued. Later, after waking up in the hospital, Lin Ruo faced her savior and blurted out, “Comrade, are you married? Are you seeing 11.5kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds

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    Sweet romance novel, the female lead is a great cook, you can read it in your spare time.

23. 123 八 After Rejecting the Match in the 1980s, I Opened a Canteen at a State-Owned Factory 八零拒婚后，我在国营厂开饭馆 Fairy Pond Koi仙池锦鲤Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Reborn] + [The 1980s] + [Gourmet] + [Building a business] Shen Qingyue returned to the 1980s. In her previous life, her family drained her dry, and all three sisters were cheated by their grandparents. Reborn, she refuses to be a sucker again. She takes on the unreasonable troublemakers, and whoever picks a fight with her gets crushed underfoot. After splitting from the family, she starts a business with her sisters, opening a restaurant at a state-owned factory. The troublemakers fail to get t 2.9kReads9.0Score23814d adds

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    The female protagonist is reborn and leads her sisters from a small food stall to a state-owned factory canteen and a food festival, creating a vast array of delicious food and a thriving business.

24. 124 被 After My Jerk Boyfriend Dumped Me, I Got Rich Through Cooking 被渣男分手后，我靠美食暴富了 September Starry Sky九月星空Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted [Food + System + Everyday Life + Male Lead] Su Manning was laid off, dumped, and told her landlord was reclaiming the apartment all on the same day. Just like that, she became single and unemployed, with nowhere to live and the streets looming over her. She was at a loss for tears. Why did heaven have to be so cruel? But the very next moment, she was bound to a Food System. As long as she completed the tasks it issued, she would receive generous rewards. [System Task: Host, please cook yourself 1.5kReads9.0Score16114d adds
25. 125 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Lin Yueyue's Life as a Military Wife Is Sweet as Honey 重生六零林月月的军嫂生活甜如蜜 Bracelet镯子Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted Lin Yueyue had just finished gathering supplies and was preparing to flee the apocalypse when a tsunami struck. Then she was reborn. Well, she was reborn. Being alive was better than being dead. But why had she already gotten married the moment she was reborn, and to a soldier, no less? They had only just finished getting married, and she hadn’t even gotten a good look at what her husband looked like when a phone call summoned him away. He left her all alone in their empty home. So be it! As lon 5.1kReads9.1Score47114d adds

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    ✨✨These are all stories about female protagonists accompanying their husbands to the military, cooking, and set in a historical period. 🍡🍡①① [Historical setting + arranged marriage + heartwarming story of raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia unexpectedly transmigrates into a tragic historical romance novel, becoming a brainless cannon fodder female supporting character who sabotages the relationship between the male and female leads, ultimately meeting a miserable end. Lin Xia distances herself from the leads, agrees to a blind date, and follows the military to an island. The military wives shake their heads: "This delicate girl, she's not suited for a stable life. She'll leave sooner or later." But later, her cooking makes everyone on the island drool with envy. 💖💖② [Stepmother + raising children + sweet romance + gourmet food + arranged marriage] Song Shiwei transmigrates into a book as a female cannon fodder character with a tragic ending! Escaping the control of the plot, she hastily marries Zhou Tingyue, a cadre ten years her senior! But after joining the military, she discovers that her four children are actually future villains. From then on, Song Shiwei began to reform the four villainous children while simultaneously going to the beach, cooking, running small businesses, and even setting up a factory! 🍓🍓 Follow Xiaolanhua @Mingruolan, and you'll never be short of books to read again! 💖

26. 126 八 Military Marriage in the Eighties: I Marry a Soldier and Become a Military Wife with a System 八零军婚：带着系统嫁兵王当军嫂 Dongpo Pork东坡肉肉Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted Synopsis: The 1980s + Military Marriage + Marriage Before Love + System Space + Getting Rich + Raising an Adorable Child Shen Anyi died in a violent storm. Then Shen Anyi came back to life, transmigrating into the body of another Shen Anyi in the 1980s. The moment she comes to, she's told she has to marry a soldier who's in a vegetative state. After weighing her options, she decides to get married. On her wedding night, she gets a System. Now watch her make a fortune and become a landlady in the 25Reads—Score—14d adds

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    80S+ System+ Military Marriage+ Arranged Marriage to Love+ Getting Rich + Food Blogger Upon waking, Shen Anyi found herself transmigrated into the body of Shen Anyi in the 1980s. She was immediately told that the original owner had starved herself to death because she didn't want to get married. After much deliberation, she decided to marry. The soldier brother lying asleep in bed wouldn't stop her from becoming a wealthy landlady.

27. 127 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.7kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds

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    Reborn into elementary school, she is a top student and helps her father set up a porridge stall. Later, she also sells other foods, eventually becoming wealthy and buying a television, refrigerator, house, and so on.

28. 128 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1960s: I Pick Up Three Kids and Become Their Mom 穿书六零苦哈哈白捡仨娃喜当妈 Orange Has Tangerines橙有桔Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [Short-tempered heroine who fights back and never lets herself suffer; raising kids; everyday Gourmet; male lead marries into her family] Zhu Rongxi woke up to find she had transmigrated into a feel-good period novel aimed at male readers, as the doomed mother of three future supervillains. From the start, she was a widow whose husband had just died. Her vicious mother-in-law and sister-in-law had seized her house and thrown her and her three little burdens out! Zhu Rongxi was furious. She rolle 105Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Wow! The female lead is an amazing cook! She makes all sorts of dishes, like scallion-flavored steamed buns with ribs, matsutake mushroom and chicken soup, braised duck with pork belly, scallion-oil shredded chicken, braised pig's trotters, winter melon, rib and corn soup, pork tripe and chicken hot pot, crispy fish, fried radish balls, fried meatballs, thin-skinned wontons, and more. It made me so hungry in the middle of the night that I got up and cooked myself a big bowl of instant noodles, with two sausages added.

29. 129 七 A Mad Couple in the 1970s 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 106.5kReads9.3Score10.8k14d adds

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    I highly recommend this book. The female protagonist's soul was mistakenly taken and she transmigrated to the 1970s. While she was cooking, I showed off five packs of duck wings.

30. 130 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Raising a Rugged Man with a Supermarket 重生七零：带着超级商场养糙汉 This and That云云尔尔Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted [Past and Present Lives + Shopping-Mall Space + One True Love Each + Sweet Romance] Set in an alternate history. Don't get hung up on the details. If it's not your thing, feel free to leave, and please don't flame me~ In her previous life, Su Xi was blind to the truth and foolishly trusted the wrong people. Her wicked stepmother and two-faced stepsister led her around by the nose, while her stepsister had secretly gotten involved with her scumbag fiancé long before she was sent to the countrysid 4.5kReads8.9Score37214d adds

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    The female protagonist is reborn and has excellent cooking skills. Several educated youths cook with her, and every time she cooks something, they can taste the afterimages. Later, she even teaches other educated youths how to cook. The whole story is a sweet and heartwarming slice-of-life romance novel.

31. 131 傻 A Foolish Bride in Her Place? The Fierce Army Officer Gets on His Knees to Soothe Her! 傻妞替嫁？凶痞军官跪地哄！ Sweet Candy Nine甜糖九Modern Romance159k WordsOngoing [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping and scum-bashing + building a fortune + sweet-talking pastry chef × fierce, rough-edged officer + raising a child] Modern pastry chef Lin Que'er transmigrates into the role of a foolish bride who was forced into an arranged marriage in the 1970s! Rumor has it that her fiancé, Lu Linzhou, is fierce and rough-edged, ruthless on the battlefield and cold-hearted in private. The Lin family fears their youngest daughter will suffer, so they poison th 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is a pastry chef who transmigrates to the past. She attracts soldiers by selling delicious food and becomes rich through culinary arts! The male lead is a rough guy but actually very kind and supportive of the female lead's career 🥰 The pacing is fast-paced and the characters are often slapped in the face. [Admiration]

32. 132 睁 She Woke Up Clutching a Medicine Jar, and Her Whole Family Dotes on Her Like She's Made of Glass 睁眼抱着药罐，全家萌哭了怕化了 Ling Fei Yan凌菲烟Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted A doted-on family favorite + food + farming and business + sweet romance (a warm family with no awful relatives) Su Yinyin, a young woman who has never dated and is clueless about romance, transmigrates to another world. There, she has good fortune, wealth, and luck. Isn't she the legendary lucky koi? Her eldest brother isn't much of a scholar, but he loves cooking? Perfect! She has countless recipes and can turn him into a restaurant tycoon in no time! Her second and third brothers love studyin 3.6kReads9.2Score39414d adds

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    Both books feature female protagonists who are excellent cooks. The second book is purely a food-themed novel, but it later introduces a romantic pairing, which is quite sweet. The other books also offer a variety of other rich content, so you won't only see recipes for food.

33. 133 穿 I Became the Male Lead's Stepmom, and the Compound's Commander Won Me Over 穿成男主后妈，大院首长撩翻天 Drunken Big Raccoon酒酿大狸子Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + both pure + transmigration + sweet romance] (Spoiled, flirty diplomat vs. scheming, flirtatious military officer) After dying in an accident, 29-year-old translator Ning Wanwan transmigrated to the 1980s and became the male lead's doomed young stepmother (aunt by marriage). The original owner was a sophomore at a foreign affairs college. As a top student in her previous life, Ning Wanwan thinks, “A diplomat? This job is practically made for me. I'm going to 7.6kReads8.8Score72614d adds

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    🍋🍋① The moment she opened her eyes, she found herself transmigrated into a cannon fodder female supporting character in a rebirth novel set in the past. To escape the control of the plot, she impulsively married an older man who had been married before and had four children. She thought this would keep her away from the plot, but she didn't expect that the older man's four children would all become major villains in the future. So she began her relentless journey of reforming the children...

34. 134 海 Army Life on a Remote Island: The Beautiful Stepmom Is Doted on by the Commander 海岛随军，漂亮后妈被首长宠上天 Ren Quanheng任权衡Modern Romance183k WordsCompleted Sweet military marriage, twin boy and girl, devoted couple, whirlwind marriage, military compound, joining her husband on an island, stepmother raising kids, peaceful everyday life with few over-the-top characters later on Nan Yue transmigrated and became the pretty heiress in the military compound who was famous for having big breasts, no brains, and a terrible attitude. Her parents arranged her marriage to Lu An, a decorated soldier. Lu An had a high salary, was handsome, and had a gentle, mat 712Reads8.6Score—14d adds
35. 135 穿 Transmigrate, Farm, Get Rich, and Raise the Kids 穿越之种田致富养崽崽 Mu Muzhi木木枝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Wanwan transmigrates from the harsh apocalypse to an impoverished ancient era, only to find that life is just as difficult. The difference is that she now has an adorable little dumpling, a handsome and dependable husband, and a whole space full of crop seeds. With her superb cooking skills, she can raise her precious little one, feed her husband, and help the villagers grow rich along the way... 4.1kReads9.1Score37314d adds

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    If you enjoy historical romance novels and the female lead is a great cook, you should definitely try these two! They're by the same author and are both very easy to read, with minimal scheming and no awful characters. In the first book, the female lead has a spatial ability and travels from the apocalypse to ancient times (it seems like time travel, but it's actually a return). She cooks delicious food, and the male lead is handsome, reliable, and a carpenter. They've been married for two years and have a cute little boy by the start. [Admiration] In the second book, the male lead accidentally falls off a cliff and becomes disabled. The female lead abandons her husband and child, causing his family to be destroyed. In this second life, she vows to make amends and prevent the tragedy from repeating itself. She becomes wealthy through cooking and fashion, and also has a cute little boy.

36. 136 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds

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    Bonnie and her wild brother's story: not many awful characters, no special abilities, island setting, no angst.

37. 137 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Disabled Husband Spoils Me Rotten 重生八零：被残疾老公宠上天 Jiang Zi匠紫Modern Romance653k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + reborn + marriage before love + everyday life] Yun Ke transmigrated. She landed in the 1980s, where she married a handsome disabled man. Everyone waited to see how a cripple and a lazybones could make their lives even more miserable. But how did things turn out this way? The lazybones not only healed her disabled husband's leg, their life together grew better and better. In an era when every family was allowed only one child, she gave birth to three babies a 2.7kReads9.0Score31714d adds

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    Just for fun.

38. 138 穿 After Becoming the Male Lead’s Green Tea Ex-Wife, She Throws Herself into His Arms 穿成男主绿茶前妻后，她投怀送抱 Yu Wanwan余晚晚Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by Everyone + Top Student + Adorable Child] After Shen Xi transmigrates into a book, she discovers that she is a vicious supporting character who abandons her husband and child. The original Shen Xi was an educated youth from the city who went to the countryside. After marrying the male lead, she got the chance to return to the city and promptly abandoned her husband and child to run off with a pretty young man from town. After learning how the story was supposed to unf 3.7kReads8.9Score25014d adds

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    Braised pork belly, chili sauce, pickled fish, stewed fish in an iron pot—all kinds of delicious food! Highly recommended! [Bump][Bump]

39. 139 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score48914d adds

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    These are all books that I can read completely on my own.

40. 140 九 The 1990s: The Reborn Ex-Wife of a Superstar 九零：大明星前妻重生了 Chen Che陈撤Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The 1990s] [Reborn] [Remarriage] [Everyday Life Raising Kids] [Career Storyline] Jiang Wanling lived to the age of sixty-six, eventually dying in a hospital bed from breast cancer. She never expected to open her eyes and find herself back in 1996, before she had divorced her ex-husband. That year, she was twenty-six and already the mother of two children. Her ex-husband was a household-name "superstar," as well as a womanizing playboy who fell for every woman he met and cheated constantly. In h 3.9kReads8.6Score31114d adds
41. 141 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Chasing After My Army Officer Husband 重生八零：狂撩军官老公 Rising Angle升角Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted [Alternate history + transmigration + period setting + sweet romance] A chain-reaction crash occurs on the Jiezhou Bridge. Xiao Yan rushes to help, but a second explosion goes off. When Xiao Yan opens her eyes again, she discovers she has transmigrated to the 1980s. The original owner was a slovenly, lazy glutton who’d let herself get fat. Yet this gluttonous layabout somehow has a handsome, strapping officer for a husband. She has to lose weight, start a business, and flirt with her shy, straig 18Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    I must be able to cook delicious food. (This is the end.)

42. 142 八 An 1980s Wife Knows How to Handle Her Husband 八零娇妻驭夫有道 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: Trouble! My Fate Is Tied to My Delinquent Husband is now streaming [Soft on the outside, tough on the inside, a seemingly sweet good girl * cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a fierce and ruthless wolf pup] [She pursues him + both are sexually inexperienced + mutual salvation + sweet, slice-of-life romance.] After dying and coming back to life again and again, Shi Xinran finally discovers that her life is bound to that of a delinquent named Tan Yunqian. To sta 6.2kReads9.3Score64714d adds
43. 143 带 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平 Lychee Smoothie荔枝冰沙Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 12.8kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds

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    This one is good!

44. 144 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: The Cannon-Fodder Villainess's Wild Comeback 七零军婚，炮灰女配的疯批逆袭之 Ice Lump冰坨Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted Military Marriage + Food + Devoted Couple + Cute Baby + Marriage Before Love + Exclusively Doted On + Family Life + Building a Career + Never Holding Back When Clapping Back Orphan Liu Xixi transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character, and a truly lowly one at that, abused by both her husband’s family and her own~ What’s there to panic about? She’s been making her way through life on her own for over twenty years. What hasn’t she seen? This time, she’s going all out and taki 17Reads5.4Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is an amazing cook!!! [Top Post]

45. 145 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 28.5kReads9.4Score3k14d adds
46. 146 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The 1980s Army Wife Gets Rich and Wins Her Husband's Heart 军婚甜：八零军嫂致富撩夫两不误 Turn Ink and Brush into Gold笔墨成金Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The new novel, The Abstinent Young Officer of the Seventies Begs Me to Marry Him in Private, is currently being serialized. Come check it out!) (Military marriage, punishing scumbags, no System, no pocket dimension, mutual devotion, strong female lead, sweet and satisfying, adorable babies, boy-girl twins, devoted couple.) Ye Jinyu had worked hard for more than ten years. While driving to the opening ceremony of a new hotel, she was caught in a pileup and transported to the 1980s, where she bec 4.2kReads9.3Score61314d adds

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    This is a completed novel. The female protagonist is a time traveler who can cook all kinds of delicious food and is also very strong in martial arts. She has a personality that prefers action to words. The male protagonist is also quite good.

47. 147 八 The Eighties Cannon Fodder Charms the Male Lead and Climbs to the Top 八零小炮灰，撩爆男主要上位 Cheng Yiqi橙以七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical setting + devoted couple + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + everyday military life + rugged husband who dotes on his wife + older man + falling in love day after day Xu Zhouzhou transmigrates into the body of a stunningly beautiful minor character in an 1980s novel. The minor character is a background extra who gets killed off from the start. But she happens to have a breathtaking face, and as the village’s last educated youth unable to return to the city, she lives alone 10.5kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
48. 148 丰 The Curvy Cutie Goes Looking for Her Brother, Only to Catch the Eye of a Chaste Officer 丰腴妹宝去寻哥，被禁欲军官馋上 Yun Qiu妘秋Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Mystical Ghost-Hunting + Upgradable Pocket Dimension + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Love at First Sight] Su Yuqing, a young master of the occult arts, is working part-time at her school as a fortune-teller when she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a village girl who shares her name. Her mother died young, her father is hopelessly clueless, her stepmother has taken over the household, and her stepbrother does nothing but mooch... The original own 15.4kReads8.0Score2.8k14d adds

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    Escaping her oppressive family background, the metaphysical girl settles in a military compound. Her fresh and beautiful appearance attracts attention. Her brother entrusts her to a friend for care, but the caretaker falls for her and takes her as his mistress.

49. 149 渣 Stay Away, You Scumbags! I Switched Marriages and Hit the Jackpot with His Uncle 渣男贱女莫挨我，换亲他叔赢麻了 Lu Chaichai鹿柴柴Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military marriage + transmigration + switched marriages + sweet romance + devoted couple + love after marriage + island life Yu Yao transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife who worked herself to death serving a scumbag. After her death, the heroine spent her money, lived in her luxurious mansion, and badmouthed her as a failure wherever she went. She didn’t care if the heroine slept with the scumbag, but spending her money was out of the question. She promptly called off 4.2kReads8.7Score42014d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a book in the 1970s, living on an island with a military unit. She is an excellent cook and initially works in a cannery, where she develops many new varieties of canned goods that are very popular among the residents of the compound.

50. 150 深 Unwavering Love: A Food Blogger in the 1970s 深情不渝：美食博主在七零 Coconut Sago Needs Extra Ice椰椰西米露要加冰Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted Gu Yu is a nighttime food blogger. All she did was try out a popcorn machine, and it sent her to the 1970s, a place where everything is in short supply! Luckily, her giant supermarket came along too, complete with a spring of spirit water. Gu Yu can’t tell if this is heaven’s way of making it up to her. From then on, the Gu family’s table, where they used to be so poor they could only eat coarse rice porridge, is laden with delicious dishes: braised wild rabbit, fish with pickled cabbage, garlic 2kReads7.2Score16814d adds

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    A historical romance novel; the female protagonist is an excellent cook.

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