Madam Xu's Guide to Building a Food Business

[Food, building wealth, and everyday family life] Xu Xiangwang is an ordinary head chef at a small restaurant. One day, she opens her eyes and finds she has transmigrated from a peaceful, prosperous modern world to ancient times. She's now a discarded wife whose husband passed the imperial examination and divorced her, and she was just about to drown herself in a river. The bad news: She's nearly drowned. The good news: Someone saved her. Having come close to death, Xu Xiangwang is furious. First she grabs a knife and goes to reclaim her dowry, then beats up her rotten uncle and his family. After that, she takes in the younger brother and sister the original owner left behind, and starts selling food at a stall to build a fortune and live a better life! Li Nayun comes from a distinguished family and has a smooth career in government. He's so upright that it borders on the sinister, though, and people find him frightening. So an imperial decree sends him to Qiantang County as a low-ranking county deputy, far from the intrigues of the court. In this unfamiliar place, he has to deal with difficult superiors and food that's completely to his taste. His life is as miserable as it gets. Until one day, his colleagues tell him in exaggerated detail about the incredible food they'd stumbled upon. They'd tried with all their might to resist, failed, and ended up wolfing down three bowls, nearly arriving late. He can't help thinking they have no taste. Until he comes across the stall himself and takes a bowl. Only then does he realize that the one without taste is him! Taking another look at the woman running the stall, he finds her oddly familiar. She's the victim in the very first case he handled after coming to the county town! A few things to know: 1. The setting draws on the Northern Song era, but this story does not involve real historical events or people. Some details have been adjusted for the plot. 2. A capricious, pampered, frighteningly upright male lead x a heroine who values her career more than men. 3. Xiangwang reaches for the clouds. Theme: Let's work hard together and build a fortune.