I Run a Restaurant to Stay Alive [System]

I'm getting ready to start a new food-themed story, The Little Cook's Guide to Supporting Her Family! Please add it to your favorites_(:з"∠)_

The blurb is at the end~

Blurb:

Chu Qing is diagnosed with an unknown terminal illness and is about to die young. After struggling in vain, she returns to her hometown to "retire" and take life easy. Then a System drops out of the sky and tells her to open a restaurant??

"But I can't cook??"

"You can exchange business points for extra time to live~"

"I can learn."

Seizing her chance to stay alive, Chu Qing soon discovers: Wait, I'm actually talented at this!

With a magical restaurant-management System, she can run, upgrade, and expand her business, using high-grade ingredients from another world. The dishes are so delicious they make your tongue fall out, and they even have all kinds of amazing effects!

"The clear broth is made from the bones of free-range black pigs raised on Lingyun Mountain. It's transparent, without a trace of excess fat. That's the magic of exercise~" A dramatic aria~

"..." Chu Qing.

Chu Qing takes a deep breath, picks up a scallion, and prepares to chop it.

"One lovely little scallion, irrigated with Lingyun Mountain spring water. Isn't it just adorable~" Another dramatic aria~

"...Xiao Ba?" Chu Qing stops chopping and calls gently in her mind.

"Yes, Host~"

"Could you be quiet?"

"...〒▽〒"

A passerby lured in by the aroma of tea eggs: "Thirty yuan for one tea egg??"

"Want one?" Chu Qing.

"…I'll take one." Damn, that irresistible aroma.

Before eating: "I have an eating disorder."

After eating: "I'll have another serving!"

When her dog makes a guest appearance on a variety show, the cast breaks for a meal. The movie king, movie queen, top-tier star, and rising star discover that even a dog eats better than they do?

Director: "Boss, can I order group meals? ╥﹏╥"

"...I'll make an exception and take your order." Poor thing.

Some time later, everyone realizes that this restaurant is something special!

"My hair's growing back!" The programmer, who went bald young, bursts into tears of joy.

"I've eaten so much, but I haven't gained any weight?!" The rising star in the entertainment industry is overjoyed.

"The little boss's food made my business boom!" The big-shot businessman, who came to the restaurant to discuss a deal, is thrilled.

"We'll raise a dog together." The male lead speaks with lofty composure.

"???" The programmer, the rising star, and the big-shot businessman: Is there something wrong with you?

Hmph. A bunch of outsiders.

[Easygoing, sarcastic, and big-hearted heroine] x [Imaginative, slightly tsundere, rich and handsome male lead]

No angst, just everyday restaurant management!

A few things to note:

1. The story is a slow burn, the plot moves at a leisurely pace, and I'm not very good at writing romance.

2. There are plenty of scenes about upgrading the restaurant, making food, and tasting dishes in a little-chef style. If that's not your thing, feel free to click away~

3. I think the golden finger is pretty powerful. If that's not your thing, feel free to click away~

4. The setting serves the story! This is a fictional modern world, so please don't relate it to reality. It's all made up. If you can't get into it, don't force yourself!

The Little Cook's Guide to Supporting Her Family blurb:

Su Qingli spent eight years becoming a culinary master of her generation, renowned for dishes that were almost impossible to get.

On the day she returned to her ancestral home in all her (self-satisfied) glory, she transmigrated into the body of a little fool in the Great Xia dynasty who had the same name...

And was especially poor!

Ancestors, you're really my own ancestors! (cries while pounding the ground.jpg)

Luckily, her new family is reasonably dependable.

Fine, fine. She just has to make money. There's no way a culinary master like her will starve to death!

Starting with a little roadside tea stall, she picks jelly-herb leaves to create a new treat. It may look dark and green, but it's cooling, refreshing, and delicious!

Soon the stall becomes famous, and a must-visit drink shop for passing merchants and people on outings or pilgrimages.

Then the tea stall starts selling snacks and dishes too, and business goes through the roof.

Donghe meat pies are chewy and savory, rice noodle rolls are springy and smooth, and qingtuan rice cakes can hold "ten thousand fillings"...

Wealthy patrons and merchants: Going to the temple (for a meal)?

After making enough money to open a shop, Su Qingli settles into the good life.

Pan-fried, grilled, boiled, deep-fried, stewed, braised, and stir-fried delicacies, desserts, and cold dishes...

From growing vegetables and raising livestock to serving it all at the table, she handles the whole process.

She swings her wok and leads the entire village to the peak of success!

Short scene:

Abbot of Qingyang Temple: (confused) Have fewer people been coming here to pray lately?

Little Taoist: Yep. They've all gone to Lingshan Temple.

Abbot of Qingyang Temple: Hey! That bald monk is stealing my pilgrims! ...How did he do it?

Little Taoist: He hired a young chef to make vegetarian dishes. They're so good!

Abbot of Qingyang Temple: You've been there to eat too?!

Little Taoist: ...They're really good.

P.S. This is an alternate-history setting. Every element is part of the golden finger. Enjoy!

Theme: Chinese cuisine is vast and profound~