Female Lead Runs a Little Restaurant and Guesthouse! Great Cook! 女主经营小饭馆，民宿！做菜好吃！

1. 201 临 The Riverside Little Chef 临水小厨娘 Taro Ball Taro Pie芋圆香芋派Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [Farming and Food + Lighthearted + Daily Life + Romance + A Fictional Jiangnan Water Town] Su Mo, a modern culinary prodigy, transmigrates into the daughter of a small eatery owner in Linshui County. When she opens her eyes, the restaurant is on the verge of closing, and her parents are weighed down with worry. Watching her father ruin the ingredients with his cooking, Su Mo silently picks up the family's heirloom iron ladle. Just wait and see: she'll make this eatery bigger and better! 6.6kReads8.2Score66114d adds

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   The female lead's family owns a small restaurant; there's a romantic partner, and the male lead prioritizes her career. [Kissing emoji]

2. 202 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Get By in the Imperial Harem 穿到古代混后宫 The Pen Name That Doesn’t Need Zhouzhou不用周周的笔名Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Modern-day Huang Ye transmigrates into the ancient Great Xia Dynasty as the pampered darling of the Minister's household, where a daughter is born only once every ten generations. To repay her loving family, she starts learning martial arts at a nunnery while still a little girl. She wants to master everything: inner strength, hand-to-hand combat, swordsmanship, medicine, and poisons. Only by learning real skills can she better protect her family. At last, she grows up, only to be told she must 1.9kReads7.6Score17514d adds

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   The delicious food is making countless foodies drool! The female protagonist, a modern woman who transmigrates to ancient times, drives the court officials crazy with the food on her food street, and even the concubines, princes, grandsons, empress dowagers, and emperors-in-waiting in the harem are all lured by a single bite.

3. 203 古 A Taste of Antiquity: A Thousand Gold Couldn’t Buy a Sister-in-Law Like Her 古色食香：家有长嫂，千金不换 Such a Sweet Grape好甜一葡萄Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Top chef Luan Hongye transmigrated into a novel as the vicious widowed sister-in-law. Determined not to suffer the same tragic ending as the original character, she used her cooking to win over the male lead's family. She quickly won over her mother-in-law and younger siblings, but the male lead remained indifferent toward her. That was fine. All she wanted was to keep the peace. But gradually, she noticed that the male lead was paying her a little too much attention. He wanted to know who had g 1.3kReads7.1Score18214d adds

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   [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

4. 204 开 I Marry a Good-for-Nothing from the Start, Then Change My Fate with Food 开局嫁给纨绔，我靠美食逆天改命 Just a Little Scorpio是一只小天蝎呀Ancient Romance331k WordsOngoing Xu Si transmigrates one day. The bad news: she's married. The worse news: she's married to a wastrel. The worst news: his whole family has been exiled along with her! It's hard mode from the start, but she doesn't panic. She's got superhuman strength. She uses it to tame her wastrel husband, teach her mother-in-law about women's rights, become best friends with her sister-in-law, turn her younger sister-in-law into a devoted fan, get her little nephew to wave her banner with all his might, and w 18Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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   The first book is about the whole family opening a restaurant/hot pot shop; the second is about the female protagonist opening a breakfast shop; the third is about the female protagonist running a shop and practicing medicine; the fourth is about the female protagonist running a small restaurant; and the last two are about the female protagonist selling food at a street stall.

5. 205 长 The Little Chang'an Eatery 长安小食肆 Nine-Lived Fairy九命妖精Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Food Business Comeback + Clear-Headed Heroine + Everyday Food and Drink + No Romance, but Plenty of Suitors] In her previous life, Jiang Yuan was a chef in the Imperial Kitchen, bound to a mission. For ten years, she treated Crown Prince Zhao Heng's food aversion, prepared soups for him, and soothed his mind, giving him everything he asked for. The day he ascended the throne, he rewarded her with poisoned wine. She drank it with a smile. Mission complete. The System unbound, and at last she was 270Reads6.8Score10814d adds

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   The writing is superb.

6. 206 穿 I Became the Chief Minister's Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife and Got Rich Through the Shop 穿成首辅炮灰前妻，靠商城发家忙 A Light Boat Toward the Ninth Heaven轻舟向九天Ancient Romance438k WordsOngoing [Farming + food + transmigrate into a book + daily life + making a fortune + sweet romance + low-profile golden finger] Su Yunzhi transmigrates into a book as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of the future chief minister. She’s barely opened her eyes when he grabs her by the throat and invites her to die with him. What is she supposed to do? She manages to cling to life after narrowly escaping the male lead. Then she has to face a ramshackle home so miserable even the mice leave in tears, not to mentio 3Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 207 坐 With a Divine Tree Space, I Never Go Hungry or Thirsty in the Apocalypse 坐拥神树空间，我在末世吃喝不愁 Li Bai's Little Sister李白妹妹Sci-Fi & Apocalypse415k WordsCompleted P.S. This is a slice-of-life story about ordinary people at the bottom of society in the apocalypse. After struggling to survive for ten years in the apocalypse and losing her companions and friends, Shan Zhao was thirty-nine when she returned from scavenging one day and was reborn ten years earlier, three months before the apocalypse began. With no courage to go through the apocalypse again, Shan Zhao decided to stop fighting and just live as long as she could. While returning to her hometown t 42Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Speaking of female protagonists running restaurants, we have to mention our Third Sister! 🌿 From the very first book, 📖 Dragon Third Sister opened a restaurant called "Tasteless Restaurant," a favorite among fairies. All the dishes are about love, hate, and grudges in the human world. 🌿 Of course, it's a restaurant in the human world, so people come to eat! 👀 And almost every chapter is named after food because of the dishes the female protagonist makes—they all look so delicious! 😋 You definitely have to check out our Third Sister!

8. 208 穿 I Became the Villainous Big Shot’s Wife, Who Dies Young 穿成反派大佬的早死原配妻 Han Zhi Yu寒织雨Ancient Romance597k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + one-on-one, both leads are virgins + food + face-slapping + no golden finger + no spatial dimension] Song Tian wakes up from a nap to find she’s become the cannon-fodder wife of the story’s villainous big shot! The book says Xie Yunzhe is vindictive, ruthless, and cruel. The moment Song Tian transmigrates into the story, he grabs her by the throat and nearly kills her. Luckily, she knows when to bend and how to get along with people, so she quickly begs him nicely to 188Reads6.4Score—14d adds
9. 209 绑 After Binding a System, I Opened a Dessert Shop in Ancient Times 绑定系统后，我在古代开甜品店 One Crispy Bite of Chips薯片一口脆Ancient Romance386k WordsCompleted [Food + Alternate World + Transmigrate + System + Mutual Devotion + Not a Power Fantasy] Gu Qiyue, a top pastry chef, transmigrates into the body of a penniless orphan in ancient times. She opens her eyes to a bare-walled home with a leaky roof and finds her only family, her younger brother, emaciated. Just as she's worrying that life is bitter as wormwood, a “ding” sounds in her mind... She has bound the [Food Business System]. What are household schemes, palace intrigues, backbreaking farming, 174Reads—Score10214d adds
10. 210 末 Starting a Hotel in the Apocalypse 末世从经营酒店开始 A Duo u阿哆uSci-Fi & Apocalypse700k WordsCompleted [Romance + apocalypse + System + running a shop + sweet romance + ensemble cast] [The heroine transmigrates as a cute little darling; the hero is a pitiful little guy reborn.] [1. This isn’t a story about an overpowered heroine leveling up, and she isn’t a self-sacrificing saint. 2. Prices in this story only apply to this book. 3. The leads aren’t perfect, and they’ll both grow. 4. Please note, this is an ensemble cast with lots of side characters’ stories. 5. This book is entirely fictional, so 12.9kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds

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    She was raised by her grandmother, but her grandmother passed away just as she started university, leaving her 30,000 yuan and a small apartment of about 40 square meters. Afterwards, she supported herself by drawing illustrations and writing novels while attending classes. Having never been in a relationship and having no one she cared about, where she was didn't matter to Xi Yue; as long as she could survive, that was enough.

11. 211 空 With Cotton in Hand, I Have Nothing to Worry About 空间在手，一棉无忧 Green Goose青鹅Ancient Romance458k WordsCompleted (Food, street stalls, and opening shops: step by step, she builds a fortune and enjoys endless delicacies.) Modern-day Jiang Xiaoxiao transmigrates into the body of Jiang Yimian, a peasant girl in ancient times. She stares speechlessly at the sky and curses the rotten heavens. What kind of awful family have they dumped her in?! Three dilapidated thatched huts, drafty and leaky, perfect for stargazing, moon-gazing, and sunbathing, with all the essentials included. Thin black porridge, perfect for 72Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    This book is complete, no scumbags, no royalty, just pure food!! [Top Post][Top Post] A modern food blogger travels back to ancient times and uses his culinary skills to go from a dockside stall to a shop in town. He opens a nine-story shop selling snail rice noodles, spicy hot pot, claypot rice, seafood, roast duck, hot pot, crispy pork belly, and much, much, much more.

12. 212 逼 They Forced Me to Marry Someone Else, and My Stepsister Went Mad Instead 逼我换亲后，继妹反倒发疯了 Nan Zhi南稚Ancient Romance522k WordsOngoing In her previous life, Shen Zhaozhao was tricked by her mother into marrying a disabled man from the village. After the wedding, she was willful and unruly. Her stepsister talked her into eloping with another man, and she was sold into a brothel where daylight never reached. Her disabled husband dragged his broken body all the way to find her, then spent everything he had to save her. Just as she was ready to settle down and build a life with him, her stepsister barged in with a mob. They beat hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 213 团 The Beloved Little Childhood Friend, The Bandit Bosses Can't Hide Anymore 团宠小青梅，山匪大佬们藏不住了 Fragrant Wood Terrace木香台Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reclusive experts + an ensemble cast's comeback] Everyone on Black Bandit Mountain has a special skill, but they've retired from the martial world to raise children. Who knew life after retirement would be anything but peaceful! Zhizhi goes fishing, and the fish leap right into her net? Zhizhi goes down the mountain and catches a notorious bandit? Zhizhi goes to the academy and makes a name for herself in a fight! Zhizhi goes to the capital, and, well... The realm falls into chaos, and the dyna 30.9kReads9.5Score5.3k14d adds

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    It's super good! The female lead has been spoiled since childhood and has amazing luck. Her childhood sweetheart is also super hardworking. It's a great story about a female lead who feels great!

14. 214 我 I’m Running a Vacation Inn in the Apocalypse 我在末世里开度假宾馆 Raise a Little Blue Cat养只小蓝猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Business Building + Post-Apocalypse] New mission: Open a hotel in the post-apocalyptic world. Xia Yan: “I thought this was supposed to be a vacation. Where’s the scenery? Are the zombies the scenery? Thanks, but no thanks!” System: “No, no, hear me out. No missions, no punishments, and upgrades are entirely up to you. You can slack off as much as you like. This System will always be on your side!” Xia Yan: “Okay!” And so Xia Yan finds herself in a dilapidated hotel. The conditions 190.5kReads8.8Score25k14d adds
15. 215 穿 I Transmigrated to a Farmhouse and Found a Life of Leisure Through Farming 穿越农家，靠种田过上悠闲小日子 Peachy Little Milk Cap桃桃小奶盖Ancient Romance504k WordsOngoing A warm, comforting farming story, with a heroine focused on building a business and making a fortune. After transmigrating, she finds that her family is so poor they have nothing but a few thatched huts, and they're deeply in debt. Their food is about to run out. But that's all right: when a family pulls together, they can move mountains! What's there to fear about being poor? Make a living from the mountains if you live by mountains, and from the water if you live by water. She farms, sets up s 13Reads7.3Score—14d adds
16. 216 天 The World-Cracking Crisis: Building a Peach Blossom Haven in Ancient Times 天崩地裂局：我在古代建桃源 Yu He Dou渔禾豆Ancient Romance404k WordsCompleted [Farming + System + Daily Life + Food + Soul Transmigration + Alternate World] At twenty-six, she is transported into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl after a car accident: Her father is sixty and lame; Her mother is over fifty and blind; The most devastating part is that these two treasures had a child in their old age! On the very day she arrives, her mother gives birth to a baby boy! She’s become an upgraded version of Dehua… Her home is in the middle of nowhere, with no village in front o 2kReads8.9Score19614d adds

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    The rural life depicted, with the female protagonist cooking delicious meals, is described very vividly.

17. 217 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: Every Dish at My Restaurant Is in High Demand! 穿越八零：我的饭馆一菜难求！ Chive Pocket韭菜盒子Modern Romance257k WordsCompleted When Tang Ruanyuan woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to the 1980s. At the time, Danchuan Village had just implemented the household land contract system. Her family consisted of a father with a bad leg and a seven-year-old younger brother. Looking at their dirt-poor tile-roofed house and the nearly empty rice jar, Tang Ruanyuan rolled up her sleeves and started doing what she knew best, selling food, with her little brother at her side. In the gold-rush decade of the 1980s, Tang Ruan 53Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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    Opening a bed and breakfast! I made ancient children drool with my delicious food. Synopsis: Ancient romance, time travel (business + food + system, time-travel + lighthearted farming + easygoing). Warning: Contains pornography!! Mainly about running a shop… (more details needed).

18. 218 驭 The Art of Taming a Husband: I Turned a Delinquent into a Devoted, Rich Man 驭夫有道：我改造混混成宠妻首富 Carefree July七月逍遥Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period setting + no pocket dimension + family life + building a fortune + devoted couple] Gu Wanwan died unexpectedly, then awoke in a period novel as the overlooked second daughter. She was forced to marry Qin Feng, a lazy good-for-nothing, in her younger sister's place. It was bad enough that Qin Feng did nothing but loaf around all day. He was also destined to die young. To change their circumstances, Gu Wanwan brought out her best tricks. She showered him with endless, free praise, and 4.7kReads8.4Score40914d adds

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    This is just too much! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Sending Heart] The male lead is completely unaware that his wife is manipulating him.

19. 219 科 Nobody Wants This High-Tech Food, So I Took It to the Past and Sold It Like Crazy 科技狠活没人吃，拿去古代卖疯了 Clear Light Shines on You Alone清光独映君Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy] [Transmigrating between two worlds] [Trading goods] [Building wealth] Just after Xia Yunshu escaped from the parasitic family of her good-for-nothing father, a loud clang heralded the arrival of her power to transmigrate between two worlds. Modern zongzi so sickeningly sweet that nobody wants them? She trades them for wild vegetables in the other world, then sells them for 388 yuan a pound outside a mansion! Even dogs turn their noses up at these starch sausages, but in 42.5kReads7.8Score3.5k14d adds

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    🍉First Book: Criticized for her "technological and ruthless" approach? Xia Yunshu turns the tables and opens a "Divine Restaurant" in ancient times. Modern-day unsellable rice noodles with added glue and technologically advanced roast duck become unparalleled delicacies that princes and wealthy merchants will spend lavishly on. She trades a pack of instant noodles for a basket of top-grade mountain delicacies; a starchy sausage to trick martial arts masters into becoming her bodyguard. Faced with the city's overwhelming "it smells so good!" Phenomenon, Xia Yunshu laughs as she counts her silver notes behind the counter. Who says delicious food has to rely on culinary skills? Her core competitiveness lies in her ability to transcend two worlds! 💘Second Book: Jiang Weier, equipped with a culinary god system, transmigrates to the cultivation world. She resolutely sets out to run a mysterious little restaurant with her sickly mother and younger brother. Her spicy tofu buns are juicy and flavorful, her vegetarian dumplings are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and her otherworldly delicacies, such as milk tea fried rice, waft their aromas for miles. Cultivators, originally seeking immortality, abandon their cultivation and form long queues outside her restaurant. The shop owner didn't open for business today, yet powerful figures from all sides have offered a reward of a thousand spirit stones to find the person! Watch as the delicate cook uses her exquisite culinary skills to stir up a storm of gourmet food in the cultivation world.

20. 220 开 Opening a B&B! My Food Has the Ancient Kids Drooling 开民宿！我靠美食馋哭古代小孩 Sweet Peach Cheese Iced Tea甜桃芝芝冰茶Ancient Romance236k WordsCompleted [Business + food + farming with a System and pocket dimension + light fantasy + alternate world + easygoing] A few things to know: There is a romance! It's a shopkeeping story focused on running a food business. The female lead doesn't hide her pocket dimension, and she uses modern goods in the ancient world. This isn't pure farming, but a light fantasy story with a big imagination! If you can't accept these elements, read with caution!!! [Pocket dimension activated. Time until transmigration: 116Reads8.0Score—14d adds
21. 221 我 I Set Up a Stall in the Cultivation World, and Customers Came Back Around Three Times 我在修真界摆摊，回头客绕了三圈 A Pei ya阿裴yaAncient Romance436k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cultivation + food + street stalls + delicate, charming chef + no CP] Jiang Weier transmigrates to an ancient cultivation world and becomes a young lady of the Duke's household, living under someone else's roof. She unexpectedly acquires the God of Cooking's street-stall System and sets up her own home with her frail mother and four-year-old younger brother. Spicy tofu buns, three-delicacy vegetable pot stickers, milk tea, deluxe fried rice, extra-spicy grilled sausages, Orlean 148Reads—Score11314d adds
22. 222 我 I Opened a Restaurant in Ancient Times 我在古代开饭馆 Smiling Star微笑星Ancient Romance426k WordsCompleted Ye Xiaowei inexplicably transmigrates into the body of a farm girl in ancient times. Her family is struggling, so she uses her own hands to build a fortune, one step at a time. She starts out selling scallion pancakes at a street stall, then opens a little diner, and eventually builds a chain of grand restaurants. Her life gets better and better. What? The little beggar she took in has a truly impressive background? And the handsome young man she found, who had lost his memory, leaves without a 1.4kReads8.2Score12014d adds
23. 223 我 Making a Fortune with Food in Bianjing 我在汴京靠美食暴富 Jun Youdong君游东Ancient Romance402k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Transmigration + Slice of Life + Love That Grows Over Time + Building Wealth] After transmigrating through time, Sheng He discovered that the Song dynasty she had arrived in was nothing like the weak and impoverished one described in history books. Instead, it was a golden age, with envoys from countless nations paying tribute and Bianjing flourishing like a dream. The markets bustled, people of many backgrounds mingled, and the air was filled with the enticing aromas of spices 22Reads6.4Score514d adds
24. 224 你 Tell Me, Why Is Northeastern Chinese Food So Good? 你说，东北菜怎么就这么香？ Inkstone Autumn Jade砚秋墨玉315k WordsCompleted [Feel-good story + no CP + no romance plot + no System + one heroine + food] Note: This is a straightforward story about running a food business. There are no schemes, palace intrigue, political power struggles, business rivalries, or catfights. Su Xiaoxiao, a girl from Northeast China, opens a little restaurant by the gates of a medical university in the south. The night before opening, a gas explosion next door catches her and the shop in the blast, blowing them both away. When Su Xiaoxiao ope 158Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 225 穿 Transmigrated to the Deep Mountains: Farming, Foraging for Mushrooms, and Selling Herbal Jelly 穿越深山老林，种田捡菌卖冰粉 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Li Xia transmigrated to a remote mountain valley, where the family had barely a roof over their heads and went hungry every day. To make matters worse, the heavens refused to give her any golden finger at all. Raised under the red flag, she had never imagined hunger could feel so awful. She wanted food. A big bowl of rice. And plenty of meat, too. How could someone who knew nothing about farm work or crops achieve this “great ambition” in another world? 5.9kReads8.9Score51114d adds

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    Neither the male nor female lead has a prestigious background; they rely entirely on their own efforts. The story unfolds gradually and steadily. The family is full of love, the female lead is intelligent, her two younger brothers are adorable, and the supporting characters' love stories are also very enviable.

26. 226 成 After Becoming a Master of State Banquets, I Started Running a Street Stall 成为国宴大师后开始摆摊 Fried Hawthorn油炸山楂Urban460k WordsOngoing The warmth of everyday life is what comforts the human heart most. [Food + street stalls + lighthearted + plenty of cooking knowledge + street-stall guide + slow-paced everyday life + detailed recipes + no harem + the author genuinely wants to teach readers to cook] Chen Feng has studied cooking for years and mastered the four major regional cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, and Huaiyang. He became the youngest person in the Dragon Kingdom to earn the title of National Banquet Master. Af 4.1kReads8.9Score27014d adds
27. 227 谁 Who Gets It? My Shop Is a Huge Hit, but I Just Want to Run Away 谁懂！我店火到爆，但我只想跑路 Street Season Carnival Night街季狂欢夜Modern Romance285k WordsOngoing [No romance] + [Gourmet] + [Business] + [Healing] + [Interdimensional planes] + [Comedy] “Boss, just how many shops do you own?!” After binding to a mysterious System, He Xiaoxiao thought she was about to lie flat for the rest of her life. But reality had other plans: running a street stall, delivering takeout, opening a rice-ball shop, opening a bubble tea shop, opening a hot pot restaurant… It took only half a year to go from a street vendor to running businesses across different planes. Then, 8Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 228 团 The Cherished Koi Wife: My Blind Box System Makes Me Invincible 团宠锦鲤妻：我带着盲盒系统无敌了 Chasing the Wind Across the Galaxy星河逐风Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + lucky koi + cozy, family-centered pampering] The orphan Gu Ran transmigrated into the body of a young farmer's wife. Ever since she arrived, the Su family's once-bare cupboards seemed blessed by a lucky koi: they ate fine white flour, built a new house, and had meat at every meal. Gu Ran herself had a blind-box System, and threw herself into selling blind boxes and growing longevity flowers to stay alive, never looking back. “Today's limited-edition pink lipstick blind-box 2.2kReads9.0Score20114d adds
29. 229 我 I Set Up a Snack Stall in Ancient Times and Went Viral 我在古代摆摊卖小吃，火出圈了 A Glimmer of Light一叶微光Ancient Romance830k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Fictional Setting + System + Cuisine + Daily Life + Wholesome Romance + Love Grows Over Time + One-on-One Romance + Beloved by All] Mu Wan transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a “dark-skinned, fat girl.” That’s not even the worst of it: she has a sickly husband who could die at any moment. No problem. She’s the head chef of the Imperial Kitchen and knows a little about medicine. If it has anything to do with food, she can handle it. Mu Wan rolls up her sleeves, ready to g 472Reads6.1Score10514d adds
30. 230 有 Money and Free Time: Romance and Farming on the Side 有钱有闲，一边恋爱一边种田 Dreaming Fat Panda做梦的胖哒Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted [A heartwarming, healing slice-of-life romance] [Cool, gentlemanly top-tier star and actor * cheerful, sunny little rich girl] How can anyone be this unlucky? She was just going to work when an elevator accident left her with nothing more than a sprained ankle after she was rescued. Then, at the hospital, she got caught up in a dispute with a patient, and the innocent woman was hit on the head and left unconscious for an entire week. At least the compensation was decent. Sheng Xia took the payou 2.8kReads8.8Score23114d adds

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    It's a good story. The female lead won 100 million yuan and went back to her hometown to open a coffee shop.

31. 231 海 Island Management Simulator 海岛模拟经营 A Friend of the Mu Family木木家的友人Modern Romance333k WordsOngoing [No romance + food + world-building + game apocalypse + pet spirits, slice of life] [Player Monet detected. Island Management System bound!] When Monet, who can’t swim, wakes up, she finds herself adrift on a raft in the middle of a vast ocean. There’s no one around, only a System that has forcibly bound itself to her. [...Please select a business type.] Food is essential to life, so she chooses a restaurant. [Congratulations, player! You’ve received one Mini Cozy Restaurant.] Th 63Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book, which runs a restaurant and a hotel, has no romantic pairing, and is very heartwarming and cute.

32. 232 开 Exiled from the Start? With My Cooking Skills, the World Is Mine 开局流放？厨艺在手，天下我有 Explosively Fried Meatballs狂炸小肉丸Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Exile + Food + Farming + Business + Rugged Hero] Exiled from the start, with her biological father missing? Song Yuzhi has just won the National Cooking Championship when she transmigrates into the body of a frail, foolish young girl in ancient times. She rolls up her sleeves and uses her extraordinary cooking skills to build a good life, even in exile! She also has a handsome hunter for a husband. He's a man of few words, but dependable wherever he goes, and he treats her like his most preciou 3.5kReads8.6Score51714d adds

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    Food is an insurmountable hurdle for foodies [laughing and crying emoji] I crave whatever they write about [awkward laugh emoji]

33. 233 开 I Opened an Inn and It Became a Safe Haven for All Worlds 开个民宿，成了万界安全屋 Just Love Lolis就爱萝莉Urban259k WordsCompleted [Business Management] [No CP] [Feel-Good Story] [Lighthearted] [Everyday Life] Burned out from working himself to the bone, Lin Yi decides to lie flat and return to his hometown to open a homestay. His neighbors shake their heads and sigh: “The kid worked so hard to get out of here, only to come right back. What a waste!” “Open a homestay? Who’s going to visit a remote mountain village like this?” But Lin Yi’s homestay starts attracting guests from all kinds of different worlds. There are litera 2.8kReads8.8Score22414d adds
34. 234 移 Mobile Food Stall: My Customers Are Wild About the Food 移动美食摊：我的食客太疯狂 Cheese Rice Cake芝心年糕Modern Romance443k WordsCompleted [Reader's guide: No CP, not a romance. The Tomato app's tags are wrong, so romance fans should take note before reading.] [Gourmet][Comfort food][Lighthearted][Cozy][Healing][Everyday life][No CP] Sun Xiaoting accidentally binds herself to the Gourmet System and gains unparalleled cooking skills. She also triggers random street-stall missions. She sells jianbing at the night market for 15 yuan a serving, leaving grease shining on her customers' lips; She sells 100-yuan boxed meals outside a luxu 277Reads8.5Score—14d adds

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    Push!!!!

35. 235 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 first book is a rebirth story set in a historical period, featuring farming and strong protagonists. The female lead is reborn as a lunchbox vendor, but after her rebirth, she becomes the owner of the largest restaurant chain in the provincial capital by selling lunchboxes, opening a restaurant, and raising crayfish. The second book is a short story where the female lead, without any special abilities, returns to the 1980s. She fights against the worst people; whoever crosses her will be crushed. Her beauty and success are already enough to make others envious. And there's also a noble, rich, and handsome male lead pursuing her.

36. 236 绑 Farm Life: I Went Viral After Linking My Farmstay App 【经营】绑定农家乐APP爆红了 The Wind Within自有风Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted [No romance + Everyday business management] After graduating from university, Li Xixi worked diligently as an office drone. Then, out of nowhere, she was bound to a farm-stay app System. Was this a windfall from heaven? Quit her job, of course! She had no intention of working for someone else. Delighted, Li Xixi returned to her hometown to open a farm stay! What, it's too remote, tucked away in the mountains, and nobody will come? What, there's nothing to do nearby, so visitors would be wasting 1.2kReads8.7Score13914d adds
37. 237 美 Food Stall Diaries: Call Me Boss Su 美食摆摊：请叫我苏老板 Lu Qiyao Guang鹿蹊爻光Modern Romance688k WordsCompleted A gas explosion kills Su Mo. Then Su Mo successfully transmigrates, and it turns out she’s transmigrated into a book, too. The good news: she isn’t the heroine or a supporting character, just an inconspicuous background character. The bad news: the background character’s mother is “crazy,” and the original owner has been emotionally manipulated all along. As transmigration stories go, Su Mo gets a Food System. And so begins her life running a food stall. Outside elementary schools, at hospital e 5.5kReads8.1Score71114d adds
38. 238 进 The Rising Foodie 进击的美食达人 Golden Jade, Long Song金玉长歌Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush Turns Real + Sweet Romance + Workplace + Everyday Life + Inspirational] Her classmates mocked her as “petty and hopeless,” saying she was only fit to scrape by at a small company. But through her own efforts, she created the hugely popular food channel “Feast on Fire.” One day, she accidentally let her true identity slip, leaving everyone stunned! Fans: “I always thought you were a huge fatty. I never imagined you’d be such a beauty! You love eating so much, yet you’re still that s 265Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    The female lead runs a small restaurant and a bed and breakfast! She's a delicious cook!

39. 239 摆 I Sell Grilled Cold Noodles, and the Gourmet Association Has Its Eye on Me 摆摊烤冷面，我被美食协会盯上了 Qi Ming淇茗Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted (Food + Northeastern Chinese snacks + all kinds of other snacks + System + no romance + laid-back daily life + livestreaming, entrepreneurship, and opening a shop + steady rise to success) Yu Duoduo quit her job in the prime of her life, at just twenty-two. Working for someone else is hard. It’s enough to drive you into a funk. Yu Duoduo: Entrepreneurship! I have to start a business! When she looked at the terrible grilled cold noodles in front of her, tears of excitement welled up in her eyes! 54Reads8.2Score—14d adds
40. 240 古 The Ancient Apocalypse: My Hotel Saved Ten Thousand People 古代末世，我的酒店拯救了万民 Candy on the Wood木子有糖Ancient Romance258k WordsCompleted [Alternate world + no romance + System + invincible protagonist + feel-good story + infrastructure building] Shi Qi transmigrated!! As soon as she arrived, she was bound to a business management System... What??!! The apocalypse is coming in ancient times, and you want me to open a hotel there? Does that make any sense??!! Well, whether it makes sense doesn't matter. She's transmigrated, which is already absurd. As long as the System can guarantee her safety, she'd open a hotel in ancient times, 812Reads8.2Score10414d adds

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    🌈🌈The female protagonist runs a hotel in ancient times, is bound to a management system, and even drives a high-end RV to sell food. The hotel also sells bicycles🚲, electric vehicles, and tricycles. Later, even the emperor wants to work at the hotel, unknowingly bringing the ancient people into the technological age.

41. 241 猫 Cat Cafe Owner? No! I’m Just the Cats’ Spokesperson 猫咖老板娘？NO！猫的嘴替罢了 Chi Zhizhi迟枝枝Modern Romance285k WordsOngoing [Golden finger + cute pets + no romance] Jiang Wan was a minor sacrificial character in an entertainment-industry lucky-star novel. Just as she was about to be forced out of the story, she unexpectedly became bound to a golden finger recall System. After perfectly completing the System's missions across its worlds, she was finally reborn. After working herself to the bone for hundreds of years, she had no desire to keep striving. She decided to use her System rewards to open a cat cafe, sip tea, 247Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    If we only consider whether or not someone is working at the store...

42. 242 美 Gourmet: The Easy Life of a Little Restaurant at a Highway Service Area 美食：服务区小饭馆的躺赢人生 Liu Yuzhi刘予之Modern Romance137k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [Shopkeeping] [No Male Lead] [System] [Cozy] [Everyday Life] [Affordable Prices] Jiang Banxia unexpectedly inherits a fast-food shop at a highway service area. She thinks the location seems pretty good, but it turns out the highway is remote and sees very little traffic. Just as Jiang Banxia is at a loss about how to keep the business going, she learns that there's a traffic jam on the highway not far away! So Jiang Banxia heads out onto the highway carrying boxed meals to sell. H —Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 243 末 The Apocalypse's Shop System Forces Me to Become the Queen of All Realms 末世，开店系统逼我当位面女王 Sweet Orange, Not So Orange甜橙橙不橙Sci-Fi & Apocalypse432k WordsCompleted [Invincible System + Shopkeeping + Multiple Planes + No Romance + No Saintly Heroine] [Just a silly daily life of one person and one System watching the drama unfold and shipping couples] Lin Nian thought that accidentally slipping while taking a shower and transmigrating into a post-apocalyptic world was already ridiculous enough. But then she got bound to a guy who called himself the Universe's Super Invincible Shopkeeping System, and was told to open a shop in the apocalypse? System 098 was t 5.9kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
44. 244 辞 I Quit My Job to Farm and Raise Cats, and Somehow Went Viral 辞职归田，我种菜养猫竟全网爆红 Southern Gardenia, Forget Worries南栀忘忧Modern Romance426k WordsOngoing [Urban Fantasy, System, Farming, Gourmet] After He He finishes the college entrance exams, her grandfather, who raised her, passes away for good. Hoping to escape the city where she is grieving, she leaves for another province with an acceptance letter in hand, where she meets the best friends of her life. With a little money saved, He He returns to her hometown after a long absence to pay her respects to her grandfather, restore the old house, and rediscover memories of her childhood. At a frie 58Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is about to open a bed and breakfast. She cooked lots of delicious meals beforehand, they were so good!

45. 245 有 A Taste of Life 有味 Gui Luo鬼罗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Zhiqing came to her senses just before she was to be drowned in a pond. By a twist of fate, someone gave her to Zhou Qianke as a gift. Zhou Qianke: “Since when do gifts know about healthy living? Do you really have to be this dedicated?” Nutritionist Ye Zhiqing: “…I told you I’m a respectable woman! A respectable woman!!!” 1.1kReads8.7Score11814d adds

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    🍃These are some really good historical romance novels. The female lead is strong and independent, the male lead is devoted to her, there are no exaggerated plots, and the endings are perfect.

46. 246 农 A Splendid Life in the Countryside 农门锦绣 Short-Legged Mushroom短腿蘑菇Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Contest] After transmigrating into the body of a country girl who had gotten pregnant before marriage, Xia Qingqing takes in stride her mother’s mix of weakness, tearfulness, and fiery temper. Even when war breaks out and they flee with no food to fill their bellies, she remains composed. That is, until she meets the “little wild dog” her mother told her about: the father of her child. Xia Qingqing can no longer keep her cool! Fu Ziheng (glaring coldly): 46Reads8.3Score—14d adds
47. 247 穿 Transmigrate and Get Everyone to Love Their Food 穿越之让大家爱上干饭 Dandruff头皮屑Modern Romance107k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Alternate Setting] [Sweet Romance] [Marriage Before Love] [Relaxed and Easygoing] [Alien Planet] [Everyday Life] Luo Yao never imagined that one day she would transmigrate to a planet much like Earth and inherit an estate. She planned to grow vegetables and cook, settling into a quiet retirement on her own. But to inherit the place, she also had to marry Mu Chen, the heir to the richest family. Mu Chen once happened to see Luo Yao squatting beside a car, eating glutinous rice ball 83Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's about opening a shop, daily life, etc.

48. 248 将 A General Could Never Fall for a Farmer’s Wife 将军才不可能对农妇动心 Chubby Little Flower胖小花Ancient Romance416k WordsCompleted A flowerpot fell from the sky and landed with a thump. Wide-eyed and bewildered, Yang Jiujiu scored the ultimate transmigration package: the title of the prettiest young widow, a husband and in-laws who might have died long ago, and four children to raise. She became both the mother who kept the family fed and the sister-in-law who guided the children down the right path. But the family was poor, life was hard, there was no food in the pot and no strength to dig the soil. Several children, not q 65Reads8.7Score—14d adds
49. 249 在 Getting Rich Selling Glutinous Rice Balls in Another World 在异世界卖糯米饭暴富 Saltwater Peach盐水桃Modern Romance141k WordsOngoing [Business + food + transmigration + Western fantasy + low magic + ensemble cast + nonhumans + 1v1] Lin Wenyi inherits her grandmother’s breakfast shop and unexpectedly gains the ability to travel between the real world and another world. She decides to open a shop and do business there. A devoted admirer of good looks, she hires one gorgeous employee after another: a handsome fish-man who can sing, a cat beastman who’s a great cook and fighter with the nurturing instincts of a househusband, and 144Reads—Score10114d adds

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    The female protagonist brings her breakfast shop to a Western fantasy world and diligently runs her small restaurant, sharing heartwarming daily life.

50. 250 她 She Makes the Entire Interstellar World Drool with Her Livestreams 她靠直播馋哭全星际 Su Wanxin苏挽心Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + food + everyone’s favorite + strong female lead] An Xingwan never dreamed she would transmigrate to the interstellar age! She started livestreaming food just to support her family. But somehow, she ended up becoming everyone’s darling across the entire galaxy? Everyone in the galaxy was waiting for her to feed them. An Xingwan had this to say: No one can resist delicious food. And if they can, then give them two meals. 4.8kReads9.3Score55414d adds

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    First book: Opening a restaurant, ensemble cast, friendship + food, modern setting, with a slight touch of cultivation. Second book: Not opening a restaurant, but live-streaming food cooking. In the interstellar era, with high technology, you can finally taste the food bloggers make online. However, the more people taste it, the less flavorful it becomes. Mutated creatures, giant crabs, lobsters, and all sorts of other delicious food (drooling!), I quite like the premise.

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