Wu Huaixi opened her eyes to find herself on a handcart. For just five taels of silver, she had been hastily married off.
Her mother-in-law was tyrannical, her husband was paralyzed, and even her younger brother was lazy and gluttonous. The rice jar was nearly empty, and mice had made a nest in the kitchen.
It looked like she was expected to serve the whole family and earn money to support them.
Wu Huaixi rolled up her sleeves. Was she dreaming?
*
She gathered medicinal herbs and mushrooms, saved up money, came up with a few schemes, and escaped that family.
Cheerfully, she bought herself a little food cart she could push around.
The cart was small, but its steaming tofu pudding and sizzling, oil-rich pan-fried buns were irresistible.
Bamboo shoots in spring, melons in summer, chestnuts in autumn, and new specialties in winter.
Little by little, she bought a big house with gray-brick walls. Her vegetable garden filled with produce, her hens laid plenty of eggs, and piglets were added to the pen. She had money to spare, and life kept getting better.
*
At some point, a little food cart appeared in town. Every time Wen Fuxiao passed by, he could see a crowd gathered around it from afar.
They called her "Young Madam Wu."
At first, he only stopped to smell the food. Then he wanted to taste it, and after that...
How could Young Madam Wu be so capable?
And so, people often saw Young Master Wen bring a stool over to eat pan-fried buns before heading to the academy.
One day, Young Madam Wu sprained her ankle. Wen Fuxiao kindly helped push her cart and walked her home.
The night was soft and the moonlight gleamed in his deep eyes.
He held out a green jade bangle to her.
"Young Madam Wu, will you marry me?"
"Can you lay roof tiles and repair beams?"
"I can."
"What about turning the soil and planting vegetables?"
"I can!"
"You'll have to feed the pigs at home, too..."
"...I can!"
The next day, the academy's library was turned upside down. The teacher was so angry his eyebrows stood on end.
There was his prized student, usually so adept at writing political essays, earnestly reading a book titled Postpartum Care for Sows.
Quirky, charming heroine x doting, protective, indulgent hero
Reading guide:
Huaixi means sunset glow, and also medicinal herbs. She is resilient and unyielding.
1. A warm, everyday farming and business story about the heroine running a food stall and earning money, with spring plowing and autumn harvests.
2. The hero is not a royal or noble figure, and appears a little later. The story focuses mainly on the heroine's business.
3. There aren't many relatives, and almost no family drama. She's focused on running her business, making money, and buying a house.
4. The mountains are assumed to be unclaimed. Make a living from the land.
This blurb was written on 2023/12/24 and has been screenshotted.
Shen Yanhu opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into the body of an orphan girl. With no one to rely on, she was to be married to a fool.
Fortunately, her grandmother loved her and helped her cut ties with her family, treating her as the apple of her eye. The whole family was kind, and a little dumpling of a younger sister followed her around every day.
But it wasn't a long-term solution to keep supporting one more person. She had to earn some money.
Spicy pickled pork trotters, tart, spicy, salty, and savory. Crispy fried quail, juicy and tender.
Rabbit in fragrant sauce, bright red in color. Crab with pearl cream, smooth, fragrant, and sweet.
First she opened a food stall, then a small restaurant, and business flourished as life got better and better.
But Qingyun County was not a peaceful place.
And the county magistrate kept coming to her place three times a day.
Didn't the county office have a dining hall?
*
Xie Ying, an eighteen-year-old palace graduate, was famous throughout Bianliang. The moment he entered public service, he started fighting.
Today he'd fight the conservatives; tomorrow, the centrists...
Everyone said, "Lord Xie is brimming with fighting spirit every day!"
Diligent and dedicated, serving his country and its people.
Then an imperial decree came: demote him, demote him, demote him.
Xie Ying: Let the world burn... Whoever wants to fight can fight!
He'd planned to settle down in a small county, lying low and acting like a slightly foolish county magistrate.
But why were there cases every day?
And then there was Young Madam Shen, who ran a little restaurant. Her food smelled amazing, and she was incredible at examining corpses.
After eating, he felt full of fighting spirit!
Later, amid bright red candles and wedding finery, Young Madam Shen became his wife.
Fine, then. He'd get back on his feet and keep fighting.
He'd earn his wife an official title.
Theme: Ordinary people making their mark through hard work
He and the Cat Teamed Up
The Maillard Effect
The Tenth Year as a Widower
Boohoo, I Didn't Mean to Bite You
I Only Did Something Inappropriate to My Older Brother
After Marrying My Sickly Husband in Someone Else's Place
After My Twin Cousins Set Their Sights on Me
Snack Time in Kaifeng Prefecture
After Raising an Evil Dragon, He Turned Catlike
The Little Restaurant Across from the Yamen
The Case of the Vermilion Hairpin
Sweetheart's Honeyed Delight (Food)
I've read it, it's finished, the writing style is warm and healing, the portraits of all kinds of common people, the folk customs are simple and kind, it's so wonderful [Cat Claw] I like baby Huai Xi very much, I saw a perseverant, quirky little sun in the big pen, watching her step by step towards the light, running towards a better life, I couldn't help but shed tears 😭 Huai Xi is worth it all. I remember at the beginning of the article, Da Da said that Huai Xi means sunset, and I paid attention to the male protagonist's name "Dawn", which means dawn, the moment of dawn and sunrise. Sunset corresponds to dawn, sunset and sunrise, they are a perfect match [Ju Tang] There is a passage in the article where the shopkeeper of a drugstore once compared Huaixi to a bamboo fungus. She was wearing a white skirt and was once worth gold, like a "fairy in a snow skirt". At that time, a sentence came to my mind: "It comes out of the silt without staining, and washes through the clear ripples without being evil." Baby Huaixi not only looks like a fairy in a snow skirt, but also like a fairy in a lotus flower. I saw a character in the back who was just as I thought, and I felt so happy that Huaixi Xiaobao was the Lotus Fairy! ❤️ That's right! This is the best and most powerful baby, the cutest Lotus Girl! [Pink Heart] Thank you so much for writing a lovely and heart-warming food article. The feeling of discovering a golden treasure is great [Orange Candy]. The description details of various kinds of food are also very delicate. The writing style has a gentle feeling. There is also a witty sense of humor in the middle and late stages. It is a light-hearted cookie. I like it very much [Spreading Flowers] (Also, I stayed up late watching it for a long time. The pacing was well controlled and fascinating, especially when I saw the descriptions of the food, I felt hungry... I was so hungry in the middle of the night, and everything was my favorite 🤷) Looking forward to more works [][][]
The snacks inside make me want to eat them [Xingxingyan]
Bitter melon makes me happy after just one bite, but Wanwan can actually eat it raw [Like]
This is another work that makes you hungry all the way through. Crispy Heart Sweetness is still the first favorite, the second is the small restaurant across the street from the Yamen, and the third is Dali Temple Little Chef. Which one should I read next?
"There are many buyers." This is a big bug for the author~
If you have a chance, try the flat peach rice [orange candy]
As for coriander, it would be good to add a little bit to wontons and Lanzhou ramen!
"Finish" is a big trick for the author~to play with
"A large amount" gives the author a big bug ~ look at
"Comfort" is a big bug for the author~ familiar with