I Travel to the 1970s and Marry a Chef [Gourmet]

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Huo Rong transmigrates from the apocalypse into a small mountain village in the 1970s.

She becomes Huo Xiaorong, the beautiful, beloved youngest daughter of the Huo family.

To avoid being ruined by a scumbag, she's immediately faced with a blind date and marriage as soon as she arrives.

Then she hears that the man she's been matched with is not only a discharged soldier, but also a handsome and talented cook.

She happily agrees on the spot.

After all, once the apocalypse arrived, the world became a barren wasteland. Nothing grew, not even grass, let alone food.

Food was priceless, and a bowl of braised pork was an extravagant luxury she'd only dreamed of.

But now, the fields are full of fresh green vegetables, the paddies of golden grain, and the river of clear water teeming with fish.

And there's a man right in front of her with all kinds of skills and a talent for cooking.

Could life get any better? Why wouldn't she marry him?

Not long after Dang Chengjun left the military, his family arranged a blind date for him.

He fell for the girl whose smile was as sweet as a persimmon at first sight, but he was fierce-looking and rarely smiled, so he worried she wouldn't like him.

Then she heard he could cook braised pork, her eyes lit up, and she agreed to marry him on the spot.

This novel is also known as: The Lovely Bride I Won with a Bowl of Braised Pork; A Soldier Who Can't Do Ten Things Isn't a Good Cook; When You Meet a New Oriental Chef, Just Marry Him

Here's the blurb for the upcoming novel Stepmom Era of the 1980s: The Contrast Character. If you like it, please add it to your collection!

Shan Cha wakes up to find that she has become the "difficult, lazy, pampered supporting character" who serves as a contrast to the heroine in a period novel about a stepmother.

The more "diligent and capable" her stepsister, the heroine, is, the more "fussy, delicate, and lazy" she is.

Then her stepsister uses the good reputation that originally belonged to Shan Cha to marry the military officer male lead and become a stepmother to his three children, just as she always wanted.

Meanwhile, Shan Cha is promised to Xie Zhiyuan, a poor young man with no money, no father, and no mother who lives next door to the male lead's family.

Everyone thinks Shan Cha won't agree, but she marries him without a word and never looks back.

From then on, she and the heroine live completely different lives:

When her stepsister gets up before dawn to take her stepson to school, Shan Cha is still asleep.

When her stepsister stays up all night caring for her paralyzed mother-in-law, Shan Cha is already fast asleep.

She's afraid of the cold in winter and the heat in summer. She's even afraid of roughening her hands washing dishes, let alone doing hard labor in the fields.

They say she even makes Xie Zhiyuan fetch water and crouch beside her to wash her feet at night.

Her stepsister turns red-eyed with envy. What she married wasn't a wife, it was an ancestor! She took Shan Cha's good reputation and stole her match, only to let Shan Cha live like a beautiful young lady!

Xie Zhiyuan is poor, Shan Cha is pampered, she never works in the fields, and she goes to town every few days. How are they supposed to live like farmers? The villagers all say, "Just you wait! Those two will get divorced sooner or later! Even if they stay married, their life together will be miserable!"

Shan Cha hears this and hooks a finger under Xie Zhiyuan's chin, smiling sweetly. "Should we get divorced?"

Xie Zhiyuan's eyes are dark. "No. I worked so hard to win you back. I'd rather die than divorce you."

As for their life together, while the villagers eat coarse rice, Shan Cha eats fine grain. While they live in shacks, Xie Zhiyuan builds a new house. While they scramble for a single factory job opening, they discover that Xie Zhiyuan is the factory director and Shan Cha is the boss lady who pays their wages.

The villagers who thought Shan Cha was having a hard time: ...

Theme: Work hard to build wealth and achieve a moderately prosperous life