The Little Maid of the Zhu Household

■For personal reasons, I left this novel on hiatus for a long time. I'm very sorry for the unpleasant experience. I've applied to remove the paywall. I never outlined this story, so picking it back up is very difficult, and my broken hands still haven't fully recovered. I'll finish it slowly. Thank you all for your support and encouragement earlier on! My new novel, Reclaiming the Desert in Ancient Times: Farming and Raising Children in Daily Life, is being updated. Please add it to your reading list if you're interested!

[Blurb]

Shiliu, a food blogger, transmigrates into the body of a hereditary servant of the Duke of Xian's household. At first, all she wants to do is experiment with food and save enough silver to buy her freedom.

At the very bottom of the social food chain, she thinks the most she can hope for in this life is an uneventful existence, struggling to get by.

Then the masters of the household specifically request her services, and her life begins to change in one way after another.

From a lowly maid to the adopted daughter of a princess, and then to the first female official of the Great Qi, Shiliu's journey is a hard one.

[Reader's Guide]

1. This is not a serious food novel or a power-fantasy story about a strong heroine. There will be a golden finger.

2. An imaginary dynasty, a big jumble of influences. Please don't nitpick the history.

3. Plot-focused, with an ensemble cast. The heroine isn't the only one who transmigrated.

4. There is a male lead, but the romance is not a major focus.

Currently updating: Reclaiming the Desert in Ancient Times: Farming and Raising Children in Daily Life

Xiao Zhi, an overworked hospital employee, inexplicably transmigrates with her body intact.

To survive, she has no choice but to "go home" with a strange man she has just met.

Half a jar of coarse salt, two animal hides, and three sheep are all the man owns. Xiao Zhi is stunned. He really has nothing.

The second brother doesn't dare laugh at the eldest brother. The only valuable thing Xiao Zhi owns is the gold-lock necklace she wears close to her skin, which she can't eat or sell for money in the desert.

Penniless, unarmed, in an unfamiliar environment, unable to speak the language, surrounded by a barren desert...

Xiao Zhi can only stick close to the man for now.

And so, these strangers from two different worlds begin making a life together.

The oasis becomes a grain-growing base, the cave becomes a mansion, their money bags grow fuller, the medicine shop thrives, and their little one is clever and adorable...

Theme: Evil never triumphs over good.