The Daily Feeding of the Junior Secretary at the Dali Temple

Shen Yu transmigrated, arriving in another world with a System and becoming a sixteen-year-old girl who had nothing to her name and no skill beyond cooking. To support her family, Shen Yu thought it over, tied on an apron, picked up a wok and spatula, and opened a small restaurant. System: If you want to return to the modern world, accumulate satisfaction points from one million customers. You can also exchange those points for ingredients! To earn enough satisfaction points and return to the modern world with her wealth, Shen Yu threw herself into her business day and night. Pepper-salt lamb chops, steamed pork with rice flour, wok-braised eggplant, tofu soup. Milk-simmered cuttlefish congee, wok-fried river shrimp, pine-bark-braised pork. Customer Chang: Satisfaction +30. Boss Zheng: Satisfaction +20. Shopkeeper Hao: Satisfaction +50. Shen Yu watched the numbers slowly rise, delighted, until one day the System suddenly notified her: [Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Jiang Yanbai: Satisfaction +1000] Shen Yu: Huh?! Everyone in the capital knew there was a famous restaurant in town. Its owner was a young woman of sixteen, whose cooking was so extraordinary that even the officials from the Court of Judicial Review headed there after work. Some said the rumors were true, because every day the same conversation could be heard at the Court of Judicial Review: "Lord Jiang, are you going to Shen's Restaurant today?" Jiang Yanbai: No. "Lord Jiang, are you coming to Shen's for dinner with us?" Jiang Yanbai: Maybe next time. "Lord Jiang, are you going to Shen's--oh, you're not coming." Jiang Yanbai: ... Everyone thought Lord Jiang didn't care for food, until one day, someone peeking through the crack in the restaurant's closed door saw him tugging at the young owner's sleeve, frowning as he asked, "Why didn't you bring me food today?" This story is also known as: I Just Want to Build My Business, So What Do I Do When My Tool Character Wants to Offer Himself? An alternate-history setting, so don't take the details too seriously. Contains original worldbuilding. A cozy, sweet romance. Coming soon: The Little Cook's Everyday Life of Working at the Court of Judicial Review and Gossiping The chef Chu Xu transmigrated. She looked up to see a leaky roof, then down to find her mother gravely ill. Not even the mice cared to visit the kitchen at home. Luckily, a neighbor introduced her to a job as a cook at the Court of Judicial Review. The pay was pitifully low, but she needed money for her mother's medicine, so she decided to take it for now. The kitchen manager makes things difficult and cuts the budget? Chu Xu serves cold skin noodles, rice noodles, and hot-and-sour noodles. You think value for money is hard for a worker from the 21st century? Ever heard of a group meal deal? The Court has many officers, and everyone has different tastes? Chu Xu fries chicken, shrimp, and mushrooms, coating them in homemade breadcrumbs. No matter who they are, they'll be craving it. The charms of fried food and carbs are irresistible! The cold-faced Deputy Minister is a picky eater and hard to please? Chu Xu skewers lamb, chicken, and pork belly. The meat sizzles and drips with oil on the grill, and the Deputy Minister heads to the kitchen the moment he smells it. Only he knows that spicy, fragrant, savory taste. Later, the corrupt manager is driven out, and Chu Xu's salary increases tenfold. The officers of the neighboring Ministry of Justice try to poach the cook, but the officers of the Court of Judicial Review block the door. Some even declare that stealing their cook is absolutely heartless! As for the cold-faced Deputy Minister, he's already thinking about sending the betrothal gifts to the little cook's home. Ministry of Justice: A handsome-man strategy? We have Vice Minister Liu, too! Qin Siqian, Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, solves cases like a god and is impartial and stern. He never cared much about food; he could eat tofu stewed with oranges without batting an eye. That is, until the Court hired a new little cook. Only then did he learn that food could taste so good. A bowl of steaming wontons on a cold night warmed the heart he'd kept cold for eighteen years. Reader's guide: One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first. 1. Alternate-history setting, don't take the details too seriously. A blend of different dynasties, food and mystery-solving. 2. The romance develops slowly, a cozy, sweet story. Theme: Be independent and strong, wise and brave.