Lady Yue's Snack Shop (Gourmet)

[Bright, warm, business-savvy beauty x stern-looking, warm-hearted, taciturn handsome chef]

A striking height difference | Both each other's first love | Healing romance and running a business | Sweet romance | Minnan flavors

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1.

To escape a marriage arranged by her greedy uncle, Su Yueniang fled to Fengchi Town, a hundred li from home.

That day, rain poured in sheets. Soaked through and clutching all her belongings, Su Yueniang looked timidly at the tall, imposing, handsome and fierce-looking Xu Dongshan, begging him to take her in.

She had thought she would only stay for a little while, but Su Yueniang took over Xu Dongshan's failed shop and became his boss.

From then on, the boss welcomed customers out front while the chef cooked in the back. In their little kitchen, delicious dishes appeared in endless variety.

Noodle soup with thin wheat noodles, fried pork in vinegar, savory pumpkin rice, roasted pork zongzi, Hutou rice noodle soup, jelly made from seaweed, oyster omelets, ginger duck...

One Minnan specialty after another brought in customers from far and wide.

In this little city, half worldly bustle and half fairyland, two people shared one shop and three meals a day. As time passed, affection grew, slowly and steadily.

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2.

On the southeastern coast, south of Minzhou. No heavy spice, just fresh, delicate flavors in every season.

At the entrance to Fengchi Lane stood a noodle soup shop. There were usually only a few customers, but Xu Dongshan still gritted his teeth and kept it running for three months.

As expected, the noodle soup shop went under. But fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Just then, Su Yueniang appeared as if sent from heaven. Not only did she take over the shop, she hired Xu Dongshan, who was nearly starving to death, as her chef.

From then on, a beautiful woman loudly called out to customers at the noodle shop's entrance, while the man who used to sit there with a worried frown hid in the kitchen, huffing and puffing as he fried, grilled, and boiled.

The number of customers grew day by day, and the shop expanded year by year.

From Qingming spring rolls with assorted fillings to Dragon Boat Festival roasted pork zongzi, from Qixi sugar cakes to Winter Solstice dumplings, every season brought its own dish, winning the hearts of passersby.

People came and went amid the bustling life of the city. Come to Yuenian's Snack Shop and taste the flavors of Citong City.

Yueniang means moon in Minnan.

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Reading guide:

1. The setting is fictional, with occasional other fictional elements.

2. Most of the dishes are simple Minnan food. They're not spicy at all, and are quite light.

3. The author is a novice in the kitchen, so some cooking methods may not be authentic...

4. Synopsis posted on 2024.10.10 and captured in a screenshot.

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Upcoming novel: Married to a Scheming Marquis

[Scheming, gentle, mature and charming marquis x domineering, spoiled tsundere princess]

Princess Baocheng Xiao Songning had a face as lovely as a peach blossom, and everyone who saw her adored her.

Prince Rong couldn't bear to marry off his beloved daughter too young. From the day she came of age, he became a gatekeeper, turning away countless proposals from sons of powerful families.

He had finally managed to keep his beloved daughter unmarried until she was eighteen. Then the emperor got drunk and, with a grand flourish, arranged a marriage between Xiao Songning and Xu Qingyi, the Marquis of Jing'an, a hero who had put down the rebellion in the northwest.

Though Xu Qingyi had made a name for himself at a young age, earning a marquis title through military merit in his early twenties, he was still eight years older than Xiao Songning.

Hearing the terrible news, Prince Rong rolled his eyes back and fainted on the spot.

With such an inauspicious beginning to the marriage, everyone got their snacks ready to watch the joke unfold.

Little did they know...

On their wedding night,

Xiao Songning rested her leg on Xu Qingyi's thigh like a grand lady. "My leg is sore. Marquis, massage it for me."

The mighty Xu Qingyi, who was so imposing in public, cheerfully swung his big hands and gave Xiao Songning a massage with just the right amount of force.

Give and take makes for a harmonious marriage.

After massaging the princess's leg, Xu Qingyi took off his clothes, revealing a strong, well-defined physique.

"My back is sore. Princess, give me a massage too."

Xiao Songning: "..."

Theme: Promote Minnan food culture!