Tasting Spring Wine (Food)

[Complete novel. The polished full version costs a little over four yuan and is available only on Jinjiang. Thank you for your support.] When Lin Xiu opened her eyes, she discovered she had become the beautiful, scheming female side character in a novel. Remembering the tragic ending in the original story, all she wanted was to stay away from the crazy protagonists, open a little shop, and work hard to get rich. Sweet-and-sour fish, pickled long beans, lotus root with rouge, osmanthus cakes. Fresh bitter bamboo shoots, aged citrus-peel wine, chicken with fermented black beans and chili, and hair-darkening candy. Pots, bowls, and pans clattered away, and she also got a part-time job as a cook at the Hanlin Academy. At a spring banquet, she dug up the spring wine buried in the back courtyard. One sip was sweet and pleasantly cool. It really did taste good. After she finished drinking, she met everyone's stunned expressions. Lin Xiu: "???" A trembling servant stammered, "Th-this is the wine Madam Jiang saved for when the new bride entered the family." Lord Jiang, usually so cool and self-possessed, gave a quiet cough. The tips of his ears turned faintly red. "It doesn't matter if we drink it early." A restaurant in the capital began selling top-scorer congee, and business boomed. The former top scorer, now a Grand Academician, became a regular, turning into a golden signboard for the place. The streets were abuzz with rumors that the proprietress had a face capable of bringing ruin to a kingdom, and that even the learned lord, who never took an interest in women, had fallen under her spell. Jiang Jirong nodded in agreement. "My wife is indeed beautiful." Upcoming novel: "The Carefree Wanderer" [A candid, upright minister x the most haughty and tsundere figure in the martial world] I became an official. I got promoted! I was demoted... After traveling eight thousand li, Lord Chu rode her lame donkey in grand style to take up her new post. She climbed the Taihang Mountains, traveled the Shu roads, listened to punting poles stirring green waters, and dreamed beneath the bright moon. Every place she went offered a feast of flavors: tender, succulent roast lamb in the north, spicy, numbing tofu in Sichuan, and fresh, sweet, tempting drunken crab in Jinling. She ate and drank her way along, and accidentally made a name for herself in the history books. The road of exile was full of danger. Someone laughed arrogantly. "She has no family or friends to begin with, and now the Chu faction has fallen. The court can't protect her anymore... Hahaha..." Those hoping for her misfortune waited and waited, longing for news until their eyes nearly dried up. But they saw her stumble and rise again, step by step, returning home laden with honors. Back in the imperial capital, Chu Ciqing flourished her folding fan with a jaunty smile as brilliant as spring blossoms. "Sorry, let me correct that." "I still have a heart full of righteousness and clean hands." Theme: Promoting Chinese food culture and working hard to create a better life