Bringing the Imperial Kitchen to the Sixties

[Please add my new book, Married to a Dad in the 1980s, to your reading list.] Synopsis 1 Yin Xiaoman had endured eighteen years in the palace before finally being released in a general amnesty. But before she could even step outside the palace gates, she tripped and landed in the 1960s, in Shuanggui Village. Now she was an orphaned girl with no family to speak of. To make matters worse, her father had played a dirty trick on her before he died, forcing her to marry Shen Qingyun, a widower eight years her senior with two children from his previous marriage. Staring at the nearly empty jar of sorghum flour and the two skinny, dark-haired siblings, Yin Xiaoman was at a loss. As the head palace maid in charge of the Imperial Kitchen, a woman who had tasted every delicacy and sampled the finest imperial banquets, she now had to figure out how to feed the two hungry mouths in front of her with nothing but coarse grain. Fortunately, the entire Imperial Kitchen had transmigrated with her... Synopsis 2 Things had been going missing from the Imperial Kitchen lately. Everyone thought a cat had sneaked in from somewhere. Only Aunt Lichun knew the truth: a celestial maiden had descended from heaven! Consort Liu missed home terribly and wanted nothing more than a bowl of fresh shrimp noodles. She even specifically requested that Aunt Lichun make them herself. That was practically a death sentence! Noodles were easy enough, but the palace was inland. Where could she find fresh sea prawns? Just as she was at her wit's end, a note dropped from the sky: "Trade fresh chicken for live prawns. One chicken for one plate." Problem solved. The First Prince was hosting a banquet for his guests. The imperial chefs pulled out all the stops, serving bear paws, deer lips, bird's nest, snow frog, and more... Yet none of it could compete with Aunt Lichun's steaming, fragrant pot of seafood. And all she had needed was ten jin of rice and twenty eggs! Aunt Lichun secretly set up an altar for the little fairy and made offerings every day, keeping the incense burning without fail. She also kept a supply of dried and fresh fruit for every season, along with all kinds of pastries. She asked for only one thing: for the little fairy to be happy every day, and for the supplies to keep coming year after year. Little scene: Shen Dabao: My stepmother is so good to me. She gives me meat every day! Everyone: Poor boy, growing up without a mother. Making up stories in broad daylight. Is he so desperate for meat that he's lost his mind? Shen Erniu: My stepmother makes me eat eggs every day: cakes, omelets, steamed egg custard... I've eaten so many that I want to run away whenever I see an egg. Everyone: Poor thing. That's another one who's gone crazy. Shen Qingyun: ...Wife, when will you let me have some meat too? Content warnings: 1. The male lead was never married before. His children are the orphaned children of a comrade-in-arms whom he adopted. 2. Wild animals cannot be bought, sold, or hunted at will. Anything mentioned in the story is entirely fictional. 3. The story is set in an alternate world, with many original details. Just enjoy reading, and please don't nitpick the history. [The story has anti-piracy settings: 80% of the chapters are protected, with a 48-hour delay. If you have not purchased enough chapters yet, please wait a little before reading.] Next book: Married to a Dad in the 1980s. Please add it to your reading list. Shi Qin transmigrated into a period novel as a fake young master, a real stand-in, and the weak, timid, poor foil to the upright and righteous male lead. As if that weren't enough, in the story he was also a widower with two young children. His son was five, his daughter three, and both were at the age when they couldn't survive without parents. Shi Qin was a grown man who had never even been married. He was completely at a loss. Fortunately, he caught the last train back to the city. He brought the two children with him and got a temporary job at a state-run restaurant. From then on, his life became a miserable whirlwind: chaos at work, a cold stove at home, and a bunch of kids constantly screaming around him. Before long, Shi Qin, who had never married or raised children and knew absolutely nothing about childcare, had turned the two kids into sickly little chicks. Their biological father was no help, so the little ones decided to fend for themselves and find a mother. They didn't just find a mother, either. They also found themselves a little brother and a young uncle. Great. He hadn't even figured out how to raise two kids, and now he had two more! Shi Qin was a little dizzy... At least he finally had a wife. #He transmigrated one day and suddenly had kids and a wife, making him an instant winner in life# #How a grown single man became a max-level dad in the 1980s# P.S. 1) The story is told from the male lead's perspective. 2) The leads are mature adults. Both their children are their biological children, with no hidden circumstances. So no, it's not that thing people keep asking about. 3) The male and female leads each have their own career arcs. Neither depends on the other, and both shine in their own fields. 4) All the little ones are adorable! Raising them well is a must! Theme: Work hard at life, and happiness is within reach.