My Restaurant Makes the Whole World Drool [Gourmet]

[I'm compulsively revising this story, so chapter comments may not match, and the official and pirated versions may differ. If you're already further along, there's no need to go back and reread.]

Jiang Ci was born into a family of master chefs. She began cooking at six, and by sixteen she was famous throughout the land. Food lovers traveled thousands of miles and spent fortunes just to taste one of her dishes.

When she opened her eyes again, Jiang Ci had somehow transmigrated into the body of a pitiful girl with the exact same name.

The girl was weak-willed, deceived by a scumbag, bullied by her family, and so broke she couldn't even pay her rent.

Jiang Ci: "..."

With no other choice, Jiang Ci returned to her old profession.

Crab-filled soup dumplings with delicate wrappers and rich broth, pork knuckles braised until tender in a glossy sauce,

fragrant, rich, melt-in-your-mouth pork ribs, and bamboo shoots simmered with cured meat in a milky broth...

One astonishing dish after another appeared at a little street-side restaurant called Maplefront House.

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People thought that when the daughter the Jiang family had disowned said she was opening a restaurant, it was just a little girl's foolish dream and a rash whim.

Until...

Customers packed the little restaurant to bursting;

famous chefs lined up to ask for her guidance;

sharp-tongued food critics were tempted into tears on the spot;

and wealthy CEOs, top celebrities, and famous actresses couldn't resist stopping by to check the place out...

Before tasting the food:

"Heh. Do I look like someone who'd sell my soul for a little food?"

After tasting it:

"What's a soul? Can you eat it?"

★★★The next story is *I Opened a Farmstay and Made a Fortune*★★★

Luo Dongling felt like poverty had latched onto him. After years of working in the city since coming down from the mountains, one unexpected turn had taken him from comfortable to debt-ridden.

An honest demon with no degree, no savings, and no gift for smooth talk, Luo Dongling figured he couldn't make it in a big city full of overachievers. So, with support from the Bureau of Demons, he took over a run-down farmstay.

From then on, Luo Dongling began his entrepreneurial life: growing crops, raising livestock, catching chickens, playing with dogs, and, in his free time, diving into the water to catch fish.

A farmstay opened in Xiangyang Town. At first, people thought it was just an ordinary farmstay.

"Business is tough. How's an ordinary farmstay supposed to survive?"

"It's way out in the mountains. Who's going to come all this way? They'll be bankrupt in no time!"

To everyone's surprise, before long, the farmstay became a huge hit...

Visitors streamed through its doors until the farmstay had to introduce a reservation system;

seats at the little restaurant were impossible to get, and food critics from home and abroad flocked to visit;

its fresh, delicious produce sold out as soon as it hit the market;

and its distinctive, dreamlike scenery had tourists offering huge sums to stay...

"What kind of magical estate is this? My back doesn't ache, my legs don't hurt, and I feel completely relaxed!"

"I wish I could stay here for another hundred years, sob!"

Theme: Love life and strive with all your heart!