Novels Where the Female Lead Transmigrates to Ancient Times, Builds a Fortune With Modern Cuisine, and Faces No Toxic Relatives 女主穿越到古代用现代美食发家致富，无极品

1. 1 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: A Food Blogger Builds a Fortune 穿越之美食博主在古代发家致富 Lin Family's Dou Xiao Dou林家豆小豆Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Food blogger Jiang Yue transmigrates into the Jiang family, a household of farmers. The Jiangs are dirt poor, with barely enough to eat or wear, and life is truly hard. Fortunately, the family is warm and easygoing, sincere and kind to others. Jiang Yue decides to rely on her own skills to help the whole family prosper, starting with a little shop, moving on to a small restaurant, and eventually opening a grand restaurant, until they achieve financial freedom. P.S. A pure food-focused story, set 45.9kReads8.7Score2.2k14d adds

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   These books definitely deserve a spot on the list, especially the first one, which is packed with delicious food. After transmigrating, the female protagonist first sets up a small stall selling wild vegetable pancakes, then opens a restaurant and eventually a large eatery, building a thriving business. And her relationship with the male protagonist is also a slow and steady one.

2. 2 被 Bought Home by a Rough Country Man, the Sweet Wife Brings Him Endless Luck 被糙汉买回家，娇软媳妇超旺夫 This Cutie Is Called Guagua本萌叫呱呱Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted to each other + marriage first, love later + no awful relatives] [Cozy farming + adorable child + alternate world + pocket dimension] Luo Ge, a petite and soft-hearted food blogger who blushed easily, unexpectedly transmigrated. As an unregistered nobody, she found it impossible to get by in this unfamiliar ancient world. To survive in this era, she found herself a husband on the cheap. She only meant to stay alive, but never expected to gain an unexpected happiness. Who 10.4kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
3. 3 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: My Scholar Dad Revives the Family Through the Imperial Exams 全家穿越：学霸老爸靠科举兴家 Today, I'm a Pretty Flower Again今天也是花花呀Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted What’s it like when your whole family transmigrates to ancient times? Jiaojiao raises her little hand. She knows! Hua Tao and Shen Heqing, an older couple who thrived in the twenty-first century, transmigrate to ancient times together with their only daughter, Hua Jiaojiao. History professor Hua Tao has no choice but to study day and night for the imperial exams. Shen Heqing, a leading beauty-industry entrepreneur, starts from scratch and builds a business to make money. As for Jiaojiao, she’s 2.5kReads8.9Score24014d adds
4. 4 穿 Transmigration: Everyone Else Brought Pets, I Brought a Whole Building! 穿越：人家带宠，我带大楼！ Yun Zhi Nan雲栀南Ancient Romance736k WordsCompleted [Romance] [Dual Transmigration] Have you ever seen a golden finger this powerful? Other people transmigrate with a System, a pocket dimension, or a cute pet. I started out with an entire apartment building. What a surprise! Knives can’t cut it, and fire can’t burn it. If I don’t let you in, then hey, you really can’t get in. The computer connects to modern-day Taobao. Whatever you want, they’ve got it here. I’ll open a little supermarket and start selling snacks. What? The emperor wants to come 915Reads8.7Score10014d adds
5. 5 王 The Princess Consort Cooks, and the Prince Follows the Smell Right to Her 王妃做菜，王爷闻着味就找来了 Li You Ning狸呦凝Ancient Romance687k WordsCompleted [Food + Storage Space + Love After Marriage + Opening a Shop] I'm Mu Jianxi, a food blogger of the new generation, known as today's little chef, with over eighty million followers across the internet. I never imagined that transmigration could happen to me. If I want to become a rich woman, opening a shop is obviously the best way to make money. With delicious food in hand, the world is mine. I'll introduce the ancients to luosifen, stinky tofu, spicy crayfish... and more. I never expected that 8kReads8.5Score79814d adds

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   The female protagonist, Mu Jianxi, is a modern food blogger who travels back to ancient times to open a shop and become wealthy.

6. 6 农 The Farmhouse Cook: Her Built-In Shop Amazes the Entire Dynasty 农家厨娘：自带商店惊艳全朝 Tea September茶九月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Also known as: The Farmhouse Chef: Her Shop Amazes the Entire Dynasty] (Historical romance + sweet romance + food + fleeing famine + adorable child + satisfying read + building a fortune) (A warm family with no troublesome relatives, so enjoy without worry) Jiang Qingqing transmigrates from the 21st century to an impoverished ancient era, where life is incredibly hard. Luckily, she has an adorable little one, a loving family who dote on her, and an all-purpose magical shop! With her 1.1kReads8.9Score10314d adds

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   Great, I've already read it twice. Do you have any other food reviews to recommend?

7. 7 农 The Blessed Girl of the Farming Village 农门福女 Three Months in a Row连三月Ancient Romance536k WordsCompleted No System + No Pocket Dimension + No Palace or Household Intrigue + Food A food blogger from the 21st century transmigrates to an unknown dynasty. She has a widowed grandmother and mother to support, along with twin younger brothers and a baby sister. Looking at their dilapidated thatched hut and her frail siblings, Li Qinghe rolls up her sleeves and gets to work, determined to lead the whole family to prosperity. Putting her past-life skills to use, she starts with a street stall, then opens a 685Reads8.6Score10214d adds

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   So beautiful! Absolutely gorgeous!

8. 8 小 A Family in a Little Village 小村人家 Fei Qing妃卿Ancient Romance283k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + No System + No Romance + Building a Career] When Li Yun wakes up, she is still Li Yun, but not quite the same Li Yun anymore. She has been reborn as Li Yunniang in Anyang Village. Her father dotes on her, her mother loves her, and her older brothers and sisters-in-law spoil her. She has plenty to eat and drink, but not a penny to her name. No matter. Let's see how Yunniang leads her family in farming and storing grain, then makes delicious food to sell at a stall. She builds wo 242Reads7.1Score—14d adds

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   Recommended. Time travel, pure farming, no city life. The female lead focuses on her career, selling food at a street stall, building her business step by step, leading the villagers to make money. Warm and peaceful, no weirdos, no idiots, no cheat codes, no male lead, no romance.

9. 9 穿 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Bake, Made the Whole City Go Wild, and Struck It Rich 穿到古代做烘焙火爆全城暴富了 Flowers Bloom Toward the Sun花开向日Ancient Romance136k WordsOngoing Ye Zhenzhen is an online novelist whose parents have both died. Before his death, her father lost money on an investment and mortgaged their house to a creditor. When the creditor comes to collect, he produces the deed. She realizes she has lost everything, and the house’s new owner turns out to be Li Guo Sirui. Taking pity on Ye Zhenzhen, Guo Sirui lets her stay and hires her as a housekeeper. Guo Sirui has long been secretly in love with Su Yang, a childhood friend. But Su Yang only loves Li 4Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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   A must-read! Get rich through baking! A time-traveling heroine's unconventional path to wealth! Ye Zhenzhen, with both medical and baking skills, falls into a bandit's den at the start? No problem! Killing bandits, setting fires, and poisoning—a perfect team effort! After descending the mountain, the revenge against the scum is even more satisfying! Kidnapping the steward, scalding the wicked servants, and reclaiming the family fortune! The former weak young lady rises to become the darling of the powerful, opening a wildly successful bakery that rakes in money while simultaneously saving lives with her medical skills. As for the eccentric young nobleman! The heroine easily trains his dog!

10. 10 穿 I Transmigrated to the Southern Barbarians and Got Rich with a Library 穿越南蛮，我靠图书馆富甲一方 Three Months in a Row连三月Ancient Romance526k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + farming + no awful characters + no romance + building wealth] (No romance: the heroine has no romantic plotline whatsoever, not even a one-sided crush.) Ye Qiqi is just a librarian when a car accident transmigrates her to a dynasty called Great Qi, where she becomes Ye Xiazhi. With no parents above her and only a softhearted older sister and two little sisters below, she lets out a long sigh, rolls up her sleeves, and takes charge of the family. Luckily, Heaven is kind: even th 6Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    [A bowl of plain porridge that's hard to swallow] Shuangxi rested her chin on her hand, glanced at her eldest sister who was staring longingly at her, then at her younger brother who was drooling, sighed, and divided the bowl of porridge into three portions. Shuangxi smiled at Zhao Jufang: "Mom, I can't finish it all by myself, so let my older sister and younger brother have some too."

11. 11 我 Running a Women’s Federation in Ancient Times 我在古代办妇联 Exquisite Delicacies珍馐美馔Ancient Romance734k WordsCompleted [No CP + business and farming + infrastructure building + strong female lead + feel-good story] Zhu Ling spent a happy hundred years lazing around at the Time-Space Bureau... only to end up six hundred million in debt! To pay it off, she was forced to bind herself to a Debt Collection System and begin her grueling repayment journey. Thus, Zixiao Kingdom gave rise to a legendary female tycoon. They say she started out selling tofu, struck it rich with konjac, and then parks, supermarkets, chain h 2.1kReads9.3Score26714d adds
12. 12 穿 Transmigrated into a Farm Girl: Farming and Weaving My Way to Fortune 穿成农家女 ：耕田织布成首富 Seven-Star Prosperity七星彩旺Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Qiqiao went into the mountains to report on the production of Xia cloth, an intangible cultural heritage, but unfortunately fell off a cliff and transmigrated into the body of a farm girl in another world who shared her name. She farms and does business, weaving hemp and spinning thread. The years flow slowly through her fingertips like strands of hemp. 1.5kReads8.8Score16514d adds
13. 13 农 The Lucky Farm Girl: My Cooking Comes with Special Attributes 农家小福女：我做的美食自带属性 One Meter Fifty Plus Two一米五加二Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System] + [Gourmet] + [Family Life] + [All Kinds of Practical Skills] After taking a tumble, Shuangxi, an eight-year-old farm girl, finally remembered that she had transmigrated here, and that she’d brought along a stingy, extremely picky life-management System. Unfortunately, life’s trials came one after another: an uncle who was deep in debt from gambling, a little brother who suddenly fell gravely ill, and a third uncle who lost his job in middle age… Fortunately, the family stood together a 93Reads6.9Score—14d adds
14. 14 社 A Socially Anxious Woman Ventures into Ancient Times and Becomes a Princess Consort 社恐女勇闯古代变王妃 Xiao Du1晓渡1Ancient Romance140k WordsCompleted [Travel between ancient and modern times + farming and food + doing business and getting rich + palace intrigue and power struggles + punishing scoundrels + nomadic peoples + a foreign king] Lan Xiaowei is a woman who always seems to attract scumbags. In modern times, every man she dated turned out to be one, and she was never treated with sincerity. After traveling back to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, she repeatedly encounters benefactors. No longer content to lie flat, she sets out to turn her li 4Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 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
16. 16 农 Delicious Country Cooking: The Little Chef Is Beautiful and Adorable 农门佳肴：小厨娘她美又娇 Tong Xijun童夕君Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Farming + Food + Mutual Devotion] Shen Jiayao, a young chef in her previous life, didn't let her skills go to waste after she transmigrated to a small mountain village. Life in the village was hard, but her father doted on her, her mother loved her, and her older brother protected her. Most importantly, she had a childhood sweetheart who'd grown up alongside her. When he became an official one day and planned to marry a noblewoman, Shen Jiayao wielded her big ladle and knocked h 4.7kReads9.0Score56214d adds

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    These novels are excellent and engaging, with gripping plots and a tight, fast-paced narrative. The female protagonist has strong moral principles, isn't overly idealistic, and is intelligent and resourceful. She's decisive and efficient. Using her skills in cooking, she opens a restaurant, establishes herself in ancient times, and achieves the life she desires.

17. 17 团 The Beloved Little Lucky Star: Seven Big Brothers Spoil Her 团宠小福宝：七个哥哥宠上天 Wind Quenches Flowers风熄花Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + sign-in golden finger + delicious food + lots of sweetness + scoundrels have bad luck whenever they run into the little dumpling] The Zheng family has been hoping for a daughter for more than a decade. At last, they have a little girl. Zheng Dahu: “Heh heh heh, I have a daughter!” Her seven older brothers: “Our little sister is so pretty. Will she look at her big brothers?” Little farm girl Zheng Fumian: “My dad, mom, and seven brothers dote on me, and even my si 3.8kReads9.3Score46614d adds

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