Meals Through the Seasons in the Mountains (Farming)

[Farming + Food + Business] [Cozy Everyday Life] [The Development of a Mountain Village]

Cheng Wanyue and her parents transmigrate into an ordinary farming family living among mountains and water. From the start, they’re handed a dilapidated thatched hut.

No problem. The whole family is together, so they can roll up their sleeves and work hard. Making a home for themselves is no issue.

Her mother, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, keeps treating people with acupuncture. Her hunter father sharpens his knife, ready for pigs and sheep. And what about her?

Braised pork noodle soup, Spanish mackerel dumplings, Yunnan crossing-the-bridge rice noodles, stewed small intestines, and donkey rolls;

preserved eggs, eight-treasure rice, osmanthus lotus root, lamb paomo, duck-blood vermicelli soup, and Chinese toon fish.

Crystal-clear aspic encases tender, slow-cooked pork knuckle. A huge bowl of beef noodles is topped with sizzling chili oil, and there’s also chicken poached to preserve its natural flavor.

What can I get for you, honored guest?

Thirsty? Try a mango pomelo sago or orange-flavored sparkling water. Hot? Have an ice pop. We guarantee you’ll eat to your heart’s content and drink to your satisfaction.

The villagers gradually realize that the family once known throughout the village as a bunch of lazybones is living better and better.

Later, the little mountain village that had never managed to pay its taxes in full discovers a hot spring and opens a resort. Greenhouses make it possible to grow fresh green vegetables even in winter...

The once-despised Qingshan Village has become a paradise that everyone envies.

Eat tender bamboo shoots in spring and savor crab in autumn. Enjoy lotus flowers in summer and admire the snow in winter. Every season brings the best of life.

Plant flowers by the front door and trees in the backyard. Rise at dawn to work the fields, and return by moonlight.

Tend flowers and plants, lean by the window and listen to the wind. Walk the paths between fields and watch cooking smoke curl into the sky. Pick mushrooms on the mountain and gather snails from the water. Run through forests and open country, taking in the beauty of every season.

Deep in the courtyard, pomegranate blossoms flare like flames. But why is there a pretty young man with rosy lips peeking over the wall?

A blush rises to his cheeks. He was sneaking a look at the young lady of the house.

Reading Guide:

① A family of three transmigrates. No noble titles or high office, no move to the capital, and no powerful officials, just neighbors and villagers. They will open a shop in town and work with the villagers to develop their home together.

② There will be no era of chaos. At least throughout the protagonists’ lives, it will be a time of peace. They will still face hardships and difficulties, but the people will rise to meet them.

③ The heroine won’t marry out. She’ll take a husband into her family.

Theme: Embrace all four seasons