A Model Family in the Seventies: Gourmet

In 1975, the hottest topic in Gu Family Village was Zhao Baozhu.

Six months after her divorce, she actually married Gu Mingyuan, the village's most promising widower, bringing her daughter along.

On their wedding day, his two sons angered her so badly that she jumped into the river.

Zhao Baozhu, a top chef at a five-star hotel, never expected to end up as the stepmother of the villains in a period novel.

In the original story, the stepmother abused the villains in all kinds of ways when they were children.

Once they made it big, the villains took revenge at the first opportunity, leaving the mother and daughter with a tragic fate.

Zhao Baozhu looked at the two defiant children before her, her sheepish mother-in-law, and the handsome man, Gu Mingyuan, glaring sternly. Holding her rumbling stomach, she said, "I remember there's still a piece of pork in the kitchen. It'll spoil if we don't eat it soon. Let's cook first."

One serving of red-braised pork had the villagers who'd come to watch the commotion drooling.

Who knew this was only the beginning...

With her superb cooking skills, Zhao Baozhu thrived even as a villain's stepmother. She not only raised all four children to be successful, but also opened a five-star hotel in Haishi and became a big-time business owner!

Note: This is an alternate-history period food novel, set in a very loosely imagined era, mainly about everyday eating and drinking.

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One hour before the God of Cooking competition exam, Xu Tian, the top seed, transmigrated.

She became the fake heiress in a face-slapping wish-fulfillment novel about a real heiress, cast out of a wealthy family and saddled with a million in debt.

She was also forced to bind herself to a strategy System.

[Host, the male lead is a billionaire in poor health with a weak appetite. With your cooking skills, winning him over will be a piece of cake!]

Xu Tian felt nothing, and even found it a little amusing.

"I just want to become the God of Cooking!"

[If your strategy progress is still at zero after 12 hours, Host will be erased!]

Forced to comply, Xu Tian brought a serving of egg fried rice to the male lead's hospital room.

[Male lead's favorability +1]

[Newbie reward buff acquired: Fragrant Skin and Jade-Like Body. Host will have a natural, captivating fragrance.]

Xu Tian used the buff on the scallion pancakes she made.

On the day she set up a stall to sell scallion pancakes, the usually quiet street corner was packed with people. Everyone passing by was entranced by the pancakes' irresistible aroma.

There were so many people that the road was completely blocked, and the traffic police were eventually called in to manage the crowds.

System: ???

Xu Tian was quite pleased. "This System of yours is actually a little useful."

On the Gourmet Planet, aside from earning the title of God of Cooking by winning the cooking competition, there's another way to achieve godhood: earn 10 million in customer approval by running a street stall within three years.

Xu Tian decided to take her strategy tasks seriously.

"...Acquired the Delicate and Endearing buff."

Xu Tian used it on the grilled chicken wings.

"...Acquired the Smooth-as-a-Baby's-Skin buff."

Xu Tian used it on the sizzling tofu.

"...Acquired the Pitifully Adorable buff."

Xu Tian used it on the ice pops.

With the System's help, every stall she set up and every kind of food she sold became a huge success.

The System was going frantic. "So what if you're great at running a stall! The male lead is about to be snatched away by the real heiress!"

At the real heiress's birthday banquet, the male lead proposed to Xu Tian...

The male lead's version:

He Yanqing had been able to see his own life points since childhood.

After years of effort, he finally raised them from a glaring red 20 to a yellow 50.

One day, he received a serving of egg fried rice. After eating it, his life points increased by 1.

It took him half a month to confirm that the reason was Xu Tian, the unwanted daughter of the Xu family.

At first, he planned to offer her 100,000 a month to be his private chef.

Later, he took out an engagement ring. "All the He family's property and shares will be yours. Would you be willing to take me too?"

Synopsis written on August 1, 2026, and screenshotted for the record.

Theme: When the family is harmonious, all undertakings prosper.