The Little Chef of the 1970s Art Troupe

Complete, and now plenty long enough to binge! [Next book: The Pretty Eighties Widow Remarries with a Child]

Blurb:

"Fiery little chef x gorgeous young master"

Other people transmigrate into an arts troupe and become dancers. Gu Qian transmigrates and winds up as a cafeteria worker.

Oh well, no job is more or less respectable than another. Cooking may not be as glamorous as dancing, but it's still a skill.

As it happens, before transmigrating, Gu Qian was a master chef.

She grabs a spatula and gets to work!

Rough flour, wild greens, wheat bran... She can turn even a salted vegetable pancake into a work of art.

In Gu Qian's hands, even the worst food can be transformed into something miraculous.

Before long, she rises from cafeteria worker to head chef, becoming Chef Gu, the arts troupe's beloved culinary genius whom no one dares offend!

Just as Gu Qian begins enjoying the good life, she catches the eye of Jiang Haichao, the famous young master of the arts troupe...

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Jiang Haichao has just returned after graduating from university. He's the best-looking and most eligible young man in the arts troupe, yet somehow he manages to get on the wrong side of the fiery new head chef. At lunch, she serves him just one piece of chicken... its butt.

A young master like him has never had to put up with that kind of treatment. Gritting his teeth, he drags her to a quiet corner.

"What did I do to offend you?"

The little chef looks bewildered. "I-I didn't..."

"You didn't? Then why'd you give me a chicken butt?"

"..."

Would you believe me if I said it wasn't on purpose?

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Because of a chicken butt, Gu Qian ends up completely stuck with Jiang Haichao.

He threatens her, saying she has to make him special dishes at every meal from now on, or else...

"Or else what?"

Jiang Haichao lifts an eyebrow and smiles wickedly. "Or else... I'll stew you."

"..."

#Asking for special dishes is a pretext. He really wants to stew you#

*One-on-one, both leads are each other's first. Romance and career arcs~

*The male lead isn't a soldier. He works in an administrative role at the arts troupe.

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Please add my upcoming book to your collection! The Pretty Eighties Widow Remarries with a Child

Pretty widow x pure-hearted man

In the early 1980s, a young widow and her child move into an apartment building in a small seaside city.

The widow is beautiful, and raising a child alone is hard. Eager to find someone to rely on, Big Sister Liu, her neighbor, enthusiastically offers to set her up.

At last, she finds a divorced man she likes. But after an unexpected fall into the water, she wakes up in a different body: that of Qiao Lu, who came from the modern era.

Qiao Lu, an older single woman, transmigrates into the body of a young widow with the same name. Now she has a little one clinging to her, and she can't escape the prospect of blind dates.

She's willing to go on blind dates, but her standards are high.

She wants someone kind-tempered, hardworking, and quick-witted. He can't be a male chauvinist, swear at her, look down on her for being divorced, or fail to love her child...

In short, this man doesn't exist!

Big Sister Liu says, "I've never met such a picky divorced woman!"

"A secure job is what matters most these days! Li from the steel mill is great, an eighth-grade technician!"

Qiao Lu: "No way. He's forty. He's an old ox eating young grass."

"What about Xiao Song from the chemical plant? He's only twenty-nine, tall and sturdy, the perfect man to rely on!"

Qiao Lu: "No way. He has four kids, and my Xiaobao is socially anxious."

"...Then what about Xiao Luo from the radio factory? He's thirty, has one child, and is honest and hardworking!"

Qiao Lu: "No way. He's... too ugly."

"..."

At last, Big Sister Liu can't take it anymore. She throws a photo onto the table and snaps:

"Qiao Lu, this is the last man I'm setting you up with! He's never been married and has no kids. He's not well-off, and aside from his handsome face and a run-down old house, he's got nothing! You can decide for yourself!"

Qiao Lu picks up the photo and takes a look. Wow, he's really handsome, like a star in a magazine.

Eagerly, she asks, "What does he do?"

"He runs a street stall!"

What? Isn't that the first generation of entrepreneurs?!

Roll up her sleeves and get to work!

"Great! I'll go on a blind date with him!"

Only after they get together does she learn that a run-down old house means a shabby little courtyard in the city center, and a future fortune from demolition compensation!

Just a handsome face? He clearly has an outstanding business mind, too!

This bet is worth taking!

Xu Haizhou left his hometown to start a business in the south. With no money or connections, he was always on the go and never dared dream of a wife and children waiting at home.

He never expected that one day, Big Sister Liu would introduce him to someone. She was a widow, but he fell in love at first sight.

As long as she had a good character, he didn't care whether this was her first or second marriage.

She even had a child?

Perfect, he could get a son without the wait.

The two hit it off, overcame everyone's objections, and got married!

After the wedding, with the couple working together, their little street stall gradually grew into a shop in a big mall. They became some of the first self-made millionaires of the 1980s!

*The male lead has never been married or dated. He's a pure-hearted handsome man who adores his wife and child. A happy family!

*Both career and romance arcs!

*The story opens with a blind date, and they get married soon after. Marriage first, love later! Building a fortune through entrepreneurship!

Biu biu biu~ Please add it to your collection~

Theme: Love life and build a fortune