I Opened a Culinary School in Ancient Times

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[Pre-release: Hot Pot Restaurant Across the Planes: Building Up the Ancient World. The blurb is at the very bottom. Please add it to your favorites, mwah~]

After accidentally transmigrating into a book, Bai Xi bound herself to a food livestream System.

The System was full of fighting spirit: Our goal is to beat the heroine and gain a million followers!

The heroine's restaurant next door was praised by everyone, while Bai Xi's own was on the brink of bankruptcy.

And the lotus pastries she made looked exquisite, but tasted awful.

Bai Xi: ...I need a bowl of noodles to calm my nerves.

Just as she was about to follow a tutorial to cook noodles, she noticed a crowd of curious onlookers.

Bai Xi: If I can learn by myself, I can learn with a group, too. So why don't we...

'Everyone, follow along with me. First, let's start a fire.'

And so, a cooking school opened in the capital.

The newly appointed instructor, Bai Xi: 'I'll demonstrate in person. I'll make sure you learn.'

The passing heroine scoffed: 'It's just children playing house. Nothing to worry about.'

But she never expected that after the training,

the owner of a breakfast stall would learn to make all kinds of breakfast foods,

the master pastry chef would become skilled at making Western desserts,

the head chefs at the capital's restaurants would invent fried chicken, hamburgers, and chicken wraps,

and even the imperial chef would attend classes, all for the sake of rich, aromatic coffee.

Gradually, restaurants and eateries across the capital began hiring graduates of the cooking school.

When the heroine wanted to introduce new dishes, she discovered that her restaurant was no longer the only one in town.

Bai Xi happened to pass by and said solemnly, 'Fair competition makes for a healthy market.'

Bai Xi made a fortune from her cooking school, and her livestream followers grew by leaps and bounds. Her followers in the ancient world all wanted to taste the food she made.

Only Young General Yan, staring at Bai Xi's cooking, looked terrified. 'Xi Xi, what did I do wrong today?'

*

Livestream room.

Bai Xi followed the tutorial to the letter, but couldn't understand why the food still looked exquisite and tasted awful.

She could only switch to another dish and keep learning.

Meanwhile, the comments read: [Hahaha, the streamer is so cute. Followed immediately.]

[Reading Guide]

* Devoted, straightforward male lead × talented all-rounder

* One-on-one romance, happy ending, cozy and sweet, set in an alternate world

* An overpowered golden finger

Blurb for Hot Pot Restaurant Across the Planes: Building Up the Ancient World:

Rong Tang transmigrated into the body of a short-lived fake heiress.

From the start, she had a sickly family, a dilapidated house, and a whole string of humiliations and schemes from the real heiress waiting for her.

Rong Tang: No need to panic. I have a hot pot restaurant that spans the planes.

By day, the restaurant operated as usual. By night, it welcomed customers from different planes, charging them according to their needs.

And so,

medicine from the modern plane cured her family's illnesses;

fast-growing seeds from the interstellar plane solved the whole village's food shortage;

and spirit stones and artifacts from the cultivation plane improved the villagers' living conditions.

At first, everyone thought Rong Tang was just playing around, mocking her for daydreaming.

Later, they discovered that Rong Tang had led the villagers in growing out-of-season fruits and vegetables, opening a hot pot chain, building high-rise apartments, and setting up livestock farms... In the end, her industries helped drive the whole country's economy into a period of rapid growth.

The poor little village became a prosperous one, and a new town sprang up nearby.

Rong Tang began thinking about how to build a thriving cultural life.

But then the husband she'd casually picked up appeared with a stack of exam prep books: 'Education starts with the children.'

* Seemingly aloof but secretly an expert at acting spoiled young marquis × clear-headed, game-loving ray of sunshine

* One-on-one romance, happy ending

* Alternate history. Items obtained from other planes are processed by the System, so they appear perfectly ordinary to bystanders

* The other planes are only a means of support

Theme: Be a brave person