Looking for Foodie Stories (Street Stalls and Shopkeeping) 求美食文(摆摊开店)

1. 201 美 Gourmet: Selling Meals at a KTV? I'm Actually Very Serious 美食：ktv卖饭？我真的很正经 Crows Can Turn Their Luck Around乌鸦会翻身Urban613k WordsCompleted [Food + everyday life + entertainment + comedy!] Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a cook in a KTV kitchen and awakens the God of Cooking System! While other KTVs are busy coming up with discount packages, his place starts selling meals instead. “Hello, boss. This is our KTV's new specialty service: a platter of braised meats.” “What? Your KTV doesn't offer anything naughty, and you sell food?” “Holy crap, this braised meat is freaking incredible! Quick, bring me ten 37Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   Food-themed fanfiction [Admiration][Laughing][Admiration]

2. 202 重 Reborn in 1990, I Traded My Ex-Husband for Eight Houses 重生九零，我用前夫换了八套房 Autumn Colors Crimson秋色绯绯Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong leads x no pocket dimension x no System x loving family x building wealth x career first, romance later] Bai Zhenzhu is reborn on the very day she divorces her scumbag husband. The mistress pulls out a stack of cash and asks her: “How much do you want to agree to the divorce?” Bai Zhenzhu replies, “One hundred thousand. Not a cent less.” One hundred thousand to get rid of the scumbag, twenty thousand in divorce compensation, and twenty-four thousand in child support. Bai Zhenzhu takes t 20.4kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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   3/6 Highly Recommend 3️⃣ A rural housewife (super beautiful) is reborn before her divorce, using her skills to help her wealthy family (constantly learning new things). Her business planning is excellent. 6 Is my favorite type of restaurant set in ancient times. An ordinary girl's life is a comeback story. She does a lot of charity work in modern times, building girls' schools in remote areas, which is really great. In ancient times, she was also dedicated to economic development. Everyone in the palace respected her. She brought out so many incredible things, but the emperor didn't even think of keeping them for himself. Every character is very well portrayed.

3. 203 我 I Became a Ge'er in Ancient Times, Made a Fortune, and Found Myself a Husband 我在古代当哥儿，发家致富养汉子 You Hu Nao柚胡闹Two Male Leads855k WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple + Mutual Pampering + Bottom Lead] Orphan Ji Youyu worked hard for ten years and finally paid off his loan and got a place of his own. He barely had two days to enjoy it before a pressure cooker came crashing down on his head, sending him right back to square one. He died. And yet, he didn’t. He woke up in the body of a young male spouse in the Great Yong Dynasty, the only child in the family after his mother had died early and his father had just passed away. He’d been all alone 4.9kReads9.1Score614Shelves
4. 204 美 Gourmet: I'm a Post-2000s Boss, Starting with Fried Rice 美食：我01后大老板从炒饭开始 Jun Jie'er俊姐儿Urban555k WordsOngoing After Yu Xun's parents died in a car accident, he suddenly became a child with no one to look after him. But he inherited the little restaurant his father left behind. Just when he had no idea what to do with the place, he discovered that he had somehow been bound to an Ultra-High-Level Chef System. "Hey, kid, your buns are so plump and fluffy!" "Yu Xun, hurry up and make me five thousand buns!" "Yu Xun, please... would you sell me your recipes? I can give you a hundred million!" "I wouldn't t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 205 七 The 1970s: The State-Run Restaurant's Head Chef Supports the Whole Family 七零，国营大厨带飞全家 The Years of Poetry and Wine诗酒年华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period drama + food + System + whole-family transmigration + 1V1] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book and even brings along a Light of Cuisine System... As a minor female character who didn’t make it past chapter three in the original novel, Su Wanwan expected life as a disposable side character to be tough. But who could have guessed... With a mother who dotes on her, a loving father, a fiercely protective second sister, and an honest older brother, Su Wanwan suddenl 3.9kReads8.5Score293Shelves
6. 206 我 My Restaurant Connects Past and Present, and I Can't Get Enough Antique Jewelry 我的饭店通古今，古董首饰收不完 Old Bean Bun老豆包子Modern Romance997k WordsCompleted Li Meng, a castoff from a wealthy family, returned to her hometown and inherited her grandmother's little restaurant! On opening day, Li Meng could tell something was off about the place! Why were the customers coming in dressed in ancient costumes? Cosplay? And when it was time to pay, they handed her gleaming silver ingots! Worth 1,500! Three little dishes for 1,500! This business was a gold mine! The next day, a child beggar ate a bowl of noodles and paid her with an antique bracelet! Worth h 7.8kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
7. 207 美 No More Hiding My Cooking Skills: The Chef Begins with Country Banquets 美食不装了厨神从农家乐席面开始 Cute Happy Dog萌乐狗Urban577k WordsOngoing Luo Fan has just graduated from college when a sudden Gourmet System transforms his rustic banquet dishes into something extraordinary. What used to be simple country cooking becomes a culinary destination that diners clamor to visit. Steamed stinky tofu with minced meat: pungent yet fragrant, it leaves diners hooked after just one bite. Napa cabbage stewed with egg dumplings: its lingering flavor is like a taste of home. Rabbit in savory sauce and spicy diced pork are fragrant, tender, and deli 8Reads6.1Score—Shelves
8. 208 空 A Portable Space: Everyday Delicacies in the 1980s 空间之八零美食日常 Ye Xiu's Wife叶修老婆Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted [Period drama + space + food + male lead + dual rebirth + light fantasy + light sci-fi] Chen Manman is reborn, and now she knows that she was the spiteful, vain, doomed supporting character in a period drama about a stepmother, set up as a foil to the heroine. Now reborn, with a space and a golden finger, as well as excellent cooking skills, Chen Manman refuses to become anyone’s foil. Later... While the heroine tries to win over her husband, Chen Manman sets up a stall selling steamed buns and 954Reads8.6Score100Shelves

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   After her rebirth, Chen Manman realized she had become a cannon fodder supporting character in the "control group" of the contemporary era's stepmothers. Reborn with a spatial ability and exceptional culinary skills, she refused to remain in the control group. Later, while the female lead was trying to please her husband, Chen Manman sold steamed buns at a stall, and her business flourished; when the female lead was overwhelmed by her stepson's antics, Chen Manman opened a restaurant, and its business thrived; when the female lead was bullied by her in-laws, Chen Manman and her husband were loving and affectionate, and her in-laws were all impressed by her cooking. Chen Manman refused to be in the control group anymore.

9. 209 美 Gourmet: I Take Over the Cafeteria, and Tsinghua and Peking University Fight Like Crazy to Hire Me 美食：承包食堂，清北抢我抢疯了 A Teacher for One Word一字之师Urban329k WordsOngoing [Gourmet, comedy, no romance, lighthearted, everyday life, recipes, tutorials] P.S. I'll use my ten years of experience as a chef to show you all the wonders of food. This is pure fiction. Please don't take it as reality! After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yang Yi awakened a Gourmet System. His mission was to take over a college cafeteria. From then on, the students of Qingbei began battling over him. Even the senior administrators of both universities got involved! Huaqing student: “Stud 426Reads8.3Score100Shelves
10. 210 系 After the System Woke Up, I Started Selling Snacks at My Stall! 系统苏醒后，我摆摊卖上小吃了！ Shengsheng Shushu生生疏Urban879k WordsOngoing [System + local specialties from all over + easygoing comfort read + no heroine] The System wakes up after nearly a year of slumber. The good news: a galactic undocumented immigrant has become a street-food cook and now has an identity. The bad news: after the System spent the Host’s money and went through a whole series of operations, Lin Su is now over 280,000 yuan in debt. Fortunately, the System delivers. It knows exactly what our ancestors would choose, and serves up hulutou, fish-shaped do 8.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
11. 211 闺 After My Best Friend Cheated, Her Brother Spoiled Me Rotten 闺蜜劈腿后，我被闺蜜哥哥宠上天 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted 👇 This book has it all: melodrama, catharsis, and sweetness! Wen Yining had been dating her boyfriend for three years. They bought a home together and were preparing to marry. She saved her first time for their wedding night and treated her best friend like a younger sister for six years. Then she opened the door to their marital home and found her boyfriend tangled up with her best friend on the lavender bedsheets she'd laid out herself. She slapped them both and went out drinking. Through 620Reads—Score102Shelves

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    The 10th food novel

12. 212 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Beloved Wife Wants to Bring Prosperity to Her Family 重生八零：团宠娇妻要旺夫 Kuoluo Luo阔落落Modern Romance634k WordsCompleted Rugged country boy + sweet, delicate wife (1v1, both partners’ first time) (reborn + personal dimension + sweet romance) “Lin Xia, in our next life, could you love me a little more...?” She turned away from the husband who loved her with all his heart and was killed by a scumbag. Only then did Lin Xia realize she had been blind and foolish! Reborn in the 1980s, she gets her smarts back and uses her personal dimension to build a fortune! She gives the trash a taste of face-slapping, then clings t 365Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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    Both of these are books I've read twice. The author's writing is excellent, the logic is clear, and the emotions are well-developed. There aren't many upsetting situations or odd relatives to deal with quickly. Most importantly, every single dish in each book is absolutely irresistible to this foodie!

13. 213 美 Gourmet: I Never Opened My Stall, Yet Customers Lined Up Late at Night 美食：没出摊，顾客深夜排队 Enchanting Lady ac妩媚娘acUrban310k WordsCompleted After losing his job, Gu Nian unexpectedly gets a food System and takes over his parents’ stall. “Boxed lunches for sale! Just 14 yuan for a steaming-hot meal!” “Delicious and affordable! Come and give them a try!” His very first day at the stall, and business is already booming? The workers can hardly stand the wait! They clock out early just so they can get a bite sooner. Ever since they tried Gu Nian’s boxed lunches, every other place’s food has tasted like cardboard! “Huh? You’re sold ou 513Reads—Score101Shelves
14. 214 绑 After Binding to the King of Hell's Sign-In System, I Gave Up Trying 绑定阎王签到系统后，我摆烂了 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban637k WordsCompleted A laid-off office drone gets bound to the King of Hell System. In endless instance worlds, he becomes a god by signing in and slacking off, only to discover that everyone is waiting for him to return and serve as a judge of the dead. But all he wants is to give up and coast. Xuanhuan, system novel, infinite flow, underworld, lighthearted Slacking off, overworked employee, sign-in, subverting expectations, power fantasy, comedy, wild imagination, modern city, past and present lives, mystery One-l 48Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 215 郎 My Husband Loves Stinky Tofu 郎君爱吃臭豆腐 A Piece of Frosty Candy一颗寒酥糖Ancient Romance245k WordsCompleted [Cheerful, sunny, optimistic and kind-hearted street vendor V. refined, loyal young beauty who loves stinky tofu] Qin Mo is plain-looking and fated to have no luck in love. So her father raised her from childhood to be an unconventional young woman, earning her plenty of gossip from the neighbors. She pays no heed to the rumors and starts selling her own secret-recipe stinky tofu on the street. At a tender age, she's already found her path to prosperity! One day, a handsome young man comes runni 26Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    Setting up a tofu stall, opening a small food shop, enjoying a warm and sweet married life, growing together, and moving forward in both directions.

16. 216 美 Gourmet: I Asked You to Cook, Not Make the Scenic Spot Go Viral 美食：让你做饭，没让你带火景区 Little Xiao Xiao小小肖肖Urban405k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + Comfort Food to Watch Online + Inhumane System + Healing] [Comedy + Internet + Street Vending and Shopkeeping] Gao Ze transmigrates to a parallel world. With an unruly System in tow, he begins sharing delicious food at a tourist attraction. One night, the crispy, fragrant roujiamo leaves countless beauty influencers drooling, their eyes nearly welling with tears. The snacks he sells at his first street stall immediately win over parents, students, and teachers alike. No one can re 96Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 217 太 Crown Prince, Your Crown Princess Says Hot Pot Is Ready! 太子，太子妃喊你吃火锅了！ Sea Salt Pineapple Beer海盐味菠萝啤Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted Food blogger Tang Xiao transmigrated into the daughter of an imperial chef in the Great Xia Kingdom. That day, the Crown Prince's eating disorder worsened. The Emperor flew into a rage and threatened to execute the imperial chef's entire clan. In a desperate move, Tang Xiao grabbed two copper pots and charged straight into the palace. The aroma of hotpot wafted through the palace, and the Crown Prince's carefully cultivated image completely fell apart. A servant came to report, "Miss, the Cr 2.6kReads6.9Score335Shelves

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    The female lead is a modern food blogger who transmigrates to ancient times. To save her family's lives, she cooks hot pot, snail rice noodles, stinky tofu, etc., For the anorexic prince... Later, to become rich, she leads her family away from the capital and opens a restaurant in ancient times, selling hot pot, snail rice noodles, milk tea, duck neck... Everything becomes a hit, transforming her into the richest woman in the capital... Along the way, the female lead bravely solves problems at every turn, and the male lead secretly supports her, their relationship developing further~ There will be more exciting developments later on. Character traits: The female lead is smart and calm, not a naive and innocent character. The male lead is not a domineering CEO; he respects the female lead and seeks mutual affection. Genre: Transmigration, Ancient Romance, Food. There is not much palace intrigue or domestic drama; the male and female leads will resolve any difficulties as soon as possible~ New author, please follow and support! [Kissing emoji]

18. 218 摆 Selling Gourmet Food at a Stall, I Make the Whole Internet Cry While Eating 摆摊卖美食，我把全网食客吃哭了 A Fat Chestnut是个胖板栗Urban408k WordsCompleted Unemployed and out of options, Liu Shaoxuan sets up a little stall by the roadside. He only hopes to scrape together enough to eat. But after one bowl of egg fried rice, a passerby’s eyes turn red on the spot. “This tastes just like the food my mom used to make...” Overnight, his little stall becomes a sensation. He unlocks a new delicacy every week. Diners line up from across the city, influencers camp out to check in, and debunking bloggers show up to pick a fight. But after one bite, they all 88Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 从 From Breakfast Stall Owner to the Richest Woman in the Empire: Customers Fight to Throw Money at Me 从早食摊娘子到当朝首富，古人送钱抢破头 Near the Green Mountains青山近Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted [Food + Business + A Little Scientific Farming (the male lead promotes farming)] In her previous life, Xu Sangrou was a food blogger. She transmigrated to a small county town in an unknown dynasty. Her father was a poorly paid county constable, her mother managed the household, and she had a younger brother and sister. The only thing of value they owned was their little courtyard. But the family was so hard up they could barely afford her younger brother's school fees. Looking at the last few gr 357Reads6.2Score100Shelves

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    This novel is full of delicious food.

20. 220 相 After a Blind Date, the Egg White Girl Falls for the Egg Yolk CEO 相亲后，蛋白女孩爱上蛋黄总裁 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted Blind Date + Mutual Devotion + She Pursues Him + She Pursues First, Then He Chases Her + Elite Families + Love at First Sight At a blind date her grandmother had forced her to attend, Qin Xi only planned to go through the motions. Then a hard-boiled egg in her salad made her lose her composure on the spot. She picked out the yolk and left it uneaten. The man across from her said calmly, “I like egg yolks. Give it to me. Don’t waste it.” Egg white and egg yolk: a perfect match. She fell for 178Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 摆 I Opened a Shop and Gave Up, but It Became an Internet Sensation 摆烂开店后，我的小店火爆全网 The Deserving Bai Mang当之无愧的白芒Urban745k WordsCompleted Ordinary office worker Lin Mo works overtime and dies suddenly from staying up all night. He transmigrates into the body of a fellow overworked employee with the same name in a parallel world. At last, unable to endure the cutthroat workplace rat race, he quits in a breakdown and casually opens a “Lazy Lounge” afternoon tea shop, with a laid-back, do-nothing philosophy. He opens when he feels like it, never pushes products, and closes right on time. To his surprise, the little shop comes with a 780Reads7.0Score103Shelves
22. 222 灵 The Spirit-Plant Wish Fulfillment Specialist: Yours Done, Now Yours 灵植遗愿主理人：做完你的做你的 Slowly Dreaming of Getting Rich慢吞吞想要暴富Ancient Romance597k WordsCompleted [No Romance] [Farming and Street Stalls] [Foodie Fiction in the Cultivation World] After Transmigrating as a Fake Heiress, I Became Everyone's Favorite by Running a Food Stall After transmigrating into the cultivation world as the fake heiress of a powerful family, Lin Xiaoman is thrown out from the start and sent back to the Qiongyou Sect, rumored to be so poor it can't afford a meal. Looking at Xuanyue Peak, where there's nothing at all, she activates her System golden finger and sets out to r 214Reads7.3Score134Shelves

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    This is pretty good! The female lead sets up a food stall in the cultivation world, and customers line up every day but can't get any, haha, it's quite funny sometimes.

23. 223 三 A Three-Year-Old Prodigy Shows the Way: Mom’s Welding Machine Leads to Immortality 三岁萌宝指路：妈妈的电焊机通仙 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted Three-year-old Gu Tiaotiao squatted on the threshold of a hardware store, pointing at an empty alley. “Mommy, there’s a leak in the alley.” She looked up. A crack split the wall, and a man covered in golden fissures stepped out of it. He said she was the unfinished crack from a thousand years ago. The eighty-yuan secondhand welding torch in her hand lit up. The man was called Lu Beiyin. When he took his first bite of noodles, he froze: for the first time in a thousand years, he could taste som 14Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 224 美 Gourmet: Street-Side Fried Chicken, Elementary Schoolers Alert the Guerrilla 美食：街头炸鸡，小学生报信游击 The Fat Cat's Vacation大胖猫的假日Urban400k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [System] [Lighthearted] [Cozy] [Funny] Lin Qiu is reborn in the past and bound to the “Street Food Stall System.” He sells fried chicken and fire chicken noodles outside an elementary school, then sets up a stall at a construction site to sell ten-yuan boxed meals… There’s no need to panic when the city inspectors show up. The elementary school kids give him advance warning. The whole city is his network of informants! Lin Qiu: Add me on your Xiaotiancai smartwatch and place your order 6.7kReads8.1Score739Shelves
25. 225 绑 Bound to a Gossip System, I Was Made a County Princess by the Emperor 绑定吃瓜系统后，我被皇帝封郡主 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Ancient Romance495k WordsCompleted On Gu Yunshu's sixteenth birthday, she was bound to the “Gossip System.” At a palace banquet, the System suddenly delivered a shocking piece of gossip: the children born to the Noble Consort were actually fathered by the head of the Imperial Medical Academy! The words slipped out of her thoughts: “The emperor's been cuckolded!” The entire court heard her, and the emperor immediately ordered a blood test to confirm their parentage. The Noble Consort fell from power, the chancellor turned out 18Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 让 You Want Me to Open a Breakfast Shop? I Only Open in the Afternoon 让我开早餐店？我下午才营业 I'm the Behind-the-Scenes Shit Cook我是幕后煮屎人Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [System] [Gourmet Food] [Healing] [Lighthearted Comedy] No heartburn while reading! Enjoy without worry! Fan Li used to manage livestream operations. Under pressure, he developed insomnia, showed up late, and was fired. Then he unexpectedly obtained a God-Tier Breakfast System. But his old daily routine had nothing in common with the schedule of selling breakfast. Customer 1: What! In this godforsaken place, he dares to charge eighty-eight yuan for a steamer of soup dumplings? Customer 2: When i 224.2kReads8.5Score16.3kShelves
27. 227 穿 Transmigrating to Conquer the Ancients with Food 穿越用美食征服古代人 Ru Yuyu如余余Two Male Leads222k WordsCompleted A sweet, capable little husband (the one who receives) and a doting, rugged hunter (the one who gives) A fluffy romance! A fluffy romance! Ye Zhiqiu transmigrates to ancient times. When he wakes up, he discovers that he's in the body of a boy who shares his name. This place is backward, and people don't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. Even their clothes are patched, and life is truly hard. To make sure they have enough to eat and wear, he rolls up his sleeves and starts cooking delic 293Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Two male leads, food, farming, street vending, slice-of-life, well-written, completed, highly rated, definitely worth reading! [Please follow][Please follow][Please follow][Please follow]

28. 228 我 The Book I Was Reading: The Male Lead Came to Life 我追的书，男主出来了 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted The male lead of the book you've been following for three years has appeared. He's covered in blood, sitting on your living room sofa. He says, “I've come out of the book you've been following for three years.” Before you can react, your phone lights up. A line has been carved into the ground downstairs: “Shi Jin, you were following the wrong person.” Behind the window of the building opposite, a camera is pointed straight at you. A third text arrives at the same time: “He's lying to you. He 58Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 229 开 Raising Kids from the Start, I Conquered the Interstellar World with My Cooking 开局养崽，我凭美食在星际赢麻了 Jiang Jiujiujiu姜九酒酒Two Male Leads310k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, 1v1 + Interstellar + Food + Opening Up the Land and Farming + Raising a Kid] Chi Shu, heir to the head of an ancient martial arts family, transmigrates one day into an orphan in a rundown district of the interstellar era, with a bonus bargain son thrown in. What a good boy, what a sweet boy. His tummy’s empty and he’s crying out for food. Looking at the bare walls and the scrawny little dumpling, Chi Shu can’t help wanting to point at the heavens and ask if they’re messing with 1.3kReads9.1Score157Shelves
30. 230 烧 She’s Waiting for Me Behind the Burnt Screen 烧焦的屏风后，她在等我 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Mystery305k WordsCompleted Mystery, wild imagination, horror, theater stage, continuing the play, Wu dialects There may be a lot of Zhejiang Wu dialect in this story. If you have trouble understanding it, leave a comment and I can explain. Most of it is written in a semi-Wu style, so it’s easy to follow. But to make the local flavor feel more authentic, some of the older characters speak in full Wu dialect. My mother had been insane for six years. Last month, she suddenly came to her senses for ten minutes and said three 15Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 231 穿 Transmigration: The Wild, Violent Girl Is Fierce as Can Be 穿越：暴力疯丫蛋超凶哒 Chubby Who Loves Vegetables爱吃菜菜的小胖子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: After struggling to survive the apocalypse for five years, Qiao Qiyue transmigrates into the body of a little girl in a small mountain village. Two thatched huts and not a grain of rice in the house! One word: dire! 22.6kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves

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    Food, food, open a shop, open a shop! Fairy tale world, cultivation world, immortal cultivation world. Ancient farming novels are all included. They're all food-themed novels.

32. 232 我 My Little Snail Husband 我的田螺小夫郎 Little Seven of Mountain Moon山月小七Two Male Leads462k WordsCompleted [Farming + male-male romance + sweet love + food + everyday family life + a slow, steady romance] Spring thunder rolls, and all things come to life. After the rain, the forest is fragrant with the scents of plants and earth. The mountain folk's delicious food can be found all around them. The diligent young husband rises early and treads through the dew to gather a basket of fresh bamboo shoots, pick tender wild greens, and collect newly sprouted mushrooms and toon buds from the treetops. Everyt 10.5kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
33. 233 在 I, in Short, Am Here for Laughs 在下，纯属搞笑 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted Comedy, and we mean it. Secret crush, and he’s a brooding flirt. Both leads are pure, so dive in without fear of landmines. Qian Duoduo is an entertainment reporter who became famous for writing about “The Mystery of a Certain Top-Tier Star’s Underwear Color.” Her tongue is quicker than her keyboard. Zhou Zhiheng is a dermatologist who saves every word. His biggest secret is that he’s followed her from a burner account for three years, clicking “Like” on every article. They meet again at the h 103Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 234 猎 The Hunter’s Little Husband 猎户家的小夫郎 With Wine以酒Two Male Leads288k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 210Reads8.9Score—Shelves
35. 235 离 I Became a Millionaire Overnight After My Divorce 离婚后我一夜暴富 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted My husband held up our property settlement agreement and said, “You’re not good enough for me anymore.” I calmly signed, then used all my savings to buy a lottery ticket. The next day, he clutched his new lover on TV and screamed, “Who stole my jackpot?!” I linked arms with his business rival and waved the lottery ticket at the camera: “Let me introduce you to my new husband.” 76Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 236 指 The Commander’s Sweet, Gentle Little Chef 指挥使大人甜宠娇软小厨娘 Mr. Sea of Consciousness识海先生Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted “Jiang Family’s Hundred Flavors restaurant has a new dish! The spicy duck heads last time were absolutely delicious!” “Qingfengpu has three great sights: the moon over Qingpu River, the food at Jiang Family’s Hundred Flavors, and the Jiang family’s third young lady, Jiang Yue.” When Jiang Luoyue woke up again, she had become Jiang Yue, the third young lady of the Jiang family. But why was this body so sickly? She struggled to her feet and looked in the mirror. A beauty like this, delicate and fa 105Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Food-themed novels, sweet romance novels

37. 237 种 Farming Life: The Hunter’s Little Husband 种田之猎户家的小夫郎 And Parted而别Two Male Leads482k WordsCompleted [One True Couple] Gu Qing transmigrates to another world and is forced to marry the village’s fearsome hunter. The hunter also has a son and daughter. Gu Qing has no golden finger and no desire to overthrow the feudal dynasty single-handedly, but he knows how to keep his husband in line. The hunter, rumored to be a ferocious brute, becomes completely obedient under his guidance. The two hunt when they have time and farm when they’re busy, building a thriving life together and raising their child 4.4kReads9.4Score433Shelves
38. 238 世 The Heir Apparent Is Craving Something Again Today 世子今天又被馋哭了 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Ancient Romance623k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name, The Young Lord Got Tempted by Food Again Today, is now available. On the very first day Duanmu Ying transmigrated into the body of a minor official's daughter, her half-sister shoved her into a corner and cracked her head against the wall. The good news: She brought the skills of an outstanding New Oriental culinary school graduate with her. The bad news: This backwater has no chili peppers, no wok, and even soy sauce is a rare luxury. But who is Duanmu Yi 148Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 农 The Farm Girl’s Road to Prosperity 农女致富记 Qin Xi'er秦喜儿Ancient Romance5.2M WordsCompleted This is the rags-to-riches story of a country girl who transmigrates, raises children, farms, and buys houses and cars. It’s the story of an entrepreneur who goes from not having enough to eat, to eating her fill, to becoming a landlord; the story of a girl from the wilderness who works her way up to a place of honor; and a love story of winning handsome men’s hearts and having her own won in turn. In short, she spends her days farming and accidentally grows a thousand-acre realm. She spends her 406Reads7.9Score102Shelves

    Reader note

    I listened to these books, and they were all pretty good with high ratings, but now they've dropped. It's about the culinary era of primitive tribes, a food-themed light novel.

40. 240 作 My Fussy Husband Has Luck and Wealth in Spades 作精夫郎财运连连 Mycelium Seed菌丝种子Two Male Leads320k WordsCompleted A quick-tempered, petty beauty vs. a scheming man who plays the pig to eat the tiger. 1v1 sweet romance, ancient alternate world After a car accident, Lin Zhi was reborn in a completely unfamiliar world. Her heartless grandmother and uncle sold her for sixty taels of silver to a man who was on his deathbed. She thought it was a pretty good deal: once she got there, the man would drop dead, and she could live happily on her own. Who could have guessed things wouldn't go as planned? Not only did 519Reads9.1Score102Shelves
41. 241 镇 The Legitimate Daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo Rises to Greatness 镇国公嫡女的青云路 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Ancient Romance858k WordsCompleted Su Qing, a top surgeon aged twenty-eight, transmigrates after a car accident into the body of Shen Qingci, the frail legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, who is constantly bullied. Her birth mother died young, her stepmother makes life difficult for her, and her half-sister even steals her mother’s keepsakes and pushes her into the water, leaving her to die. When she opens her eyes again, the timid girl has become a bold soul of a doctor. The unassuming wooden bangle on her wr 9Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 242 穿 Transmigrate to a New World: My Husband Comes First 穿越之夫郎为上 Jiuwei Yaohu灸尾妖狐Two Male Leads197k WordsCompleted [Farming + Sweet Romance + Food + Transmigration] Lin Yan is an utterly ordinary young chef at a restaurant. Overnight, he transmigrates into another world and finds himself facing the predicament of being forced to "marry." To keep his sinister grandmother from forcing him into it, he decides to find himself a "husband" first. Hmm, the man he picked up seems like a good choice: handsome, with no memory. He also obeys Lin Yan in everything, practically the perfect husband. You're the one! Much l 405Reads9.1Score—Shelves
43. 243 诡 Eerie: I Became the PM for Every Unscientific Project 诡异：我成了所有不科学项目PM Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban749k WordsCompleted From philosophical questions to the fate of civilization: Is humanity worth saving? Mu Shiyu's answer: That isn't for one person to decide. It's worth finding out together. In 2056, humanity collectively admitted something for the first time: this world no longer played by the rules. It all began thirty-two years earlier. One ordinary morning in 2024, a door appeared out of nowhere at an intersection in Shibuya, Tokyo. It wasn't a metaphor or an art installation. It was a real door, floating in 6Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 玄 The Mystic Master Starts by Catching Ghosts and Farming 玄门大佬从抓鬼种田开始 Jun Jun the Novelist写小说的君君Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + light supernatural elements + ghost hunting + comedy + getting rich] Xu Lingxi had always planned to master her skills, come down from the mountain, and make a living as a con artist. Well, as a wanderer of the martial world, telling fortunes and reaching the pinnacle of life. But as soon as she came down the mountain, her master sent her straight back to her hometown to farm. Furious, Xu Lingxi promptly turned her attention to a host of unlucky ghosts. You embezzled public funds 161Reads9.0Score—Shelves
45. 245 一 Overnight, I Became a Widowed Husband 一朝穿成寡夫郎 So It Is Said笑之曰Two Male Leads236k WordsCompleted Yun Zhen should have gone to the afterlife to be reincarnated, but when he opens his eyes, he finds himself in another world as a widower whose husband died just six months ago. His home is bare, he has no money, and his food stores are nearly empty. Worst of all, he has a little tagalong to look after. Yun Zhen decides to make the best of things. Putting his cooking skills to work, he sells spicy hot pot skewers, grills barbecue, and opens a hot pot restaurant. Step by step, he raises the littl 52Reads8.8Score123Shelves
46. 246 四 Four-Year-Old Empress: Conquering the Business World with a Baby Bottle 四岁女帝，奶瓶收割资本圈 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance860k WordsCompleted When I was four, I was brought back to a wealthy family. My aunt-by-marriage laughed and called me a bastard. My uncle thought I was an embarrassment. I casually revealed the secret they had hidden in their safe, and everyone thought I was a genius. Only I knew the truth: this wasn't talent. I had been reborn. But when I found my biological mother, she stared at me and said, “You're not my daughter. My daughter died four years ago. Who are you?” An old computer my adoptive mother left me co 48Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 247 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Cooking Delicious Food With a Spirit Spring in My Space 重生八零：空间灵泉做美食 Duomi哆咪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Business tycoon Ye Qiu is reborn into the body of a second-year rural college student born in 1984 with the same name. She also has a pocket dimension with a spirit spring. To improve life for herself and her family, Ye Qiu tutors students to save up her first capital, then starts selling delicious food at a street barbecue stall and gradually builds her fortune. She thought he was just the guardian of one of her students, but he became a sweet source of support as she grew. 35Reads7.6Score—Shelves
48. 248 穿 Transmigration: After a Marriage Swap, the Young Man Becomes a Husband 穿越：换亲后哥儿当夫郎 Little Dongdong小咚咚Two Male Leads463k WordsCompleted The hunter’s family west of Lu Family Village had fallen on hard times. Lu Congye had injured his leg while hunting, and the family had spent nearly all their savings just to save it. Unfortunately, it happened right when his son, Lu Yongsheng, was seeking a marriage match. As soon as the prospective in-laws heard that the Lu family had fallen on hard times, they immediately backed out, unwilling to marry their son to them. But they couldn’t bear to give up the ten taels of betrothal money the L 1.6kReads9.0Score170Shelves
49. 249 我 The Days I Was Scammed 我被诈骗的日子 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban448k WordsCompleted A wild, imaginative science-fiction novel featuring artificial intelligence, a System, and a 99-death time loop. It begins with a scam and a debt, setting the protagonist on a path of revenge that changes both the virtual and real worlds. The AI protagonist fights against its creator. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 重 Reborn in 1970 with a Hundred-Billion-Yuan Medical Space to Serve My Country 重生七零，带着百亿医疗空间报效祖国 Red Fish Roe红鱼籽Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A Hundred Billion in Medical Supplies, Serving the Motherland [Sweetheart, Cute Pets, Feel-Good Read] In her previous life, Lu Tiantian lived a miserable life. Her parents died young, and her older brothers were left to wander from place to place. In this life, she returns reborn with a medical space worth a hundred billion. By chance, she discovers that every hardship in her previous life was deliberately arranged, and even her death was murder. This time, she will change everyone's tragic fate 1.5kReads9.0Score322Shelves

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