The Butcher's Husband's Chain Noodle Shops

A money-loving bottom x a cold-faced butcher top Blurb: Song Shi'an transmigrates into an unknown dynasty and becomes a young man with two male parents, one of whom turned cruel after his father remarried. Song Shi'an's motto in life: A fortune is the foundation of a secure life. The young man crawls back from the mass grave and abandons his old habit of meekly putting up with everything. He pushes a little cart through the streets and alleys, hawking all kinds of delicious snacks. Business at the Song family's restaurant gets worse by the day. His deranged stepmother and biological father set their sights on Song Shi'an again. The young man has survived death and come back with a talent for cooking that leaves people thoroughly satisfied. They can't let someone else benefit from it. They don't want to marry him off as a concubine to a rich man nearing sixty, either. They want to keep him at the family restaurant and exploit him to death. The law states that parents have the right to decide their children's marriages. Anyone who remains unmarried at eighteen will be taxed for three years, and the authorities will arrange a marriage for them. In this wicked feudal society, Song Shi'an wants to put an end to the problem once and for all and focus on making money. So he sets his sights on Xu, the handsome, cold-faced butcher next door, packs up a pile of delicious food, and proposes to him in person. Unfortunately, the butcher refuses. Song Shi'an assumes he looks down on him, so he grits his teeth and promises him the world. But as the butcher is won over by his promises and agrees, Song Shi'an starts preparing to support the family. That's when the handsome, cold-faced butcher, who kills pigs without blinking, brings over box after box of gold, silver, and valuables as an extravagant bride price. Song Shi'an is dumbfounded, as are the neighbors and his money-grubbing father and stepmother. They can't believe it! Butchering pigs pays that well?! - Xu Zhongyue was once a great general commanding an army of two hundred thousand border troops. After suppressing a rebellion, he was badly wounded, lost his memory, and ended up in a small border town. The general, unaware of his own identity, was only good at slaughtering pigs and sheep, so he became the town's renowned butcher to make a living. After recovering his memories, Xu Zhongyue planned to put an end to his absurd career as a butcher. But then he spotted Song Shi'an in the crowd, staring greedily at pig offal. Song Shi'an had a face as beautiful as jade and eyes like stars. He should have been a young man raised in the inner quarters, dreaming of love as he waited to marry. Who would have thought he would be a master chef, able to make strange ingredients that others avoided taste even better than food from the imperial kitchen? Unlike other young men, he knew that he should avoid appearing in public and that men and women should keep their distance. But he ignored convention. All he wanted was to shoulder the burden of providing for his family and become its head. Xu Zhongyue was captivated, though it certainly wasn't because he coveted the grand promises Song Shi'an had made. He had never lacked for grand promises. What he lacked was someone to spend his life with. Reading Guide: A sweet, feel-good story about a couple building a business together, with no court politics. Theme: Confidence is your strongest backing.