Transmigrated as the Villain's Elder Brother's Wife (Food)

Updates temporarily on hold After an accident, Zhao Yuan transmigrated into a story about inner-family conflict, becoming the farm-raised elder sister-in-law of the real young master in a pair of true and fake young masters. In his youth, the original Zhao Yuan had left him all alone and destitute, leading the story's antagonist to go to the capital alone to claim his birthright, be treated as an illegitimate child, endure hardship, and turn evil. When Zhao Yuan arrived, her husband was already dead, and the original Zhao Yuan was fighting her mother-in-law over having secretly eaten an egg. Zhao Yuan: I'm done for! She worked in IT. She couldn't embroider or do anything with chemicals. How was she supposed to survive in ancient times?! Then her mother-in-law, looking utterly disgusted, tossed a lump of pig offal straight into a pot to boil. Zhao Yuan, who adored good food, jolted. "Stop!" After enjoying a delicious meal of stir-fried pork intestines, Zhao Yuan realized that maybe she could make this life work after all. She set herself a modest goal: start with a street food stall and earn a thousand taels first. Her in-laws, who knew only farming, drew in a sharp breath. "Yuan Niang, get a grip!" Later, her in-laws eagerly asked, "Yuan Niang, what's our next little goal?" Zhao Yuan, already content: Maybe I should just lie flat. The food stall is fine as it is. The customers: No way! We get exhausted waiting in line every day. Open a proper restaurant, please! * The food stall became a huge hit, and the Song family's standard of living soared. Zhao Yuan, an overworked wage slave who hadn't managed to lie flat in her previous life, finally did so in this one! Her mother-in-law handled the cooking, her father-in-law did the heavy labor, and her younger brother-in-law was her protector. All she had to do was collect the money every day. But why hadn't the real young master and story's antagonist, her younger brother-in-law, gone back to claim his birthright? Why did he keep telling her to remarry instead? As if! She had money and free time, her husband was dead, her in-laws were easygoing, and her brother-in-law was going places. Why would she remarry just to make trouble for herself? Late one night, Zhao Yuan was enjoying spicy crayfish. Her handsome younger brother-in-law suddenly snuck into her room and pressed her against the windowsill, whispering, "Wouldn't it be better if you married me, Sister-in-law?" Zhao Yuan: "?" *Customer's Little Scene* When the prefect of Fuzhou was first demoted to that remote little city, he sent the emperor three letters a day pleading for mercy and whining to his elder brother, hoping to return to the prosperous capital. Then one day, while making his rounds, he caught a strange fragrance. Following it all the way, he discovered it was coming from a street food stall. There were braised pork intestines, spicy crab, spicy crayfish, salt-and-pepper fried chicken, spicy chicken cutlets, chicken tendon skewers, and all kinds of delicacies he had never seen before. He couldn't tear himself away. That very day, the prefect of Fuzhou, belching with a full stomach, reluctantly wrote a letter: Brother, you can stop trying to get me out for now. His elder brother, doing everything he could to rescue his hapless younger brother: ?? Seven days later, the prefect of Fuzhou no longer begged for mercy in his memorial. Instead, he expressed his gratitude: Thank you, Your Majesty, for sending me here. The emperor, far away in the capital: ??? [Cover art by @CannotDrawAnw] All the little figures in my collection were drawn by her! Theme: Find joy and live well, even when life puts you in a difficult spot.