Foodie Stories, but Not the Kind Where the Characters Work Themselves to Death 美食文 不要那种累死累活的美食文

1. 401 都 Swordflying Through the City: I Conquer the Mortal World on My Flying Sword 都市御剑：我靠飞剑纵横凡尘 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼6k WordsCompleted Swordplay in the City: I Rule the Mortal World with My Flying Sword 9Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 402 我 I Can See When Everyone Will Die 我能看见每个人的死亡时间 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼8k WordsCompleted I Can See When Everyone Will Die 13Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 403 二 The Two Girls Swap Identities 二女的身份互换 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼7k WordsCompleted The Two Girls Swapped Identities 5Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 404 锋 Radiant and Dazzling 锋芒万丈 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼7k WordsCompleted Blazing with Talent 2Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 405 穿 I Transmigrated into a Cauldron Destined for the Slaughter 穿越成了待宰的炉鼎 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼9k WordsCompleted I Transmigrated into a Cauldron Awaiting Its Slaughter 7Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 406 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Game and Became the NPCs' Savior 穿越游戏：我成了NPC的救世主 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼35k WordsCompleted Transmigrating Into a Game: I Became the NPCs' Savior 9Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 407 误 Lost in the Hundred-Thousand Mountains 误入十万大山 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼91k WordsCompleted Lost in the Hundred Thousand Mountains 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
8. 408 七 The Little Chef of the Seventies: The Iron-Blooded Battalion Commander Dotes on Me 七零小厨娘：铁血营长偏宠我 Light Hues and Gentle Breeze清风浅色系Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted Food blogger Su Nianwei opened her eyes to find herself in the body of a poor woman in the 1970s who had been forced to jump into a river. At a crossroads, she saved Gu Huaizheng, a tough battalion commander suffering from low blood sugar. His simple words, “I'll marry you,” changed her life forever. With a food-filled pocket dimension in one hand and tender devotion in the other, she tore apart the scumbag and the fake innocent, filling the military compound with mouthwatering aromas. She went 2.3kReads7.3Score292Shelves

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   They are all food articles, good-looking

9. 409 六 Back to the Sixties: Becoming a Chef at a Big Factory 六十年代之回到大厂当厨子 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban301k WordsCompleted (Period Drama + Rebirth + Siheyuan Courtyard + Farming + No Golden Finger) Wang Jianguo spent his whole life meekly working in the back kitchen of a machinery factory. He had no wife or children, and even the factory took care of his funeral. Perhaps his obsession ran too deep, because time turned back and returned him to the moment before it all began... There’s no golden finger at any point. The protagonist won’t reach the pinnacle of life or slaughter his way through the world. If that’s not 12.6kReads9.0Score637Shelves
10. 410 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 4.3kReads9.0Score352Shelves
11. 411 真 The Real Heiress Remarries with Her Mother, and Her Beast-Talking Shocks the Entire Army 真千金随母改嫁，通兽语震撼全军 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Space, stockpiling, period setting, building wealth, medicine, beloved by the whole family, heroine can speak with animals] Lu Yunsu was mistakenly summoned by an underworld intern and sent into a period novel, where she became a capitalist's daughter who had followed her mother into a new marriage and risen from rags to riches. The moment she opened her eyes, her spineless younger brother-in-law had brought a task force to raid their home. Stay calm, don't panic! This is nothing. Lu Yunsu open 29.6kReads8.0Score3.6kShelves

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    🌹Smile and get rich! The plot of this novel is so exciting and dense! The first day of traveling through books: My house was ransacked. The second day after passing through the book: The whole family became pauper. The third day of traveling through books: Start flying! With Lu Yunsu's space in hand, she collected all the supplies and let the white-eyed wolf rush into the air, cured the village chief's son and became the benefactor of the whole village, and could understand the language of animals and even the mice reported to her. He achieved great success by catching a spy on the train, and became a military doctor in the army camp, and the whole team rushed to hug him. Officer Chu: No one is allowed to steal Dr. Lu from me! Hahaha, this officer is too possessive!

12. 412 汴 Little Bites of Bianjing 汴京小食光 Four Taels of Silver白银四两Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted [Low rating because it was only just rated~] Food blogger Shen Wantang wakes up to find herself the sickly daughter of a widow outside Bianjing, the Northern Song capital. She has no golden finger and no System, just her own two hands and a head full of modern food knowledge. But she soon discovers that Bianjing in this era is much more charming than she'd imagined. At dawn, the morning market on East Cross Street is alive with steam and bustle. The lights of Zhou Bridge's night market shine unt 252Reads5.9Score103Shelves

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    They are all the relaxed and warm type, no slap in the face, and they look very comfortable.

13. 413 国 The Duke's Estate Maid 国公府小丫鬟 July Koi七月锦鲤Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Su Liyue was a low-ranking maid in the Duke's mansion, not even qualified for the ranks of household maids. She had no interest in climbing the social ladder. She just wanted to leave the mansion and live a quiet life. After hearing that only first-class maids could buy their freedom, she rushed into the main kitchen and embarked on a difficult journey up the ranks. She made sweet soups, prepared pastries, cooked elaborate dishes, bought farmland, rented a butcher shop, and tended the ancestral 17.9kReads8.9Score2kShelves
14. 414 我 My Cat and I Transmigrated: My Golden Finger Is a Cat 我和我的猫一起穿了之金手指是猫 Sleepy Yun Yao困困云瑶Ancient Romance158k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + gathering herbs and hunting in the mountains + pocket dimension + slow-paced life + street stall + spirit pet] Jinxiu transmigrates into the body of a dirt-poor country girl. Their home is bare as can be (Jinxiu’s thoughts: It’s not actually that bad, okay!) The family has a few mu of fields and her grandparents, who depend on each other for survival. At least her cat came along too. Kun Kun is a Ragdoll cat with a sharp tongue. When they go up the mountain to gather herbs 12Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 415 小 The Little Foodie Marries a Hunter: Cat Changdong Eats Meat at Every Meal 小吃货嫁猎户猫长冬顿顿吃肉 A Foodie Hibernating for Winter小吃货在猫冬Ancient Romance353k WordsCompleted [No System, no space, no golden finger. Family squabbles, human warmth, everyday food, farming, no court politics. A cozy, healing tale of ordinary life: the happiness of having enough to eat, drink, and wear. A fictional setting inspired by the Song and Ming dynasties. The troublesome characters only appear at the beginning, and rarely show up later.] To avoid being sold off, Taohua takes her little brother Xiaobao to the Li family courtyard in Baihua Cave. High mountains surround Baihua Cave, 82Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    A slow-paced food article about cherishing food!!

16. 416 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 124Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Food articles, about Yunnan's food~

17. 417 穿 Transmigrated as a Chubby Farm Girl, I Grow Crops and Build a Fortune 穿成农家小肥妞，种田发家巧致富 Little Tea Pot茶小壶Ancient Romance311k WordsOngoing [Business + System + Food + Farming + Family Life + Building Wealth + No Imperial Authority] Chen Yao, a former special forces soldier and food blogger, transmigrates one day into the body of Chen Bao'er, a lazy, greedy, spoiled, and overbearing country girl. Her mother dotes on her like crazy, and they have a poor life that needs improving. No need to panic. She's not worried in the slightest. With a transmigration cheat in one hand and extraordinary skills in the other, getting rich is just ar 132Reads8.2Score116Shelves

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    The left hand travels through cheats, and the right hand has extraordinary abilities. Getting rich is just around the corner. See how she started from scratch and reached the top of her life. The hypocritical and selfish fiancé, the innocent little hunter who stutters, the restaurant owner who lost his wife and baby, the fat guy who is stupid and rich... They all stand aside. Now, I just want to make money!

18. 418 快 Quick Transmigration Tycoon Blind Boxes: I Keep Crushing Scumbags and Loving It 快穿神豪盲盒：一直虐渣一直爽 A Faint Smile, Ink Stains浅笑兮墨染Urban851k WordsOngoing [Just started receiving ratings, and they'll go up later] [Quick transmigration + tycoon blind boxes + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + no romance + ruthless power fantasy] Shen Yan binds himself to the Tycoon Blind Box System, starting out in hell mode. Abandoned by his teammates in the apocalypse? He draws a food System and builds the safest, most luxurious refuge around! Mocked as a good-for-nothing at the immortal sect tournament? He draws a Born Sacred Physique on the spot and crushes 1.3kReads5.7Score100Shelves

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    Treasure book! I will regret not watching the series! No cp male channel, fast penetration, different golden fingers in every world! The second world food article.

19. 419 糕 The Pastry Queen’s Journey 糕点皇后养成记 Instant Noodles Are So Delicious, Independent泡面过于美味独立Ancient Romance284k WordsOngoing The biggest challenge of transmigrating to ancient times: no oven, no stand mixer. How can a modern baker survive? Jiang You calmly says, “No problem.” The earthen stove is too crude, so she builds a brick kiln and makes her own oven. With no proper tools, she ties bamboo strips together to make a whisk. She uses lard to create layer upon layer of flaky pastry, and cleverly packages her goods in bamboo baskets lined with oiled paper. Her Valentine's Day sushi amazes the townsfolk, her autumn-onl 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Huge recommendation, pastry theme,

20. 420 无 Surviving Without Cheats: The Country Girl Cuts Ties and Reclaims the Wasteland 无挂求生，小农女断亲开荒记 Gu Meng Lihua顾梦狸花Ancient Romance327k WordsOngoing [Play the pig to eat the tiger + no cheat powers + farming story + coming-of-age + no romance + family and village life] A mature modern woman’s soul lands in the body of a fourteen-year-old farm girl. The original girl was exploited by her awful relatives. You might put up with that, but I won’t! I’m flipping the table in a fit of rage! My grandparents are old and bedridden, and everyone else treats them like garbage. I’ll care for them tenderly. After all, an old person in the family is a trea 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Farming Food Articles

21. 421 完 Oh No, Even the Great Sage, Sun Wukong, Wants to Eat Tang Monk! 完蛋了，齐天大圣孙悟空也想吃唐僧肉 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸Male-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Oh no, even the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, wants to eat Tang Monk's flesh. 420Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is not bad either.

22. 422 山 Running a Mountain B&B, My Casual Cooking Leaves Michelin Chefs Stunned 山里开民宿，随手炒菜震碎米其林 Keke Is the GOAT柯柯yydsUrban703k WordsOngoing Shen Qi’s Cloud Perch Lodge has three rules: no guests who leave bad reviews, no repeating dishes, and no disturbances after ten at night. Tourists call him arrogant, until his “Jadeite and White Jade Soup,” made with spirit spring water and stir-fried over a fierce flame, comes out of the pot. Its fragrance carries for miles and cures a provincial TV host’s ten-year illness. The Michelin reviewers arrive with high expectations, only to find a bowl of plain noodles so delicious it makes them que 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two food books

23. 423 诸 Heavenly Realms Resort: From a Seaside Shack to a Master Chef 诸天度假村：从海边破院开始颠勺 Keke Is the GOAT柯柯yydsUrban540k WordsOngoing Overworked office drone Lin Du dies suddenly and is reborn as the manager of the only unfinished, rundown resort on a deserted island in the East Sea. There’s no running water or electricity, no guests, and only a ridiculous System bound to the stove. Others start out rich. Lin Du starts out grilling fish. Then his first guest, an Immortal Realm Emperor who came out to sea to clear his head, finishes a plate of scallops with scallions priced at 88 yuan and has his Dao heart shattered on the sp 30Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 424 十 Awakening to the Dao in the Ten Thousand Mountains, Returning to the Mortal World 十万大山悟道归凡尘 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼72k WordsCompleted After gaining enlightenment in the Ten Thousand Mountains, he returns to the mortal world. 254Reads—Score—Shelves

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    @ Pei 23490168

25. 425 万 Ten Thousand Tentacles to Eternal Life: From Octopus to Overlord of Heaven and Earth 万触长生：从章鱼到天地霸主 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼60k WordsCompleted Ten Thousand Touches to Immortality: From Octopus to Lord of Heaven and Earth 107Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 426 劫 Rising from the Ashes 劫后凡升 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼28k WordsCompleted Rising from the Ordinary After the Calamity 238Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 427 琉 The Thorny Path Beneath the Glazed Pagoda 琉璃塔下的荆棘之路 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Marriage & Romance29k WordsCompleted The Thorny Road Beneath the Glazed Pagoda 5Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 428 美 A Beauty Bodyguard Transmigrates into a Book as Pan Jinlian 美女保镖穿书潘金莲 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Female-Channel Fanfiction29k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Bodyguard Transmigrates into the Story of Pan Jinlian 9Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 429 车 Years Chasing the Wind on Wheels 车轮上的追风岁月 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼9k WordsCompleted Chasing the Wind on Two Wheels 3Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 430 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Making It Big in Shanghai 重生八零，我在沪市发家了 Miaoyiyi妙仪仪Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted No CP!! She has a golden finger, and this is a lighthearted, everyday food story. Back in the 1980s, Lin Yueru finally understood how to live her life. Men may betray you, but the money you earn and put in your pocket never will! This time around, she kicks her freeloading scumbag boyfriend to the curb and uses a food sign-in System to build a culinary empire in Shanghai. Sign in every day, and all kinds of legendary recipes for Shanghai cuisine are hers for the taking. From pan-fried buns sizz 56Reads—Score112Shelves

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    Food articles of the era

31. 431 我 I'm a Lucky Little Darling, Blessed with Good Fortune Every Step of the Way 我是福运小奶包，一路亨通旺旺旺 Second Miss Jinjiner金金二小姐Ancient Romance3.4M WordsCompleted (Full-cast audio drama + animated series now available) [Farming + beloved by all + lucky treasure + super strength + foreknowledge] To keep the family from being swallowed up by greedy relatives, Qingbao's mother claims she has given birth to a boy. Just then, her father dies on the battlefield, and her mother is frail after a premature birth. Her four gaunt, underfed sisters do their best to keep the family afloat. But little Qingbao is born with a halo of good fortune, and one lucky thing aft 8.8kReads8.9Score923Shelves
32. 432 我 I Dig a Pond in Ancient Times 我在古代挖池塘 A Piece of Candy一颗糖果Ancient Romance160k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Swapped Identities Between the Hero and Heroine + Food + Infrastructure and Pond-Digging + All-Purpose System + Strong Female Lead] Jinzhi, the daughter of a family in the aquaculture business, transmigrates into the body of a poor farmer’s daughter. Her mother plans to marry her off in exchange for a wife for her unmarried elder brother. With a bowl of spicy crawfish, she wins over the county magistrate. A marriage exchange is out of the question, and she knows exactly how to bu 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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